.COSTA MESA, Calif.– Nebraska quarterback devote TJ Lateef is taking his secondary school team to brand new heights, a handful of months prior to he participates in Lincoln as component of a sponsor course that he counts on to accomplish the exact same for Matt Rhule’s Huskers.Lateef, a four-star prospect in the 247Sports Composite, sent Orange Lutheran Secondary school to a 42-20 victory on Friday night over Junipero Serra. Lateef represented three touchdowns and aided Orange Lutheran fight off a second-half rally after Serra cut a 28-point halftime deficiency to eight.Orange Lutheran, 8-3, is placed 16th across the country by MaxPreps. It will certainly play No.
7 St. John Bosco next full week in the school’s first-ever appeal in the CIF-Southern Segment Branch 1 semifinal sphere. The winner could possibly deal with No.
1 Mater Dei in the championship round.Lateef, 6 feets 1 1/2 inches as well as 195 pounds, stated he’s “100 percent nailed down” on Nebraska ahead of the start of the very early signing time frame on Dec. 4. He is actually a feature 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 are actually going to get a couple more men (to turn),” Lateef mentioned Friday night.
“Our company are actually heading to stun the globe.” Nebraska remains to function to turn Millard South limited end Pursuit Loftin coming from Florida State. Loftin, a four-star possibility, aided his Omaha group qualify for Nebraska’s Class A champion along with a win on Friday evening. It will definitely encounter two-time defending champion Omaha Westside at Remembrance Coliseum.
Four-star wide receiver Cortez Mills of Farm, Fla., an Oklahoma commit, also continues to be an aim at of the Huskers.Nebraska assistant Keith Williams checked out Lateef on Friday evening at Orange Coast University. Orange Lutheran hopped out to a 28-0 top as Lateef racked up on a 12-yard run and also connected for 22 yards along with Arizona State limited end devote AJ Ia.Adversity hit for Orange Lutheran in the 3rd quarter as Serra, behind quarterback Ryan Hopkins, a 2026 aim at of many Large Ten programs, led a rebound. Lateef left the game for one play in the third quarter with a leg trauma, however he came back to direct 2 goal pushes in the fourth quarter, hurdling a defender to get to completion region coming from 4 lawns out for the final credit rating.” I merely needed to maintain the fellas settled, as well as we took drive back,” Lateef claimed.
“I’m always visiting stay restful. Stay the very same person in the hardest opportunities.” Lateef committed to Nebraska in May after his April browse through for the spring video game. He’s stayed strong to the Huskers via a memorable join Lincoln that featured the introduction of accurate freshman Dylan Raiola as the top QB and the adjustment at offending coordinator, with Dana Holgorsen participating in the plan in early November and consuming as the play caller this week.Williams as well as quarterbacks train Glenn Thomas have actually kept routine call throughout the season along with Lateef, that’s thrown for much more than 2,000 backyards as a senior.Lateef has actually certainly not however seen with Holgorsen.
Rhule said recently he would love to always keep the former head trainer at West Virginia and also Houston on personnel to function the Nebraska outburst in 2025. Of Raiola, Lateef said, “I recognize Dylan. He’s a great soccer player.
However my opportunity is going to arrive. I’ll use and compete and also permit the rest play out. Something concerning me, I am actually not mosting likely to duck competitors.
He is actually a great soccer player. However I am actually, too.” Lateef mentioned he considers to sign up at Nebraska in January.Required reading( Photograph: Mitch Sherman/ The Athletic).