.COSTA MESA, Calif.– Nebraska quarterback devote TJ Lateef is taking his senior high school staff to brand new levels, a couple of months just before he signs up in Lincoln as portion of a recruiting course that he expects to carry out the same for Matt Rhule’s Huskers.Lateef, a four-star possibility in the 247Sports Compound, sent Orange Lutheran Secondary school to a 42-20 victory on Friday evening over Junipero Serra. Lateef accounted for three goals as well as aided Orange Lutheran fight off a second-half rally after Serra cut a 28-point halftime deficiency to eight.Orange Lutheran, 8-3, is actually placed 16th country wide by MaxPreps. It will definitely participate in No.
7 St. John Bosco upcoming week in the institution’s first-ever appeal in the CIF-Southern Part Department 1 semifinal sphere. The champion can experience No.
1 Mater Dei in the champion round.Lateef, 6 feet 1 1/2 inches as well as 195 extra pounds, stated he is actually “100 percent secured” on Nebraska ahead of the begin of the early finalizing time period on Dec. 4. He’s a headliner in the Huskers’ 20-member training class that stands 20th country wide after the flip on Thursday of four-star linebacker Dawson Merritt from Alabama to Nebraska.” Our team are actually going to get a married couple even more men (to flip),” Lateef mentioned Friday evening.
“Our team’re mosting likely to stun the world.” Nebraska remains to function to turn Millard South tight end Hunt Loftin from Fla Condition. Loftin, a four-star prospect, helped his Omaha group get approved for Nebraska’s Course A championship along with a gain on Friday evening. It will definitely face two-time defending champ Omaha Westside at Remembrance Stadium.
Four-star pass receiver Cortez Mills of Homestead, Fla., an Oklahoma devote, additionally continues to be an intended of the Huskers.Nebraska aide Keith Williams saw Lateef on Friday evening at Orange Coastline College. Orange Lutheran hopped out to a 28-0 lead as Lateef scored on a 12-yard operate and also attached for 22 backyards along with Arizona State tight end devote AJ Ia.Adversity hit for Orange Lutheran in the third fourth as Serra, responsible for quarterback Ryan Hopkins, a 2026 aim at of numerous Big 10 systems, led a return. Lateef exited the game for one play in the 3rd quarter along with a lower leg accident, however he returned to send pair of goal pushes in the fourth one-fourth, hurdling a protector to reach the end region coming from 4 backyards out for the final credit rating.” I only had to keep the fellas resolved, and also we took momentum back,” Lateef stated.
“I’m regularly visiting stay calm. Keep the exact same fella in the hardest opportunities.” Lateef devoted to Nebraska in May after his April browse through for the springtime game. He’s kept solid to the Huskers by means of an exciting fall in Lincoln that consisted of the emergence of real freshman Dylan Raiola as the leading QB and the modification at outrageous coordinator, with Dana Holgorsen joining the program in early November as well as consuming as the play agent this week.Williams as well as quarterbacks train Glenn Thomas have preserved normal connect with throughout the time with Lateef, that’s tossed for much more than 2,000 yards as a senior.Lateef has actually certainly not yet checked out with Holgorsen.
Rhule mentioned today he would like to maintain the past scalp train at West Virginia as well as Houston on personnel to run the Nebraska offense in 2025. Of Raiola, Lateef stated, “I value Dylan. He’s a wonderful regulation football player.
Yet my time is actually visiting arrive. I’ll go in as well as contend and also let the rest participate in out. One point about me, I am actually not visiting duck competition.
He’s a fantastic football gamer. But I am, also.” Lateef said he prepares to enroll at Nebraska in January.Required reading( Photo: Mitch Sherman/ The Athletic).