2024 NFL Draft: Sacramento’s Laiatu Latu becomes first defensive player selected
FOX40 - 2024-04-26T02:23:09.000Z

(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 []

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