2024 NFL Draft: Sacramento’s Laiatu Latu becomes first defensive player selected


by FOX40

FOX40— (FOX40.COM) -- The 2024 NFL Draft began on Thursday and Laiatu Latu, who was born in Sacramento and attended Jesuit High School in Carmichael, became the first defensive player taken off the board in the first round. Latu, a 23-year-old defensive end who attended college at UCLA, was selected 15th overall by the Indianapolis Colts []

WTOP—Colts take first defensive player of NFL draft, UCLA edge rusher Laiatu Latu at No. 15. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Laiatu Latu kept believing he would play in the NFL one day, even after team doctors at Washington told him a neck injury had ended his football career. On Thursday

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The Republic—Colts take first defensive player of draft, get UCLA’s Latu at No. 15. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Laiatu Latu kept believing he would play in the NFL one day, even after team doctors at Washington told him a neck injury had ended his football career. Continue reading at The Republic News.