Starting Alabama defender makes decision for 2025 season
Alabama football will retain a veteran presence on the defensive line for 2025. Jah-Marien Latham announced Wednesday that he’ll be returning for a final season in Tuscaloosa.
Latham made the announcement on social media.
“I’m back,” Latham wrote in a video message on his Instagram account. “2025 let’s do it.”
Latham earned a starting role at the defensive end position Kane Wommack calls the “bandit” in 2024. Late in the season, he also saw snaps at edge.
Wommack praised how well Latham adapted to that spot when pressed into duty by Que Robinson’s injury.
“There are some similarities in the Bandit and Wolf positions, but then there’s also some very staunch differences,” Wommack said. “I thought (Latham) did a really nice job of making those adjustments throughout the week, and then really was fairly consistent in his execution on game day. So, very proud of him, and appreciate him doing that. I told him as much.”
He finished the season with 29 total tackles, including 2.5 for loss and a sack. The 6-foot-3, 278-pound Latham joined the Crimson Tide as a member of the 2020 recruiting class out of Pickens County, where he was a four-star prospect.
Latham will be the only player on the 2025 roster left from the 2020 national championship team, Alabama’s last title.
He returns to a loaded room at the bandit, with LT Overton returning, along with Jordan Renaud, Keon Keeley and Florida transfer Kelby Collins. Alabama opens the 2025 season on Aug. 30, with a trip to Florida State.
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