Titans’ quarterback ready to get to work with new teammate, As He Join Jaguars
The Tennessee Titans got quarterback Will Levis much needed help with the No. 7 overall pick of the NFL Draft.
Tennessee took former Alabama offensive tackle, JC Latham on Thursday night.
Many had the Titans taking Joe Alt, an offensive tackle from the Notre Dame, but the franchise went with Latham. The 6-foot-6, 342-pounder is excited to be a Titan after three seasons with the Crimson Tide. He made first-team All-SEC in 2023 and helped Alabama to two Southeastern Conference Championships in 2021 and 2023.
Latham, a former five-star in the 2021 signing class, allowed four sacks across 26 starts at right tackle. He dominated on the right side, but he wants to show versatility in being a left tackle as well. Levis, a former University of Kentucky standout, is ready to work with Latham and expressed it via social media.
Tennessee has to give Levis a chance to work out by keeping him up right. The decision to take Latham helps a lot.
In his first press conference as a Titan, Latham said that he is ready to make the position change and he is excited to learn new techniques from offensive line guru Bill Callahan.
“I started at left. I was recruited to Alabama as a left. And then I decided Evan Neal, he was there. He ended up going to the Giants, but before all that happened, he decided that he made the decision he wanted to play left. I wasn’t about to argue with a top-10 pick.
I don’t want to cause malice within the room. And he was a great tackle. So I decided to go to right. I trained at right literally when I got to Alabama, I was never a right tackle in high school. I only played O-line for two years and that was at left. I became the No. 2 player in the country. No. 1 at my position for two seasons. So I know hard work and dedication. One of my closest friend’s family told me success is when preparation meets opportunity. I hold that near and dear to my heart. So I plan to, as soon as I step in the building, get right to work.”
Titans’ interest before draft
“It was pretty high. My agent was telling me that a lot of their GMs and coaching staff was asking if the Chargers were interested in me, what they were planning on doing, if teams were planning on trading up past seven, if they were interested in doing things like that. So, even when the draft started, after the Cardinals picked Marvin Harrison (Jr.), they asked immediately, ‘Let us know if the Chargers are talking to him right now.’ So, we had pretty high hopes, high confidence within that they will make that decision to pull the trigger on me.”
