JC Latham Selected No. 7 Overall By Tennessee Titans

The Titans addressed a massive need at tackle with 342-pound JC Latham from the University of Alabama.

Highlights

The Tennessee Titans selected offensive tackle JC Latham with the No. 7 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.
Latham was Bill Callahan’s favorite player in the 2024 class.
This is the second straight year the Titans have drafted a linemen with their first selection.

The Tennessee Titans had needs across their offensive line, and filled one of them with a dominant SEC tackle on Thursday night.

At No. 7 overall, Tennessee kicked off the Brian Callahan Era by selecting right tackle JC Latham from the University of Alabama. The 6-foot-6, 342-pound lineman was the second lineman picked in the 2024 NFL Draft, following No. 5 overall pick Joe Alt.

The Athletic’s Dianna Russini reported Latham was Titans’ offensive line coach Bill Callahan’s “favorite player” in the class. Callahan is regarded as one of the best OL coaches of all-time, and now has the talented mountain of a man to take under his wing in Nashville.

Latham is the second straight lineman to be taken by Tennessee in the first round. The Titans snagged Peter Skoronski out of Northwestern at No. 11 overall in 2023. He started 14 games as a rookie, and is projected to be the team’s starting left guard in 2024, per Pro Football Focus.

Jaelyn Duncan, Tennessee’s sixth-round pick a year ago, was projected to be their starting right tackle before Latham was picked. Duncan was PFF’s lowest-graded tackle in 2023.

All statistics courtesy of Pro Football Reference unless stated otherwise.