.COSTA MESA, Calif.– Nebraska quarterback devote TJ Lateef is actually taking his secondary school team to brand-new heights, a handful of months just before he participates in Lincoln as part of a recruiting class that he expects to accomplish the very same for Matt Rhule’s Huskers.Lateef, a four-star possibility in the 247Sports Compound, sent Orange Lutheran Senior high school to a 42-20 triumph on Friday night over Junipero Serra. Lateef made up 3 touchdowns and also aided Orange Lutheran combat a second-half rally after Serra reduced a 28-point halftime shortage to eight.Orange Lutheran, 8-3, is positioned 16th across the country through MaxPreps. It will certainly participate in No.
7 St. John Bosco following week in the school’s first-ever look in the CIF-Southern Part Branch 1 semifinal round. The victor can face No.
1 Mater Dei in the championship round.Lateef, 6 feet 1 1/2 ins and also 195 extra pounds, mentioned he is actually “100 percent locked in” on Nebraska in advance of the begin of the very early finalizing duration 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 from Alabama to Nebraska.” Our experts’re going to obtain a pair even more men (to turn),” Lateef stated Friday evening.
“Our experts are actually visiting surprise the planet.” Nebraska continues to function to flip Millard South limited side Chase Loftin coming from Florida State. Loftin, a four-star prospect, helped his Omaha crew get approved for Nebraska’s Lesson A champion along with a gain on Friday evening. It will face two-time defending champ Omaha Westside at Remembrance Stadium.
Four-star pass receiver Cortez Mills of Farm, Fla., an Oklahoma devote, likewise continues to be a target of the Huskers.Nebraska associate Keith Williams enjoyed Lateef on Friday night at Orange Coastline University. Orange Lutheran leapt out to a 28-0 lead as Lateef scored on a 12-yard run and hooked up for 22 lawns with Arizona State strict end devote AJ Ia.Adversity attacked for Orange Lutheran in the 3rd one-fourth as Serra, responsible for quarterback Ryan Hopkins, a 2026 target of several Large Ten courses, led a resurgence. Lateef went out the ready one play in the third one-fourth along with a leg personal injury, but he went back to direct 2 goal drives in the fourth one-fourth, mastering a guardian to arrive at the end zone from 4 gardens out for the last credit rating.” I just had to maintain the fellas worked out, and also our team took drive back,” Lateef said.
“I am actually always mosting likely to keep restful. Stay the exact same man in the hardest opportunities.” Lateef dedicated to Nebraska in May after his April go to for the spring season video game. He is actually kept sound to the Huskers through a memorable fall in Lincoln that included the appearance of correct fresher Dylan Raiola as the leading QB as well as the modification at offending organizer, with Dana Holgorsen joining the system in early November and managing as the play customer this week.Williams and also quarterbacks instructor Glenn Thomas have preserved routine get in touch with throughout the season along with Lateef, who’s thrown for much more than 2,000 gardens as a senior.Lateef has certainly not yet checked out along with Holgorsen.
Rhule stated today he would like to keep the former head train at West Virginia as well as Houston on staff to run the Nebraska offense in 2025. Of Raiola, Lateef claimed, “I respect Dylan. He is actually a terrific football gamer.
But my time is mosting likely to come. I’ll go in as well as complete and permit the rest play out. The main thing about me, I am actually certainly not mosting likely to duck competition.
He’s a great soccer player. However I am, also.” Lateef mentioned he considers to register at Nebraska in January.Required reading( Image: Mitch Sherman/ The Athletic).