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      Herman Lathers
Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Baton Rouge, La.

High School:
Scotlandville

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 220

Position:
LB

Experience:
2L

Career Statistics
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Honors
  • 2009 Freshman All-SEC Coaches and Sporting News
  • 2010 Academic All-SEC
  • 2009 Academic All-SEC
  • 2008 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
2011

  • Games/Starts: 0/0
  • Sidelined with fractured ankle suffered in early June
2010
  • Games/Starts: 12/12
  • Started in all 12 games he played in, missing only the UAB game with an ankle injury
  • Among the Vols, ranked second in tackles with 75, fourth in sacks with 2.5 and sixth in tackles for loss with 4.5 (all are career highs)
  • Added three quarterback hurries
  • 14th in SEC contests with an average of 7.5 tackles per and tied for 19th overall in the league with 6.2 takedowns per game
  • Led UT three times in tackles, including season-best 10-tackle performances vs. Vanderbilt and LSU
  • Teamed with Gerald Williams for first career sack on LSU's final drive, also adding a TFL
  • Tallied a career-high two TFLs at South Carolina, including a sack towards the end of the third quarter to force a three-and-out
  • Posted first career pass breakup vs. Kentucky while adding eight tackles
  • In a five-tackle outing vs. Alabama, Lathers notched UT's only sack to force a third-and-long and was credited with a QB hurry on third down to hold the Tide to a field goal
  • Notched seven tackles vs. Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, leading UT against the Bulldogs
  • Registered six stops against both Oregon and Mississippi
2009
  • Games/Starts: 13/5
  • Claimed starting role at middle linebacker for season's final five games and turned in Freshman All-SEC performance
  • Replaced injured Savion Frazier after Frazier had taken over for injured Nick Reveiz
  • Made most of his opportunity by compiling 43 of his season's 52 tackles in those five starts
  • Finished fifth on team in tackles with 52
  • Turned in standout late-season performances against Vanderbilt and in Chick-fil-A Bowl against Virginia Tech, registering 12 tackles in each contest
  • Also contributed 1½ tackles for loss against Hokies
  • Added seven-tackle performance at Mississippi and six-tackle effort at Kentucky
2008
  • Redshirted
High School
  • Named All-State, All-Metro and All-District 5-5A as senior in 2007
  • Most Valuable Interior Player in U.S. Army Red Stick Bowl Game following senior season
  • Baton Rouge Advocate Second Dozen
  • PrepStar All-Region
  • Tallied 114 tackles with 18 tackles-for-loss and five sacks during senior year
  • Also had two interceptions
  • As junior at Istrouma High School, had 96 tackles and 14 sacks
  • Played two years at Istrouma in Baton Rouge before finishing at Scotlandville
  • Coach at Scotlandville High School - Richard Oliver
Career Highs

Tackles: 12 vs. Virginia Tech, 12/31/09 and Vanderbilt, 11/21/09
Tackles For Loss: 2 vs. South Carolina, 10/30/10
Sacks: 1 vs. South Carolina, 10/30/10 & Alabama, 10/24/10

Personal
  • Born December 23, 1989 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • Parents are Janice Lathers and Herman Brown
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