Jalen Ramsey

Pittsburgh SteelersOVERPAID

Pos CB

Updated August 24, 2026

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Model Score

79.9 MODEL

2018

82.2

2019

76.2

2019

73.3

2020

87.7

2021

82.6

2022

85.0

2023

87.2

2024

86.7

2025

79.9

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 →

Season Stats · 17 games

138th

INT

850th

Pass Deflections

69.0%102nd

Comp % Allowed

8.086th

Yds / Target

7116th

TD Allowed

5115th

Solo Tackles

Draft & College

Round 1, pick 5 · Jacksonville Jaguars · 2016

Florida St.

Taken

where he actually went

Consensus board

4th

average of the public big boards that spring

He went about where consensus had him.

Coming out

4.41s

40 yd

14 reps

Bench

41.5"

Vertical

135"

Broad

6.94s

3-cone

4.18s

Shuttle

Comps

Overall match

size, testing and production, same career stage

Xavier Rhodes72%Prince Amukamara66%Aqib Talib64%

Plays like

on-field production only

Isaiah Oliver89%Jamel Dean88%Roger McCreary87%

Built like

measurables only

Xavier Rhodes79%Prince Amukamara73%Mike Jackson73%

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.