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Nathan Latu
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Salt Lake City, UT
- High School:
- Olympus
Pronounced LAH-too
A JUCO product who became a defensive starter at Oklahoma State.
2023 (Super Senior): Played in all 14 games and started five, including each of the first four and the Texas Bowl win over Texas A&M ... Credited with 31 total tackles on the year to rank second among OSU’s defensive linemen ... Had 3.0 sacks to tie for third on the team and first among defensive linemen ... Also had three quarterback hurries and a forced fumble ... Had a career day against Central Arkansas in the season opener, recording career highs with six tackles, 1.5 sacks and 1.5 tackles for loss ... Made at least one tackle in 12 games and multiple tackles in eight games ... His forced fumble came in the homecoming win over Cincinnati.
2022 (Senior): Played in 10 of OSU’s 13 games ... Recorded 14 total tackles, six of which were solo stops ... Finished with 4.5 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks, two quarterback hurries and a fumble recovery ... His 4.0 sacks ranked second on the team behind only Collin Oliver’s 5.0 ... Made one sack each against UAPB, Iowa State, Oklahoma and Wisconsin ... Made a key fumble recovery against ISU.
2021 (Junior): Saw action in seven games ... Credited with one tackle for loss and one quarterback hurry on the year.
Junior College: Played for former Oklahoma State football player Andrew Mitchell at Snow … Did not play a 2020 season due to COVID-19 … In six games as a freshman, he made 21 tackles with 4.5 sacks and three forced fumbles according to the NJCAA stats … Had two games with at least five tackles, a sack, three tackles for loss and a forced fumble … Rated as a three-star prospect by 247Sports, which also ranks him as the No. 49 junior college prospect in the 2021 class … 247Sports also lists him as the No. 6 junior college weak-side defensive end and the No. 3 junior college prospect in Utah ... Chose Oklahoma State over UNLV, Idaho, Missouri State and others.
High School: Played for Aaron Whitehead at Olympus … Helped lead the Titans to an 8-3 record as a junior with 16 tackles with three tackles for loss and a sack in seven games, according to MaxPreps … Also competed in track and field and rugby, earning all-state honors in rugby … Part of Polynesian Club … Originally committed to BYU.
Personal: Nathan Eugene Latu was born in Torrance, Calif. … Son of Jillene Argust … Brother, Cameron, is a tight end at Alabama … University Studies major.
