The story of Lathan Ransom’s 2022 season turned on a dime.
His ascension as a starter in the Buckeye secondary early in the season was made all the more impressive by a lightning-fast turnaround from a leg fracture suffered in the final game of the 2021 campaign. Still, Ransom wasn’t content only to get back on the field. The third-year safety emerged as a star performer for Jim Knowles’ defense, and entering the final month of the regular season, Ransom was named a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award. With a strong end to the year, he might have been off to the NFL.