JC Latham worked as Alabama’s right offensive tackle in 2022 and 2023. But after Tennessee used the seventh selection in the 2024 NFL Draft on Latham, the rookie went into the Titans’ lineup at left tackle and stayed there. Latham played 1,094 snaps across 17 games, placing him among the nine NFL players who did not miss any of his team’s offensive snaps during the 2024 season.
In 2025, Latham will change positions again. He will move back to right tackle as the Titans turn left tackle over to Dan Moore.
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Moore started 66 regular-season and three playoff games for the Pittsburgh Steelers over the past four seasons. He joined Tennessee this month as an NFL free agent for a four-year, $82 million contract.
While attending the NFL Scouting Combine before the free-agency period began, Titans coach Brian Callahan had said Tennessee would be open to moving Latham back to his college position if it meant a stronger offensive line.
“I can’t tell you the likelihood of that happening,” Callahan said, “but certainly wouldn’t box ourself in to not signing a good player because we have a guy at left tackle. How do we find the best two tackles we can find? If we have to move him, we’ll move him.”
Moore isn’t Tennessee’s only offseason attempt to upgrade the offensive line as the Titans prepare to make the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft on April 24.
Tennessee signed Kevin Zeitler after 197 regular-season and seven playoff starts in 13 NFL seasons to a one-year, $9 million contract. He’ll played left guard, with Peter Skoronski, the 11th pick in the 2023 draft, returning at right guard.
Tennessee also will welcome back center Lloyd Cushenberry III, who sustained a season-ending Achilles tear in the eighth game of the 2024 campaign.
“With JC moving to the right, it’s great for him,” Moore said. “It’s always easier for a tackle when you have a smart guard next to you, and he’ll have that in Zeitler. It will allow him to just go out and play.
“I know about big Lloyd Cushenberry, too. He’s a great player. I played against him when he was at LSU. And Pete, just knowing who he is, and training with him the last couple of years, he’s a workhorse. Going into Year 3, I just want to help Pete get the most out of his career, and, hopefully, I can help his game, and, in return, he can help mine, too, and we can secure that left side.
“I really like the group, and as an organization, I like what the team is trying to accomplish, what they are prioritizing. I think they are wanting to put an emphasis on the front, and I think that is where games are won -- in the trenches. Obviously in the AFC South, we have some really good rushers on the other side of the ball, and you have to make sure your front five is on point. I think what we did in the offseason and the young guys that we have in that room, I think we have the potential to be one of the best groups in the division, and one of the better groups in the league as well.”
Moore said Latham had joined him and Skoronski at their training sessions in Texas.
“As an older guy, I think JC naturally kind of gravitated toward me,” Moore said. “Now, I consider him my little bro.”
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at@AMarkG1.