Numbers don't lie: Titans first-round pick JC Latham is unlike anyone football has seen
Posted on AllSides May 2nd, 2024
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JC Latham already has a pretty good nickname. Let's propose a second: The 99th Percentile. David Ballou, director of sports performance for Alabama football, knows why it fits. Ballou has worked at Alabama since 2020, shaping behemoth offensive linemen-turned-top-draft picks like Evan Neal, Alex Leatherwood and Landon Dickerson. Before that, he trained future NFL stalwarts Mike McGlinchey and Quenton Nelson at Notre Dame. If anyone knows what the 99th percentile of size, power and makeup looks like for an offensive lineman, it's Ballou. And he has seen it in Latham....