Lathan Ransom is staying at Ohio State for his senior season.
The Buckeye safety will not enter the 2023 NFL draft, instead opting to return at OSU for another year, his father told the Columbus Dispatch.
Ransom legitimized himself as a potential early draft entrant with a breakout junior season in which he recorded 74 total tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, an interception, a forced fumble, three pass breakups and two blocked punts. He was a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award as one of college football’s top 12 defensive backs.
His draft stock took a hit in Ohio State’s final two games of the year, however, as he was beaten for long touchdowns in both of the Buckeyes’ losses to Michigan and Georgia.