.COSTA MESA, Calif.– Nebraska quarterback commit TJ Lateef is taking his secondary school team to brand-new levels, a handful of months before he signs up in Lincoln as portion of a sponsor training class that he anticipates to do the very same for Matt Rhule’s Huskers.Lateef, a four-star prospect in the 247Sports Composite, directed Orange Lutheran High School to a 42-20 success on Friday evening over Junipero Serra. Lateef represented three touchdowns as well as helped Orange Lutheran fight back a second-half rally after Serra cut a 28-point halftime deficit to eight.Orange Lutheran, 8-3, is ranked 16th across the country through MaxPreps. It will certainly participate in No.
7 St. John Bosco following full week in the institution’s first-ever appearance in the CIF-Southern Area Division 1 semifinal around. The winner could possibly encounter No.
1 Mater Dei in the championship round.Lateef, 6 feets 1 1/2 inches and also 195 extra pounds, mentioned he’s “100 percent locked in” on Nebraska in advance of the start of the very early finalizing duration on Dec. 4. He is actually a feature in the Huskers’ 20-member course that stands 20th nationally after the flip on Thursday of four-star linebacker Dawson Merritt from Alabama to Nebraska.” Our company are actually going to receive a couple more men (to turn),” Lateef mentioned Friday night.
“We are actually going to surprise the globe.” Nebraska remains to work to flip Millard South tight end Chase Loftin coming from Fla State. Loftin, a four-star prospect, helped his Omaha staff obtain Nebraska’s Lesson A champion along with a gain on Friday evening. It will definitely deal with two-time standing up for champion Omaha Westside at Remembrance Stadium.
Four-star wide receiver Cortez Mills of Homestead, Fla., an Oklahoma devote, also continues to be an intended of the Huskers.Nebraska associate Keith Williams checked out Lateef on Friday evening at Orange Coast College. Orange Lutheran dove out to a 28-0 lead as Lateef scored on a 12-yard operate and attached for 22 lawns with Arizona Condition tight end commit AJ Ia.Adversity struck for Orange Lutheran in the 3rd fourth as Serra, behind quarterback Ryan Hopkins, a 2026 aim at of several Huge 10 courses, led a comeback. Lateef went out the game for one play in the 3rd quarter along with a lower leg injury, but he came back to send two goal pushes in the 4th quarter, leaping over a protector to hit completion area from 4 gardens out for the ultimate rating.” I simply had to keep the fellas settled, as well as we took energy back,” Lateef pointed out.
“I’m always visiting keep tranquil. Remain the exact same fella in the hardest opportunities.” Lateef devoted to Nebraska in May after his April browse through for the spring season video game. He’s stayed sound to the Huskers through an eventful fall in Lincoln that consisted of the development of correct freshman Dylan Raiola as the top QB as well as the change at outrageous planner, along with Dana Holgorsen participating in the course in very early Nov as well as taking control of as the play caller this week.Williams as well as quarterbacks train Glenn Thomas have sustained regular get in touch with throughout the time with Lateef, who’s thrown for greater than 2,000 backyards as a senior.Lateef has not however seen with Holgorsen.
Rhule claimed this week he would like to maintain the past scalp train at West Virginia and also Houston on personnel to work the Nebraska outburst in 2025. Of Raiola, Lateef said, “I respect Dylan. He is actually a terrific soccer gamer.
Yet my opportunity is going to arrive. I’ll enter as well as contend and also allow the remainder play out. One point regarding me, I am actually certainly not mosting likely to duck competition.
He is actually an excellent regulation football gamer. But I am actually, too.” Lateef claimed he considers to enlist at Nebraska in January.Required reading( Photograph: Mitch Sherman/ The Athletic).