1. Jalen Ramsey is an American professional football cornerback for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League.
54 Facts About Jalen Ramsey
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Jalen Ramsey played college football for the Florida State Seminoles and was selected by the Jacksonville Jaguars fifth overall in the 2016 NFL draft.
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Jalen Ramsey was traded to the Dolphins during the 2023 offseason.
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Jalen Ramsey was born on October 24,1994, in Smyrna, Tennessee, to Lamont and Margie Jalen Ramsey.
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Jalen Ramsey's father was a District Chief in the Fire Department, and later became Jalen's training coach.
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Jalen Ramsey improved his football skills playing with much older boys at a local park.
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Jalen Ramsey grew up cheering for the Miami Hurricanes in a family of Florida Gators fans.
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Jalen Ramsey attended Ensworth High School in Nashville, Tennessee, during his freshman year.
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Jalen Ramsey originally committed to the University of Southern California to play college football, but later changed to Florida State University.
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Jalen Ramsey competed in events ranging from the 100 meters to the shot put.
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Jalen Ramsey started all 14 games for the Florida State Seminoles as a true freshman in 2013.
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Jalen Ramsey was the first true freshman to start a game at cornerback for the team since Deion Sanders in 1985.
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Jalen Ramsey finished the year with 49 tackles, one interception, and one sack.
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Jalen Ramsey was named as a Consensus All-American for his performance in the 2015 season.
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Jalen Ramsey was a three-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference honoree as a member of the Florida State Indoor and Outdoor championship track and field team in 2013.
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Jalen Ramsey placed third at the 2014 ACC Indoor Championship in the long jump 7.46 metres.
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Jalen Ramsey received an invitation to the NFL combine and completed all the combine and positional drills and tied for the top performance in the broad jump and vertical jump.
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Jalen Ramsey chose to stand on his combine numbers and only perform positional drills.
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Jalen Ramsey was ranked as the top free safety prospect in the draft by NFLDraftScout.
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Jalen Ramsey was the highest cornerback selected in the draft, and the earliest drafted cornerback in Jaguars' franchise history.
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On May 19,2016, Jalen Ramsey suffered a small meniscus tear during rookie training camp.
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Jalen Ramsey had microfracture surgery on the same knee in his sophomore year of high school.
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On May 24,2016, Jalen Ramsey underwent surgery to repair the torn meniscus.
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Jalen Ramsey was named American Football Conference Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Titans.
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Jalen Ramsey finished his rookie season with 65 combined tackles, 14 pass deflections, two interceptions, and a touchdown in 16 games and 16 starts.
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Jalen Ramsey entered training camp as the de facto No 1 starting cornerback.
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Jalen Ramsey started all 16 games in 2017 and made 63 combined tackles, 17 pass deflections, and four interceptions.
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Jalen Ramsey was ranked 17th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018.
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Jalen Ramsey was ranked 27th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2019.
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Jalen Ramsey remained listed as inactive for the next three games and never appeared as a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars again.
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Jalen Ramsey finished with 50 combined tackles, five passes defensed, two forced fumbles, and one interception.
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Jalen Ramsey was ranked 37th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2020.
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On October 10,2020, Jalen Ramsey was fined $15,625 for his role in the postgame fight.
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Jalen Ramsey finished the 2020 season with 44 combined tackles, one interception, and nine passes defensed in 15 games.
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Jalen Ramsey earned First Team All-Pro honors and his second Pro Bowl nomination for 2020.
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Jalen Ramsey was ranked 13th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2021.
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On June 13,2021, Jalen Ramsey announced during the Rams minicamp that he would change his number to No 5 per the new NFL jersey number rule.
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Jalen Ramsey entered training camp slated as the de facto No 1 starting cornerback.
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Head coach Sean McVay named Jalen Ramsey the starting cornerback to begin the regular season and paired him with Darious Williams.
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Jalen Ramsey finished the season with an overall grade of 84.4 from Pro Football Focus, marking the third highest grade of his career.
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Jalen Ramsey earned First Team All-Pro honors and a Pro Bowl nomination for 2021.
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Jalen Ramsey was ranked ninth by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2022.
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On June 21,2022, it was reported that Jalen Ramsey had underwent shoulder surgery.
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Jalen Ramsey started in all 17 games during the 2022 NFL season and had a career-high 88 combined tackles, 18 passes defended, four interceptions, two sacks, and two forced fumbles.
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Jalen Ramsey earned his sixth Pro Bowl nomination and was ranked 36th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2023.
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Jalen Ramsey received an overall grade of 86.4 from Pro Football Focus, which ranked third among all cornerbacks, only finishing behind Sauce Gardner and Patrick Surtain II.
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On October 28,2023, the Dolphins officially activated Jalen Ramsey from injured reserve and added him to their active roster.
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Jalen Ramsey was named AFC Defensive Player of the Week for Week 11 and would receive Pro Bowl honors for the seventh consecutive season.
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Jalen Ramsey started in ten games during the 2023 NFL season and recorded 22 combined tackles, five pass deflections, and three interceptions.
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Jalen Ramsey was ranked 25th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2024.
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Jalen Ramsey started all 17 games and finished the season with 60 combined tackles, 11 passes defended, two interceptions, and one sack.
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Jalen Ramsey was known for his trash talk both on and off the field, primarily during his time with Jacksonville.
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In 2019 during a game against the rival Seattle Seahawks, Jalen Ramsey engaged in an altercation with Seahawks' then-rookie receiver DK Metcalf.
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Jalen Ramsey was not charged for the penalty nor fined by the league after the incident, however; DK Metcalf was given a penalty.