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10 highest-rated Alabama football recruits ever and how they lived up to the hype (or didn’t)

By Alicia de Artola

Alabama Crimson Tide offensive lineman Cam Robinson. (Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports)
Alabama Crimson Tide offensive lineman Cam Robinson. (Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports) /
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JC Latham, Alabama
Alabama Crimson Tide defensive lineman JC Latham. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports) /

No. 5 highest-rated Alabama football recruit: OT JC Latham (2021)

Alabama locked in the No. 1 recruiting class in 2021 with three of the Top 10 players in the country committing to Nick Saban. The highest-rated of those was offensive tackle JC Lathan out of IMG Academy.

The 6-foot-6, 305-pound lineman jumped into action on special teams and as a reserve offensive lineman in 2021 before winning the starting right tackle job in 2022 as a sophomore. He didn’t allow a sack that season, per Pro Football Focus.

Of course, Latham’s career still has chapters to be written. He comes into 2023 as one of the top offensive tackles in the country with the potential to earn All-American honors.

So far, Latham has met expectations by taking over as a starter early on in his career. The next step is to emerge on the national scene by living up to expectations for his junior season.

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