If there’s one thing we know about new Tennessee Titans offensive tackle JC Latham, it’s that he’s a large human being capable of manhandling anyone in front of him.
And the 6-foot-6, 342-pound monster showed that immediately upon being drafted by the Titans with the No. 7 overall pick in the 2024 NFL draft.
Once Latham’s name was called, he walked up to the stage and picked up Roger Goodell like a toy, which wasn’t exactly ideal for the NFL commissioner considering he just had back surgery recently.
But Goodell took it like a champ and congratulated Latham for being taken by the Titans all the same. The Alabama product picking up Goodell starts at the 1:24 mark in the video below.
The @Titans take JC Latham at No. 7, and he loved every second of his walk to the Draft stage 😁
📺: #NFLDraft on NFLN/ESPN/ABC
📱: Stream on #NFLPlus pic.twitter.com/OaGwXlP9u6— NFL (@NFL) April 26, 2024
“(Goodell) told me when I picked him up, don’t pick him up by the low back because that’s where he had the surgery,” Latham said afterwards, per Jim Wyatt of TennesseeTitans.com. “So, I made sure I went up top. … Hopefully he’s OK. If not, I apologize. I hope he is (good).”
The addition of Latham is a significant one, as the Titans desperately needed help upfront. General manager Ran Carthon says Latham will get a crack at left tackle first, despite not playing there in college.
