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- 2009 Freshman All-SEC Coaches and Sporting News
- 2010 Academic All-SEC
- 2009 Academic All-SEC
- 2008 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
- Games/Starts: 0/0
- Sidelined with fractured ankle suffered in early June
- 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
- 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
- Redshirted
- 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
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
- Born December 23, 1989 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Parents are Janice Lathers and Herman Brown

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