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72Overall
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Lathan Ransom

Ohio State · Safety · 2020-24

TKL
217
INT
3
PD
13

Career totals · 5 seasons with stats

Scouting Report

Ransom was a first-team all-conference pick in 2024.

From 2020 to 2024, Ransom recorded 217 tackles and 16 tackles for loss. From 2022 to 2024, Ransom also had 3 interceptions.

Ransom was the No. 122 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

In 17-0 that career earns a 72 overall, the 11th-highest safety rating at Ohio State since 1990 and No. 68 among all safeties of the 2020-2024 era.

Honors & Awards

  1. 2024
    • First-team all-conference
  2. 2025
    • No. 122 overall pick, NFL Draft

Season by Season

Lathan Ransom season-by-season statistics at Ohio State
SeasonTklTFLPDInt
20205010
2021382.550
2022653.531
2023341.521
2024758.521
Total21716133

Seasons with tracked stats at Ohio State. Coverage starts in 2006; tackles, sacks and passes defended start in 2016 (shown as – before then).

Ohio State Teammates

  1. 93C.J. Stroud2020-22QB
  2. 93Marvin Harrison Jr.2021-23WR
  3. 91Caleb Downs2024-25S
  4. 91Jeremiah Smith2024-26WR
  5. 90Garrett Wilson2019-21WR
  6. 90Justin Fields2019-20QB
  7. 86Chris Olave2018-21WR
  8. 86Shaun Wade2017-20CB
  9. 83Jaxon Smith-Njigba2020-22WR
  10. 80Cody Simon2020-24LB

Full Ohio State all-time roster

Top Safeties of the 2020-2024 Era

  1. 91Xavier WattsNotre Dame · 2021-24S
  2. 90Chris Smith IIGeorgia · 2018-22S
  3. 90Dillon ThienemanPurdue · 2023-24S
  4. 88Dalton JohnsonArizona · 2021-25S
  5. 88Jason Taylor IIOklahoma State · 2019-22S
  6. 88Verone McKinley IIIOregon · 2018-21S
  7. 88Kyle HamiltonNotre Dame · 2019-21S
  8. 88Malaki StarksGeorgia · 2022-24S

Best college safeties since 1990Best Big Ten players

Sources: Wikipedia (Lathan Ransom) and its All-America, all-conference, award and program statistical-leader pages; season statistics and NFL Draft data from CollegeFootballData.com. Ratings are 17-0's own estimates, graded within each era. How ratings work.