.COSTA MESA, Calif.– Nebraska quarterback dedicate TJ Lateef is taking his senior high school crew to brand-new heights, a few months before he enlists in Lincoln as portion of a sponsor class that he expects to do the very same for Matt Rhule’s Huskers.Lateef, a four-star prospect in the 247Sports Composite, sent Orange Lutheran Secondary school to a 42-20 success on Friday evening over Junipero Serra. Lateef accounted for 3 touchdowns and also assisted Orange Lutheran battle a second-half rally after Serra cut a 28-point halftime deficiency to eight.Orange Lutheran, 8-3, is actually rated 16th nationally by MaxPreps. It will participate in No.
7 St. John Bosco upcoming week in the university’s first-ever appearance in the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 semifinal around. The victor might face No.
1 Mater Dei in the championship round.Lateef, 6 feet 1 1/2 inches and 195 pounds, said he is actually “100 percent nailed down” on Nebraska in advance of the start of the very early signing time frame on Dec. 4. He is actually a headliner in the Huskers’ 20-member course that stands 20th country wide after the flip on Thursday of four-star linebacker Dawson Merritt coming from Alabama to Nebraska.” Our team are actually going to acquire a married couple a lot more people (to flip),” Lateef said Friday night.
“We are actually going to shock the planet.” Nebraska continues to work to flip Millard South strict end Hunt Loftin coming from Fla State. Loftin, a four-star possibility, helped his Omaha team get Nebraska’s Class A championship along with a gain on Friday evening. It will face two-time standing up for champion Omaha Westside at Memorial Stadium.
Four-star wide receiver Cortez Mills of House, Fla., an Oklahoma dedicate, likewise continues to be a target of the Huskers.Nebraska assistant Keith Williams checked out Lateef on Friday night at Orange Coastline University. Orange Lutheran leapt out to a 28-0 lead as Lateef scored on a 12-yard operate and also connected for 22 yards with Arizona State tight end devote AJ Ia.Adversity attacked for Orange Lutheran in the 3rd one-fourth as Serra, behind quarterback Ryan Hopkins, a 2026 intended of numerous Large 10 systems, led a resurgence. Lateef went out the game for one play in the 3rd fourth along with a lower leg accident, however he returned to send pair of goal pushes in the fourth quarter, mastering a defender to hit the end region coming from 4 backyards out for the ultimate rating.” I simply needed to maintain the people settled, and also our team took momentum back,” Lateef pointed out.
“I’m always visiting remain calm. Visit the same guy in the hardest times.” Lateef devoted to Nebraska in May after his April see for the spring season activity. He’s stayed strong to the Huskers with an eventful fall in Lincoln that consisted of the development of true freshman Dylan Raiola as the best QB and also the change at offensive planner, with Dana Holgorsen participating in the plan in early Nov and also consuming as the play caller this week.Williams and quarterbacks instructor Glenn Thomas have actually kept normal contact throughout the period with Lateef, who’s thrown for much more than 2,000 yards as a senior.Lateef has not however checked out with Holgorsen.
Rhule claimed recently he would like to keep the former head train at West Virginia and Houston on staff to work the Nebraska outburst in 2025. Of Raiola, Lateef said, “I recognize Dylan. He’s a fantastic regulation football player.
However my time is visiting come. I’ll enter as well as compete and also allow the remainder play out. One point regarding me, I am actually not going to duck competitors.
He is actually an excellent soccer player. However I am actually, too.” Lateef mentioned he prepares to register at Nebraska in January.Required reading( Picture: Mitch Sherman/ The Sports).