Langham attended the University of Alabama, where he played for the
Alabama Crimson Tide football team as a
defensive back from 1990 to 1993. On the eventual
1992 national championship team Langham, in his sophomore year, returned an interception for a touchdown late in the 4th quarter of the
1992 SEC Championship Game. As a junior in 1993, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American and would win the
Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back. Later, however, he caused the Crimson Tide to forfeit most of its
1993 season and suffer
NCAA sanctions by signing with an agent during the previous offseason. Langham also signed and submitted an application to enter the
1993 NFL draft, rendering him ineligible under NCAA rules, regardless of whether he had signed with an agent or not. The Crimson Tide's head coach,
Gene Stallings, failed to inform both the
Southeastern Conference (SEC) and the
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) of Langham's draft application, or to declare Langham ineligible as required by NCAA rules. His ineligibility was revealed in late November 1993 and the University of Alabama eventually had to forfeit eight wins and a tie from the 1993 season. He still holds the Crimson Tide's team record for career interceptions with 19. ==Professional career==