.COSTA MESA, Calif.– Nebraska quarterback commit TJ Lateef is actually taking his senior high school staff to brand-new levels, a few months before he enrolls in Lincoln as part of a sponsor class that he anticipates to accomplish the exact 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 evening over Junipero Serra. Lateef made up three goals and also aided Orange Lutheran fight back a second-half rally after Serra reduced a 28-point halftime deficiency to eight.Orange Lutheran, 8-3, is ranked 16th nationally by MaxPreps. It will participate in No.
7 St. John Bosco upcoming full week in the school’s first-ever look in the CIF-Southern Area Branch 1 semifinal around. The victor can experience No.
1 Mater Dei in the champion round.Lateef, 6 feets 1 1/2 inches and also 195 pounds, claimed he is actually “100 percent secured” on Nebraska in front of the beginning of the early finalizing time frame on Dec. 4. He is actually 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 team are actually going to get a pair extra people (to flip),” Lateef pointed out Friday night.
“Our experts are actually heading to stun the globe.” Nebraska remains to function to flip Millard South limited side Hunt Loftin from Florida State. Loftin, a four-star prospect, assisted his Omaha group get Nebraska’s Class A championship along with a gain on Friday night. It will deal with two-time defending champ Omaha Westside at Memorial Arena.
Four-star wide receiver Cortez Mills of Ranch, Fla., an Oklahoma devote, likewise remains an aim at of the Huskers.Nebraska assistant Keith Williams checked out Lateef on Friday night at Orange Coast University. Orange Lutheran hopped out to a 28-0 lead as Lateef racked up on a 12-yard run as well as hooked up for 22 gardens along with Arizona Condition strict end devote AJ Ia.Adversity struck for Orange Lutheran in the third quarter as Serra, behind quarterback Ryan Hopkins, a 2026 target of a number of Major Ten systems, led a revival. Lateef left the game for one play in the third fourth with a lower leg accident, yet he went back to send two touchdown drives in the fourth one-fourth, hurdling a protector to get to the end area coming from 4 gardens out for the ultimate rating.” I simply had to always keep the guys resolved, and we took drive back,” Lateef mentioned.
“I am actually constantly visiting remain tranquil. Stay the exact same guy in the hardest times.” Lateef devoted to Nebraska in Might after his April check out for the springtime game. He is actually kept sound to the Huskers via an eventful join Lincoln that featured the emergence of real freshman Dylan Raiola as the leading QB and also the adjustment at repulsive coordinator, along with Dana Holgorsen participating in the system in very early November as well as managing as the play agent this week.Williams as well as quarterbacks instructor Glenn Thomas have actually preserved regular connect with throughout the time along with Lateef, that is actually tossed for much more than 2,000 gardens as a senior.Lateef has actually not however visited along with Holgorsen.
Rhule stated recently he wish to always keep the previous head trainer at West Virginia and also Houston on personnel to work the Nebraska outburst in 2025. Of Raiola, Lateef stated, “I respect Dylan. He’s an excellent regulation football player.
Yet my opportunity is actually going to arrive. I’ll enter and also contend and allow the remainder participate in out. The main thing about me, I am actually certainly not going to duck competition.
He is actually a fantastic soccer gamer. But I am actually, too.” Lateef said he considers to sign up at Nebraska in January.Required reading( Photo: Mitch Sherman/ The Sports).