{"id":393164,"date":"2024-05-12T22:32:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T22:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=393164"},"modified":"2024-05-12T23:03:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T23:03:48","slug":"nebraska-football-lands-coveted-4-star-quarterback-t-j-lateef","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=393164","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska football lands coveted 4-star quarterback T.J. Lateef"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>T.J. Lateef, one of the top quarterback prospects in the nation, gave a Sunday commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/cornhuskerswire.usatoday.com\/\">Nebraska<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A four-star quarterback in the class of 2025, Lateef plays for Orange Lutheran (Orange, California). He chose Nebraska over offers from Arizona, Arizona State, Boston College, <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradobuffaloeswire.usatoday.com\/\">Colorado<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/fsuwire.usatoday.com\/\">Florida State<\/a>, Miami, Ole Miss, <a href=\"https:\/\/nittanylionswire.usatoday.com\/\">Penn State<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/\">Texas A&amp;M<\/a> among others.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/Player\/TJ-Lateef-46130401\/\">247Sports<\/a>, he is the No. 228 recruit in the nation and the No. 16 quarterback overall. He is also the No. 22 player in California in this recruiting cycle.<\/p>\n<p>As a junior, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/ca\/orange\/orange-lutheran-lancers\/athletes\/tj-lateef\/football\/stats\/?careerid=1bvmrmplp7uo8\">Lateef was 224-of-320<\/a> for 2,446 yards with 18 touchdowns and seven interceptions.<\/p>\n<p>He took an official visit to Nebraska in late April.<\/p>\n<p>His commitment announcement was made by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/tj-lateef-155028\/\">On3 Sports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Four-Star QB TJ Lateef has Committed to Nebraska, he tells me for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/On3Recruits?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@on3recruits<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 6\u20192 200 QB from Orange, CA chose the Cornhuskers over Colorado and Ole Miss<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like a priority.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/isz9shyOSR\">https:\/\/t.co\/isz9shyOSR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EdEPDecLD3\">pic.twitter.com\/EdEPDecLD3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Hayesfawcett3\/status\/1789701715605794983?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lateef is the eighth commitment for Nebraska in the 2025 class. He is the first four-star commit for the Cornhuskers but given that he is a quarterback, it is a significant verbal for head coach Matt Rhule.<\/p>\n<p>And since Nebraska won quite the recruiting battle for Lateef, it is likely to be a momentum-building verbal for Nebraska.<\/p>\n<p>Following the commitment of Lateef, the class is now ranked No. 30 in the nation per <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/nebraska\/Season\/2025-Football\/Commits\/\">247Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>T.J. Lateef commits to Nebraska football.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393164"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=393164"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":393166,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393164\/revisions\/393166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=393164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=393164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=393164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}