Jalen Ramsey

Pittsburgh SteelersOVERPAID

Pos CB

Updated October 8, 2026

Model Score

71.0 MODEL

Resting on limited playing time

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

STM Take

Seven Pro Bowls plus three 1st-team All-Pros plus Super Bowl LVI ring plus the 5th overall draft pedigree establishes Ramsey as one of the all-time-great CBs of his generation. The 39-spot regression from tier 3 (#19) in 2024 to tier 8 (#58) in 2025 with Pittsburgh confirms the structural late-career decline plus the change-of-scenery context. The 2026 question is whether Ramsey returns to tier 4-5 territory or whether the structural elite chapter is closing.

Ramsey came out of Florida State as the Jacksonville Jaguars' 1st-round pick (5th overall) in 2016 and has made seven Pro Bowls (2017-2018, 2020-2023, 2024) plus earned three 1st-team All-Pro selections (2017, 2020, 2021). He won Super Bowl LVI with the Los Angeles Rams. He has bounced through the Jaguars, Rams, Dolphins, and now Steelers across 10 NFL seasons. His STTM career runs tier 5 (#37) in 2021, tier 2 (#16) in 2022, tier 2 (#10) in 2023, tier 3 (#19) in 2024, and tier 8 (#58) collapse in 2025 with Pittsburgh.

Strengths

Seven Pro Bowls plus three 1st-team All-Pros plus Super Bowl LVI ring plus the 5th overall draft pedigree establishes a Hall-of-Fame CB résumé.
Florida State 5th overall draft pedigree plus 10 years of NFL elite production gives him one of the highest LB career résumés in NFL history.

Concerns

39-spot regression from tier 3 (#19) in 2024 to tier 8 (#58) in 2025 plus age 31 confirms the structural late-career decline is real.
Pittsburgh's broader defensive identity around T.J. Watt's primary pass-rush priority compresses Ramsey's structural snap share.

What to watch: Whether Ramsey returns to tier 5 or better in 2026 with the Steelers, the threshold for confirming the all-time-great late-prime ceiling holds.