.COSTA MESA, Calif.– Nebraska quarterback devote TJ Lateef is taking his high school team to new levels, a couple of months just before he enrolls in Lincoln as part of a sponsor lesson that he expects to perform the same for Matt Rhule’s Huskers.Lateef, a four-star prospect in the 247Sports Compound, directed Orange Lutheran Secondary school to a 42-20 triumph on Friday night over Junipero Serra. Lateef made up three goals as well as assisted Orange Lutheran eliminate a second-half rally after Serra cut a 28-point halftime deficit to eight.Orange Lutheran, 8-3, is ranked 16th across the country by MaxPreps. It will certainly participate in No.
7 St. John Bosco next week in the school’s first-ever appeal in the CIF-Southern Area Department 1 semifinal sphere. The champion can face No.
1 Mater Dei in the championship round.Lateef, 6 feets 1 1/2 ins and 195 extra pounds, claimed he’s “100 percent locked in” on Nebraska ahead of the begin of the early signing duration on Dec. 4. He’s a feature in the Huskers’ 20-member training 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 acquire a couple extra individuals (to turn),” Lateef pointed out Friday evening.
“We’re going to stun the globe.” Nebraska continues to function to turn Millard South strict side Hunt Loftin coming from Florida Condition. Loftin, a four-star possibility, helped his Omaha staff apply for Nebraska’s Course A championship with a gain on Friday evening. It will definitely encounter two-time defending champ Omaha Westside at Remembrance Stadium.
Four-star wide receiver Cortez Mills of Farm, Fla., an Oklahoma devote, additionally remains an intended of the Huskers.Nebraska associate Keith Williams viewed Lateef on Friday night at Orange Coast University. Orange Lutheran dove bent on a 28-0 top as Lateef scored on a 12-yard operate as well as connected for 22 backyards with Arizona Condition strict end dedicate AJ Ia.Adversity struck for Orange Lutheran in the 3rd quarter as Serra, behind quarterback Ryan Hopkins, a 2026 target of several Significant 10 plans, led a rebound. Lateef exited the ready one play in the 3rd fourth along with a lower leg personal injury, yet he went back to send 2 touchdown drives in the 4th one-fourth, leaping over a guardian to hit completion zone coming from 4 lawns out for the final score.” I simply had to always keep the men worked out, and our team took drive back,” Lateef mentioned.
“I am actually regularly heading to stay calm. Visit the very same person in the hardest times.” Lateef devoted to Nebraska in Might after his April browse through for the spring season game. He is actually remained solid to the Huskers through an exciting join Lincoln that consisted of the development of correct freshman Dylan Raiola as the leading QB and also the change at repulsive coordinator, with Dana Holgorsen joining the program in early November and taking control of as the play customer this week.Williams and quarterbacks trainer Glenn Thomas have actually kept routine get in touch with throughout the season with Lateef, that’s tossed for much more than 2,000 backyards as a senior.Lateef has actually certainly not however explored along with Holgorsen.
Rhule said recently he wish to maintain the past head train at West Virginia and also Houston on workers to work the Nebraska offense in 2025. Of Raiola, Lateef stated, “I appreciate Dylan. He is actually a wonderful soccer gamer.
However my opportunity is actually going to arrive. I’ll enter as well as compete and let the remainder play out. One thing about me, I’m not heading to duck competitors.
He’s a wonderful soccer player. But I am actually, too.” Lateef said he prepares to participate at Nebraska in January.Required reading( Photograph: Mitch Sherman/ The Sports).