.COSTA MESA, Calif.– Nebraska quarterback commit TJ Lateef is actually taking his high school crew to new heights, a couple of months prior to he enrolls in Lincoln as aspect of a recruiting lesson that he counts on to perform the very same for Matt Rhule’s Huskers.Lateef, a four-star possibility in the 247Sports Composite, sent Orange Lutheran Senior high school to a 42-20 success on Friday night over Junipero Serra. Lateef represented 3 touchdowns and also assisted Orange Lutheran combat a second-half rally after Serra cut a 28-point halftime shortage to eight.Orange Lutheran, 8-3, is rated 16th country wide through MaxPreps. It will certainly participate in No.
7 St. John Bosco following full week in the institution’s first-ever appeal in the CIF-Southern Area Branch 1 semifinal round. The winner might encounter No.
1 Mater Dei in the championship round.Lateef, 6 feet 1 1/2 ins as well as 195 extra pounds, said he’s “100 percent nailed down” on Nebraska in advance of the start of the very early finalizing time frame on Dec. 4. He’s a feature in the Huskers’ 20-member training class that stands 20th nationally after the flip on Thursday of four-star linebacker Dawson Merritt coming from Alabama to Nebraska.” Our experts’re going to get a pair much more fellas (to turn),” Lateef mentioned Friday night.
“Our team’re going to shock the world.” Nebraska continues to work to turn Millard South strict side Chase Loftin from Florida Condition. Loftin, a four-star prospect, helped his Omaha group receive Nebraska’s Course A championship with a succeed on Friday night. It will definitely deal with two-time speaking up for champion Omaha Westside at Remembrance Arena.
Four-star pass receiver Cortez Mills of Ranch, Fla., an Oklahoma commit, also stays a target of the Huskers.Nebraska assistant Keith Williams saw Lateef on Friday night at Orange Coast University. Orange Lutheran hopped bent on a 28-0 top as Lateef racked up on a 12-yard operate and connected for 22 lawns along with Arizona State limited end commit AJ Ia.Adversity attacked for Orange Lutheran in the third fourth as Serra, behind quarterback Ryan Hopkins, a 2026 target of a number of Large Ten systems, led a comeback. Lateef went out the ready one play in the 3rd fourth along with a leg injury, yet he came back to send two touchdown pushes in the fourth one-fourth, mastering a protector to hit the end region from 4 gardens out for the final score.” I just needed to always keep the individuals resolved, and our experts took drive back,” Lateef said.
“I am actually consistently going to keep calm. Stay the very same fella in the hardest opportunities.” Lateef committed to Nebraska in May after his April see for the springtime game. He is actually remained sound to the Huskers via an active join Lincoln that consisted of the appearance of correct freshman Dylan Raiola as the leading QB and the improvement at offending coordinator, along with Dana Holgorsen signing up with the plan in early Nov and taking control of as the play caller this week.Williams and also quarterbacks train Glenn Thomas have actually preserved frequent contact throughout the period with Lateef, who’s thrown for greater than 2,000 yards as a senior.Lateef has actually not yet seen with Holgorsen.
Rhule claimed recently he wish to always keep the past scalp trainer at West Virginia as well as Houston on workers to operate the Nebraska offense in 2025. Of Raiola, Lateef stated, “I appreciate Dylan. He is actually a great regulation football gamer.
However my time is mosting likely to come. I’ll use and also compete as well as allow the rest participate in out. One point about me, I am actually not mosting likely to duck competition.
He’s a terrific regulation football gamer. But I am actually, too.” Lateef said he considers to sign up at Nebraska in January.Required reading( Image: Mitch Sherman/ The Athletic).