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Nebraska quarterback commit will not confirm his recruitment is shutdown

Quarterback TJ Lateef sat down for a one-on-one interview with Tom Loy from 247Sports at the recent Elite 11 finals. 

A Nebraska commitment to the class of 2025 gave an odd answer when asked about his recruitment. Quarterback TJ Lateef sat down for a one-on-one interview with Tom Loy from 247Sports at the recent Elite 11 finals.

As the conversation drew to a close, Loy asked the four-star recruit about his Nebraska commitment.

“Is your recruitment completely shut down?”

Lateef’s answer is sure to draw raised eyebrows.

“My recruitment is… I won’t speak on that.”

In ten games last season, he threw for 1,965 yards with 13 touchdowns and seven interceptions as the quarterback at Luthern High School out of Orange, California. As a sophomore, he threw for 2,446 yards with 18 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 11 games.

This is a developing story and definitely something to keep an eye on.

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Nebraska quarterback commit earns Elit 11 Finals invitation

TJ Lateef has earned a spot in the Elite 11 Finals.

A Nebraska quarterback commit has been invited to a top high school football event. TJ Lateef has earned a spot in the Elite 11 Finals.

The annual event is a three-day competition for the county’s top high school quarterbacks. In ten games last season, Lateef threw for 1,965 yards with 13 touchdowns and seven interceptions. As a sophomore, he threw for 2,446 yards with 18 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 11 games.

The 6-foot-1, 185-pound prospect is from Southern California and attends Lutheran High School in Orange County. 247Sports, ESPN, and Rivals rank him as a four-star prospect, while On3 only views Lateef as a three-star prospect.

Lateef is the third Nebraska quarterback committed to attend the Elite 11 Finals in the last two recruiting cycles. The California quarterback joins Cornhuskers Daniel Kaelin and Dylan Raiola.

The Elite 11 Finals will occur June 18-20, 2024, in Los Angeles, California.

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Nebraska picks up commitment from four-star QB TJ Lateef

The Cornhuskers have landed a four-star signal caller out of California.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers football program has picked up a commitment from four-star TJ Lateef.

The 6-foot-1, 185-pound Lateef is out of Southern California, attending Lutheran High School in Orange County. He is ranked as a four-star prospect by 247Sports, ESPN, and Rivals, while On3 only views Lateef as a three-star prospect.

The California signal caller chose the Huskers over 15 other scholarship offers, including Arizona, Arizona State, Boston College, Cincinnati, Florida State, Georgia, Miami (FL), Michigan State, Ole Miss, Oregon State, Penn State, and Texas A&M.

Latetef is the eighth commitment of the Cornhuskers’ 2025 recruiting class and the fifth since the beginning of April. Notably, after each of their first four commitments was an in-state prospect, the Huskers have landed four straight out-of-state prospects.

 

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Four-star quarterback predicted to commit to Nebraska

A four-star quarterback in the class of 2025 has received a prediction that he will commit to the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

A four-star quarterback in the class of 2025 has received a prediction that he will commit to the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Steve Wiltfong of On3 has predicted that TJ Lateef will commit to Nebraska before the 2025 recruiting cycle has finished.

In ten games last season, he threw for 1,965 yards with 13 touchdowns and seven interceptions as the quarterback at Luthern High School out of Orange, California. As a sophomore, he threw for 2,446 yards with 18 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 11 games.

Wiltfong has placed confidence in his prediction at 60%. At the time of this writing, he has 16 scholarship offers.

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Four-star quarterback sets visit date

A four-star quarterback out of California has scheduled a visit with the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

A four-star quarterback out of California has scheduled a visit with the Nebraska Cornhuskers. TJ Lateef will make an official visit to Lincoln on Friday, April 26.

In ten games last season, he threw for 1,965 yards with 13 touchdowns and seven interceptions. As a sophomore, he threw for 2,446 yards with 18 touchdowns and seven interceptions in 11 games.

The class of 2025 prospect currently holds 14 offers, including Big Ten schools Penn State and Michigan State. Nebraska’s class of 2025 currently holds three commitments.

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Auburn ‘showing a lot of love’ to 4-star tight end AJ Ia

Auburn is recruiting four-star tight end AJ Ia, who happens to play his high school ball with four-star quarterback target TJ Lateef.

[autotag]AJ Ia[/autotag] is one of the top tight ends in the 2025 recruiting cycle and teams all across the country are pursuing the four-star prospect. The Auburn Tigers are one of those teams and they have the attention of the Orange, California native.

“Auburn, Florida State, Tennessee, Brigham Young, Penn State have all been coming out and showing a lot of love recently,” Ia told 247Sports. “They’ve all told me I’m high on their list. It means a lot because obviously those are some schools that are long distance from here but they have told me they like my talent.”

Ia is the No. 306 overall player and No. 15 tight end in the 247Sports composite ranking. The 6-foot-5, 215-pounder is also the No. 28 player from California.

He isn’t Auburn’s only target out of Orange Lutheran High School, his quarterback is four-star [autotag]TJ Lateef[/autotag], who recently included Auburn in his top seven schools. The two connected on 21 passes for 273 yards and four touchdowns in six games as juniors.

Auburn and tight end coach [autotag]Ben Aigamaua[/autotag] has already landed one tight end in the 2025 cycle in Ryan Ghea but the Tigers are looking to sign two to help replenish the depth at the position. Ia has the ability to help in the blocking game as well as run routes, making him exactly the kind of player Auburn is looking for.

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Four-star QB TJ Lateef feels like Hugh Freeze ‘has something up his sleeve’

TJ Lateef is one of the best quarterbacks in the country and the California native is paying attention to what Hugh Freeze is building at Auburn.

Auburn has primarily recruited the southeast under [autotag]Hugh Freeze[/autotag] but the Tigers have shown they are willing to go anywhere in the country to land an elite player.

In the 2024 cycle that was four-star offensive lineman DeAndre Carter, a California native, and in 2025 they are once again going back to California. This time it’s for quarterback [autotag]TJ Lateef[/autotag], a four-star prospect who recently included Auburn in his top seven schools.

Lateef hasn’t visited Auburn but he has been keeping his eye on the Tigers and he told On3’s Cole Pinkston that he’s liked what they are building.

“Their recruiting class that they have in the 2024 class, I just feel like Hugh Freeze has something up his sleeve and I just want to be a part of it,” Lateef said. “I feel like the recruiting he has been doing with the portal, the 2025 class, and I know he has an early 2026 wide receiver commit. I feel like he has some guys coming in that I feel like I would be able to blend with.”

Lateef is the No. 232 overall player and No. 18 quarterback in the On3 industry ranking. He is also the No. 21 player from California.

While some players would be hesitant to leave their home state, Lateef is excited about the opportunity and thinks playing in the state of Alabama would be great for him.

“No, I think that is where I need to be, to be honest,” Lateef said. “I just feel like you guys breed football out there. Not that they don’t breed it out here, but I just feel like that is where the dogs come out of.”

He had a strong junior season for Orange Lutheran, completing 63% (152-241) of his passes for 1,965 yards and 13 touchdowns against seven interceptions. He also rushed for 230 yards and five touchdowns.

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Michigan State football offers 2025 4-star QB TJ Lateef

Michigan State football offers 2025 4-star QB TJ Lateef

New Michigan State football coach Jonathan Smith is known for being a quarterbacks coach, and the Spartans are looking for their next big quarterback addition after successfully adding big transfer pick-ups like Aidan Chiles and Tommy Schuster.

On Saturday, the Spartans offered TJ Lateef, a 4-star quarterback in the 2025 recruiting class.

Lateef had already been offered by Smith when he was at Oregon State, and now Smith will look to bring that recruiting relationship with him to MSU.

Lateef is the No. 10 ranked quarterback by 247Sports and their No. 161 ranked player overall.

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2025 four-star QB TJ Lateef puts Auburn in his top seven schools

Four-star quarterback TJ Lateef is down to Auburn, Colorado, Florida State, Ole Miss, Arizona, Georgia, and Texas A&M.

[autotag]TJ Lateef[/autotag] is one of the top quarterback prospects in the 2025 recruiting cycle and on Saturday he announced his final seven schools and the Auburn Tigers made the cut.

They are battling Colorado, Florida State, Ole Miss, Arizona, Georgia, and Texas A&M for the four-star prospect. From Orange, California, he has not visited Auburn yet but he is hoping to visit the Plains “as soon as possible,” he told On3’s Chad Simmons.

“I really like Auburn and what they’re doing, their recruiting class,” he added. “I feel like [autotag]Hugh Freeze[/autotag] has something going on underneath his sleeve and I just want to be a part of that.”

Lateef is the No. 228 overall player and No. 17 quarterback in the On3 industry ranking. The 6-foot-2, 185-pounder is also the No. 21 player from California.

He had a strong junior season for Orange Lutheran, completing 63% (152-241) of his passes for 1,965 yards, 13 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He also rushed for 230 yards and five touchdowns.

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Friday Night Notes: 5-stars visiting Michigan, Colorado’s QB targets, plus more

The lead in the 2024 recruiting cycle changed hands again this week.

USA TODAY High School Sports‘ Friday Night Notes is a weekly high school recruiting recap that looks at the latest news from around the country—from the Class of 2023 to ’24 and beyond.

The lead in the 2024 recruiting cycle changed hands again this week. Michigan had been on top, but the recent arrival of QB1 Dylan Raiola, plus a few more three- and four-star commitments this past week, put Georgia at No. 1 nationally.

Going by the 247Sports composite rankings, the Bulldogs’ class of 2024 is now at 270.65 points, more than 20 points ahead of the second-ranked Wolverines (250.12). It will take a lot of work to recover that lead for Jim Harbaugh and the rest of his program. Adding a couple of blue-chip prospects would certainly make a difference, though.

On that score, help may soon be on the way.

According to Wolverines Wire Trent Knoop, Justin Scott will be visiting Ann Arbor on June 9. The composite rankings have Scott (6-foot-4, 310 pounds) as the No. 1 overall prospect in the state of Illinois, plus No. 3 at his position and No. 12 nationally in the class of 2024.

Scott has offers from 29 other programs and will also be visiting Georgia, Miami, and Ohio State next month. On3’s prediction model currently has Miami as the favorite to get his commitment at 69.8%, followed by Notre Dame at 20.2%, then Georgia at 6.3%. Michigan is at less than 1%.

Scott won’t be the only five-star recruit in Ann Arbor that weekend, though.

According to On3 Recruits, Saint Louis University (Mo.) five-star wide receiver Ryan Wingo will also be in town for an official visit on June 9. Wingo (6-foot-2, 205 pounds) is ranked second overall in Missouri, fifth among wide receivers and No. 21 nationally in the 2024 class.

Wingo also has offers from 41 other programs, though. The list of contenders that are considered warm to get his commitment include Georgia, Michigan, Missouri, Texas, Alabama, Clemson, Miami, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas A&M.