• Position:

  Safety

• Height:

  6-1

• Weight:

  210

• Hometown:

  Tucson, Ariz.

• Last School:

  Salpointe Catholic

• Year:

  Senior

THE LATHAN RANSOM FILE

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Ohio State Overview
• Lathan is in his fourth season with the program and has two seasons of eligibility, including another from the 2020 pandemic season
• He is an OSU Scholar-Athlete majoring in communications
• Is coming off a fine 2022 campaign when he played in 12 of the 13 games, started nine games and was a semifinalist for the Thorpe Award
• Ranked third on the team in tackles in 2022 with 74 and earned honorable mention all-Big Ten Conference honors by both the coaches and voting media
• 2022 stats also included 3.5 tackles-for-loss (-22 yards), an interception (vs. Michigan State), three pass break-ups, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery
• A valuable special teams performer with two blocked punts on the year: vs. Indiana and Maryland
• Recorded a career high 11 tackles (eight solos) vs. Rutgers and had 10 tackles vs. Indiana and eight vs. both Northwestern and Georgia
• Is now a veteran of 32 games, including playing in all 13 games in 2021 and started three games (vs. Minnesota, Oregon and Tulsa)
• Was third among the defensive backs in 2021 with 38 total tackles, including a quarterback sack, plus had five pass break-ups
• Had eight tackles vs. Tulsa, six vs. Purdue and five vs. Michigan
• Missed the 2022 spring drills while recovering from an injury during the Rose Bowl game
• Saw increased playing time throughout the 2020 season, played in seven games and had five of his six tackles in the final three games
• Finished with two tackles and one pass defended in a 22-10 win over Northwestern in the Big Ten Championship Game

Honors & Awards
2022: Honorable mention all-Big Ten Conference (coaches and media)
2020: OSU Scholar-Athlete

More on Lathan
• Lathan was a part of the 2020 class of recruits
• He was a national top-100 prospect and the No. 5-ranked safety nationally by 247Sports.com
• Selected to play in the US Army All-American Game in San Antonio
• Named the AllSportsTucson.com Athlete of the Year in 2019
• 2019 4A Kino Region Defensive Player of the Year
• Made the Arizona Republic All-Arizona Team as a junior after 82 tackles, two sacks, six interceptions and eight pass breakups for Tucson Salpointe Catholic High School
• Helped the Lancers to a 13-1 record in 2018 and an appearance in the 4A state final
• Participated in The Opening
• Member of the Maxwell Award National Defensive Player of the Year Watch List
• Is the son of Linda and Nathan Ransom