.COSTA MESA, Calif.– Nebraska quarterback dedicate TJ Lateef is taking his high school team to brand-new levels, a couple of months prior to he registers in Lincoln as aspect of a sponsor class that he expects to accomplish the very same for Matt Rhule’s Huskers.Lateef, a four-star prospect in the 247Sports Compound, sent Orange Lutheran High School to a 42-20 triumph on Friday evening over Junipero Serra. Lateef accounted for 3 touchdowns and helped Orange Lutheran battle a second-half rally after Serra reduced a 28-point halftime deficit to eight.Orange Lutheran, 8-3, is actually rated 16th country wide through MaxPreps. It will certainly participate in No.
7 St. John Bosco next week in the institution’s first-ever appearance in the CIF-Southern Segment Division 1 semifinal around. The victor could possibly face No.
1 Mater Dei in the championship round.Lateef, 6 feet 1 1/2 inches and also 195 extra pounds, stated he is actually “100 percent nailed down” on Nebraska ahead of the start of the early finalizing time period on Dec. 4. He’s a headliner in the Huskers’ 20-member course that ranks 20th nationally after the flip on Thursday of four-star linebacker Dawson Merritt coming from Alabama to Nebraska.” Our company’re going to get a couple a lot more people (to flip),” Lateef stated Friday night.
“Our team’re going to surprise the globe.” Nebraska continues to operate to turn Millard South strict end Chase Loftin coming from Fla Condition. Loftin, a four-star prospect, assisted his Omaha staff get Nebraska’s Class A champion with a succeed on Friday evening. It will face two-time defending champ Omaha Westside at Remembrance Coliseum.
Four-star wide receiver Cortez Mills of Farm, Fla., an Oklahoma devote, also continues to be a target of the Huskers.Nebraska aide Keith Williams checked out Lateef on Friday night at Orange Shore College. Orange Lutheran hopped out to a 28-0 lead as Lateef scored on a 12-yard operate and also attached for 22 lawns along with Arizona Condition limited end dedicate AJ Ia.Adversity attacked for Orange Lutheran in the third one-fourth as Serra, behind quarterback Ryan Hopkins, a 2026 aim at of numerous Huge Ten programs, led a comeback. Lateef went out the game for one play in the third one-fourth with a lower leg injury, however he returned to direct 2 goal pushes in the 4th quarter, negotiating a guardian to hit the end zone from 4 gardens out for the last credit rating.” I only must always keep the men cleared up, and our experts took momentum back,” Lateef pointed out.
“I’m constantly heading to keep restful. Remain the exact same fella in the hardest opportunities.” Lateef devoted to Nebraska in May after his April see for the spring season game. He is actually stayed strong to the Huskers with an eventful join Lincoln that consisted of the development of correct fresher Dylan Raiola as the best QB as well as the change at outrageous organizer, along with Dana Holgorsen joining the program in early Nov and consuming as the play agent this week.Williams as well as quarterbacks train Glenn Thomas have preserved regular contact throughout the period along with Lateef, that is actually thrown for much more than 2,000 gardens as a senior.Lateef has actually not yet gone to with Holgorsen.
Rhule claimed today he would like to always keep the past scalp train at West Virginia and also Houston on workers to work the Nebraska outburst in 2025. Of Raiola, Lateef claimed, “I recognize Dylan. He is actually a terrific regulation football gamer.
But my time is going to arrive. I’ll use and complete as well as permit the rest play out. A single thing regarding me, I am actually not mosting likely to duck competition.
He’s an excellent soccer gamer. But I am, also.” Lateef mentioned he organizes to enroll at Nebraska in January.Required reading( Image: Mitch Sherman/ The Sports).