No. 55 – Tennessee Titans | |
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Position: | Offensive tackle |
Personal information | |
Born: | Mississippi, U.S. | February 8, 2003
Height: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Weight: | 342 lb (155 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | IMG Academy ( Bradenton, Florida) |
College: | Alabama (2021–2023) |
NFL draft: | 2024 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7 |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Unsigned draft pick |
Career highlights and awards | |
Career NFL statistics as of 2024 | |
Player stats at NFL.com |
Jerome "JC" Latham (born February 8, 2003) is an American football offensive tackle for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, earning all-conference honors in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in 2023. Latham was selected seventh overall by the Titans in the 2024 NFL draft.
Latham was born on February 8, 2003, in Mississippi and grew up in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. [1] [2] [3] He originally attended Catholic Memorial High School in Waukesha, Wisconsin, before transferring to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. [4] [5] [6] He played offensive tackle and defensive end in high school. [7] He was selected to play in the 2020 Under Armour All-America Game. A five star recruit, Latham committed to the University of Alabama to play college football. [8] [9]
Latham played in 14 games as a backup in his true freshman year at Alabama in 2021. In 2022, he became the team's starting right tackle. [10] He declared for the 2024 NFL draft following the 2023 season. [11]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
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6 ft 5+3⁄4 in (1.97 m) |
342 lb (155 kg) |
35+1⁄8 in (0.89 m) |
11 in (0.28 m) | |||||||||
All values from NFL Combine [12] [13] |
Latham was selected by the Tennessee Titans with the seventh pick in the 2024 NFL draft.