Jalen Ramsey, 2014
Photo: Thomson200, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive back, Florida State, 2013–⁠15

Jalen Ramsey

Number
No. 8
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Smyrna, TN
Born
Oct 24, 1994, in Smyrna, Tennessee

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Jalen Ramsey played defensive back at Florida State (2013–⁠15). He was a consensus All‑American in 2015. The Jacksonville Jaguars took Ramsey in the first round, No. 5 overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2015
Consensus All-American
Drafted
No. 5
Overall, 2016 NFL Draft (Jacksonville Jaguars)

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2013; ACC champions, 2013 and 2014

All-America: consensus 2015; Scout.com 2014; USA Today 2014

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonTacklesInt & fumbles
TotTFLSacksPDIntFF
20134921111
2014801031223
2015523.51900
Career18115.552234

From the college statistics table in Ramsey’s Wikipedia article (Jalen Ramsey, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUFF
20131437124921111

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Florida State8DB
2014Florida State8DB
2015Florida State8DB6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2015 Florida State 0 games with an interception on file, 3 returns, 60 yards
DateOpponentResultInt
2014 Florida State 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 11atSyracuseW 38–⁠201
Nov 15atMiamiW 30–⁠261
2013 Florida State 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Sep 2atPittsburghW 41–⁠131

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2016
Height6′1¼″
Weight209 lb
Arm length33⅜″
Hand size9½″
Wingspan79⅝″W
40-yard dash4.41 s
10-yard split1.52 sW
Vertical jump41½″
Broad jump11′3″
Bench press14 reps
3-cone drill6.94 s
20-yard shuttle4.18 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

11 seasons, 156 games with a stat; latest team: Pittsburgh Steelers.

Pro Bowls: 7 (2017–⁠21, 2023, 2025) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (2017, 2020–⁠21)

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2017, 2020–⁠21; Pro Football Writers first team 2017, 2020–⁠21; Sporting News first team 2017, 2020–⁠21.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2016Jacksonville Jaguars166302
2017Jacksonville Jaguars166204
2018Jacksonville Jaguars166203
2019Los Angeles Rams114901
2020Los Angeles Rams154201
2021Los Angeles Rams166704
2022Los Angeles Rams178124
2023Miami Dolphins101803
2024Miami Dolphins175712
2025Pittsburgh Steelers178631
2026 (so far)Pittsburgh Steelers52600
NFL career156613625

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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