Santrell Latham: LB · Southern Miss · #6.
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Santrell Latham
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for three head coaches at Southern Miss: Jay Hopson, Scotty Walden and Will Hall. All-Sun Belt in 2022 made it three straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Troy — Week 6, 2022.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
79 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Southern Miss | 79 | 32 | 10.0 | 3.5 | 4 | -- |
| 2021 | Southern Miss | 52 | 24 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Southern Miss | 49 | 21 | 6.5 | 4.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2019 | Southern Miss | 54 | 29 | 7.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Southern Miss | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 237 | 107 | 31.0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 27-29vs Liberty | 6 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-30@ No. 15 Miami | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 64-10vs Northwestern State | 6 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-24@ Tulane | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-27@ Troy | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 20-19vs Arkansas State | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-14@ Texas State | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 39-24vs Louisiana | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-42vs Georgia State | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-26@ Coastal Carolina | 7 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-27vs South Alabama | 7 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-10@ UL Monroe | 6 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 79 | 32 | 10.0 | 3.5 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
79tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%10 TFLSack rate
4%4 sacksPD rate
5%4 pass breakups79 tackles · 10 for loss · 3.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 6.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 6.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.2 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Hall
Pass share
42.8%
346 pass / 463 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
Team sack rate
8.6%
382 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Southern Miss, 237 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Jay Hopson, Tim Billings, Scotty Walden, and Will Hall. Multi-era developmental context.
