.COSTA MESA, Calif.– Nebraska quarterback devote TJ Lateef is actually taking his senior high school crew to brand-new heights, a few months prior to he enrolls in Lincoln as portion of a recruiting lesson that he expects to do the very same for Matt Rhule’s Huskers.Lateef, a four-star possibility in the 247Sports Compound, directed Orange Lutheran Senior high school to a 42-20 triumph on Friday night over Junipero Serra. Lateef represented 3 touchdowns and also helped Orange Lutheran combat a second-half rally after Serra reduced a 28-point halftime deficit to eight.Orange Lutheran, 8-3, is ranked 16th country wide by MaxPreps. It is going to play No.
7 St. John Bosco following week in the institution’s first-ever appearance in the CIF-Southern Section Division 1 semifinal round. The winner could experience No.
1 Mater Dei in the championship round.Lateef, 6 feet 1 1/2 ins as well as 195 pounds, stated he’s “100 percent nailed down” on Nebraska ahead of the start of the very early signing time period 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 coming from Alabama to Nebraska.” Our experts are actually going to get a pair even more fellas (to flip),” Lateef claimed Friday night.
“Our team’re heading to shock the world.” Nebraska continues to operate to turn Millard South tight end Hunt Loftin coming from Florida State. Loftin, a four-star possibility, aided his Omaha group apply for Nebraska’s Class A champion with a succeed on Friday evening. It will certainly deal with two-time defending champ Omaha Westside at Remembrance Coliseum.
Four-star wide receiver Cortez Mills of House, Fla., an Oklahoma devote, also stays a target of the Huskers.Nebraska associate Keith Williams watched Lateef on Friday night at Orange Shore College. Orange Lutheran jumped bent on a 28-0 top as Lateef racked up on a 12-yard operate as well as connected for 22 lawns with Arizona State tight end devote AJ Ia.Adversity attacked for Orange Lutheran in the third one-fourth as Serra, behind quarterback Ryan Hopkins, a 2026 target of several Significant 10 programs, led a rebound. Lateef left the game for one play in the 3rd quarter with a leg personal injury, however he went back to send pair of goal pushes in the 4th one-fourth, leaping over a defender to arrive at completion zone from 4 lawns out for the final score.” I only needed to keep the people settled, as well as our experts took energy back,” Lateef mentioned.
“I’m constantly going to remain calm. Visit the exact same man in the hardest times.” Lateef dedicated to Nebraska in May after his April check out for the spring season video game. He is actually stayed strong to the Huskers via a memorable fall in Lincoln that featured the emergence of correct fresher Dylan Raiola as the top QB and the modification at repulsive coordinator, with Dana Holgorsen participating in the plan in early Nov and taking control of as the play customer this week.Williams as well as quarterbacks train Glenn Thomas have sustained normal call throughout the time along with Lateef, who’s tossed for more than 2,000 yards as a senior.Lateef has actually certainly not yet visited along with Holgorsen.
Rhule mentioned this week he would love to keep the past head trainer at West Virginia and also Houston on staff to run the Nebraska offense in 2025. Of Raiola, Lateef said, “I value Dylan. He’s a great soccer gamer.
However my time is visiting come. I’ll enter and contend and also let the rest participate in out. Something about me, I’m certainly not heading to duck competitors.
He is actually a great football gamer. Yet I am, as well.” Lateef said he prepares to register at Nebraska in January.Required reading( Photo: Mitch Sherman/ The Sports).