Former Florida State defensive back Jalen Ramsey has emerged as one of the most intriguing and dangerous prospects in the 2016 NFL Draft. His NFL Combine performance was so impressive, there has been serious talk about the Tennessee Titans risking it all and taking Ramsey with its No. 1 overall pick.
Jimbo Fisher, Ramsey's head coach for all three seasons at Florida State, recently discussed what makes Ramsey so great to coach — and difficult to deal with as an opposing wide receiver — with the Tallahassee Democrat. Off the top, Fisher said Ramsey makes everyone he goes up against raise their level of play.
"Hey, if you don't want to play with him, and compete with him that day, he'll embarrass you," Fisher told the Tallahassee Democrat. "And that's what I love about him. 'Hey, I'm out here to do a job.' Which I think raises the level of the guys competing with him."
Ramsey got on everyone's radar after running a 4.46 40-yard dash in Indianapolis, and jumping a 41.5'' vertical. He was so good in fact that many people began to compare him to Pro-Bowl corner Patrick Peterson with the numbers he was putting up. Fisher told the newspaper that he'd be shocked if Ramsey wouldn't play in the league for many years to come.
"I'd be astonished," Fisher said. "Because of his work ethic, his intelligence, his competitiveness and demeanor to be great every day. He literally tried to get better every day on the practice field. And he studies film and he's very instinctive."
Although having several first-round draft picks come out of school is something that head coaches at the collegiate level are often quite proud of, and a lot of times measures how successful a college football head coach is, Fisher says what matters is a player's career as a whole, not just where they were taken in the draft.
"Like I tell them, 'You guys shouldn't want to be first-round draft picks. You should want to be in the Hall of Fame.'"
You can read Fisher's interview in its entirety here.
