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Ohio State Safety Lathan Ransom Staying for Fifth Year of Eligibility

Lathan Ransom is staying for one more year.

The Ohio State safety announced Friday that he will use his fifth year of eligibility to play one more season with the Buckeyes in 2024.

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Ransom, who has another season of eligibility because of the extra year of eligibility all players received in 2020 when Ransom was a true freshman, had been expected to leave for the 2024 NFL draft until his season was cut short by a lower leg injury in Ohio State’s final game of October.