The Tennessee Titans are banking on a big year from offensive tackle JC Latham as he enters his second season.

Despite spending his first NFL campaign holding down the left side of the offensive line, it’s expected that Latham will switch back over to right tackle with the arrival of Dan Moore Jr., who was signed to a four-year deal worth $82 million this offseason.

Latham had a solid rookie campaign working at the blindside spot for the Titans despite the overall inefficiencies on the offensive side of the ball. Going into his second season, Bradley Locker of Pro Football Focus believes Latham is primed for a breakout season.

After a 2024 first round that witnessed the selection of seven true tackles, that tantalizing talent didn’t immediately pay off: Only Joe Alt finished with an overall PFF grade above 66.5 in his first season. Still, the odds are high that multiple other members of that second-year tackle crop will make leaps in 2025, and Latham has to be a foremost candidate.

In his first season with the Titans, Latham finished with a 61.8 overall PFF grade, but his pass protection was more solid to the tune of a 67.8 PFF pass-blocking grade. Considering that Latham was playing out of position at left tackle and along a unit that finished 30th in overall PFF grade, it hedges the results of his rookie campaign.

The Alabama product played the fourth-most snaps at left tackle during the 2024 season, allowing seven sacks and 47 total pressures. Considering what the Titans had to work with under center last season, the left tackle job was never going to be an easy one.

With Cam Ward now taking the reins as the franchise quarterback, a breakout campaign from Latham at right tackle would be a major boost for the Titans offense.

This article originally appeared on Titans Wire: Titans’ JC Latham named to PFF’s All-Breakout Team for 2025