.COSTA MESA, Calif.– Nebraska quarterback devote TJ Lateef is actually taking his high school crew to new levels, a few months just before he participates in Lincoln as portion of a recruiting training class that he expects to perform the exact same for Matt Rhule’s Huskers.Lateef, a four-star prospect in the 247Sports Composite, directed Orange Lutheran High School to a 42-20 victory on Friday evening over Junipero Serra. Lateef accounted for three touchdowns and also helped Orange Lutheran fight back a second-half rally after Serra reduced a 28-point halftime shortage to eight.Orange Lutheran, 8-3, is rated 16th across the country by MaxPreps. It will definitely participate in No.
7 St. John Bosco next week in the college’s first-ever appearance in the CIF-Southern Area Department 1 semifinal around. The champion could face No.
1 Mater Dei in the championship round.Lateef, 6 feet 1 1/2 ins and also 195 pounds, mentioned he’s “100 percent nailed down” on Nebraska in front of the begin of the early finalizing time period on Dec. 4. He’s a feature in the Huskers’ 20-member class that ranks 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 obtain a couple more people (to turn),” Lateef mentioned Friday evening.
“Our team are actually mosting likely to shock the globe.” Nebraska continues to function to turn Millard South strict side Pursuit Loftin from Florida Condition. Loftin, a four-star possibility, helped his Omaha crew receive Nebraska’s Course A champion with a win on Friday evening. It will definitely experience two-time standing up for champion Omaha Westside at Remembrance Stadium.
Four-star wide receiver Cortez Mills of Ranch, Fla., an Oklahoma commit, also stays a target of the Huskers.Nebraska aide Keith Williams watched Lateef on Friday evening at Orange Shoreline College. Orange Lutheran leapt bent on a 28-0 lead as Lateef racked up on a 12-yard run as well as hooked up for 22 lawns with Arizona Condition tight end devote AJ Ia.Adversity attacked for Orange Lutheran in the 3rd one-fourth as Serra, responsible for quarterback Ryan Hopkins, a 2026 aim at of several Big 10 systems, led a resurgence. Lateef exited the game for one play in the third fourth along with a lower leg trauma, but he went back to send two goal drives in the fourth one-fourth, leaping over a defender to hit the end region from 4 yards out for the final score.” I only needed to keep the men cleared up, as well as our team took drive back,” Lateef mentioned.
“I am actually always heading to remain tranquil. Visit the very same person in the hardest opportunities.” Lateef committed to Nebraska in May after his April check out for the spring season game. He’s remained sound to the Huskers via a memorable fall in Lincoln that consisted of the appearance of true fresher Dylan Raiola as the best QB and the improvement at offensive planner, with Dana Holgorsen participating in the program in early Nov as well as taking over as the play agent this week.Williams and also quarterbacks trainer Glenn Thomas have actually maintained regular get in touch with throughout the time along with Lateef, who is actually tossed for much more than 2,000 lawns as a senior.Lateef has certainly not yet checked out along with Holgorsen.
Rhule stated recently he would love to maintain the past scalp instructor at West Virginia as well as Houston on personnel to function the Nebraska outburst in 2025. Of Raiola, Lateef said, “I recognize Dylan. He is actually a wonderful soccer gamer.
Yet my opportunity is actually going to come. I’ll go in as well as complete and permit the rest play out. Something concerning me, I’m not visiting duck competitors.
He’s an excellent football player. Yet I am, too.” Lateef claimed he intends to participate at Nebraska in January.Required reading( Picture: Mitch Sherman/ The Athletic).