Lathan Ransom

Former safety at Ohio State. 2024: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 75 tackles.

S · Ohio State · Sr. · #8

6′1″ · 210 lb · Tucson, AZ

CFB Index 65 · #136 of 537 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamCarolina — drafted 2025, Rd 4, Pick 20, #122 overall

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 167 nationally · Signed with Ohio State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at Ohio State. 2024: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 75 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Ohio State in 2020.
Drafted round 4 by the Carolina in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Ohio State, 217 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2024) — drafted at #122 overall by Carolina.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2020

Signed with Ohio State4-star out of Salpointe Catholic

202415 games

The role got bigger.

All-Big Tenfirst

2025

Drafted by Carolinaround 4, pick 122

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#167 national

CFB

College

Ohio State

2020–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R4 · #122

Carolina · 2025

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🥈

ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2024)

Coaching lineage · 2020–2024

1 coach

2020–2024

Ryan Day

Ohio State

Played his entire career under Ryan Day.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CarolinaEntering 2nd NFL season

#122Rd 4 · Pick 20

CarolinaEntering 2nd NFL season

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2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Ryan Day — 54-9 over that span.

2020Ohio State7-1HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced

2023Ohio State11-2HC: Ryan Day · Balanced

2024Ohio State14-2HC: Ryan Day · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

65Quality starter #136 of 537?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (96th percentile). Strength: tackles (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#109 / 2892 · 96th pct

Tackles#196 / 2892 · 93rd pct

Tackles for loss#191 / 2892 · 93rd pct

8.5

Passes defended#755 / 2892 · 67th pct

Sacks#841 / 2892 · 63rd pct

1.0

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Forced fumbles#55 / 700 · 46th pct

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 15 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	5.4	0.7	0.0	0.1
Road7g	4.6	0.4	0.1	0.1

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-710g	4.7	0.7	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	0.3	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Day

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #136 of 537 safeties

Former four-star. Now #136 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Ohio State	75	46	8.5	1.0	2	1	--
2023	Ohio State	34	21	1.5	0.0	2	1	--
2022	Ohio State	65	44	3.5	1.5	3	1	--
2021	Ohio State	38	21	2.5	1.0	5	--	--
2020	Ohio State	5	5	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		217	137	16.0	3.5	13	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2024

W 41–21

at Oregon

7 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 SACKS

With W. Howard — 319 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 97.7 · -3 rush yds (5 car) · J. McGuire — 40 AVG · 47 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 15 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 52-6vs Akron	9	5	2.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 2	W 56-0vs Western Michigan	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 49-14vs Marshall	8	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 38-7@ Michigan State	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 35-7vs Iowa	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 31-32@ Oregon	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 20-13@ Penn State	7	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 45-0vs Purdue	4	1	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 12	W 31-7@ Northwestern	4	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 38-15vs Indiana	4	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 10-13vs Michigan	9	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 42-17vs Tennessee	5	3	1.0	0.0	—	1
Bowl	W 41-21@ Oregon	7	5	1.0	1.0	—	0
Bowl	W 28-14@ Texas	4	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 34-23@ Notre Dame	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		75	46	8.5	1.0	1	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology