Top FSU Football Players Under Jimbo Fisher: No. 6

FSU football has had some great talent over the time Jimbo Fisher has been head coach – here’s another one of the 10 best during his tenure.

It was nearly seven and a half yeas ago that everything changed for FSU football. After almost three and a half decades under the leadership of legendary head coach Bobby Bowden, it was time to hand the keys over to Jimbo Fisher – who had spent the previous three seasons as the offensive coordinator and “head coach in waiting”.

Since that time, the Seminoles have come back from the time known as the “lost decade” from many and turned the program back into a perennial winner over Fisher’s seven seasons in charge. It’s a tenure that has included ACC titles, a national championship and countless award winners and All-Americans who reminded the country that Florida State was indeed back.

Of the hundreds of players who have suited up in the garnet and gold under Fisher, which ones have been the best of the best? It’s not an easy question considering all the talent that has come through Tallahassee. In compiling our top 10 list of the best FSU football players under Fisher, countless players who brought home honors and ended up in the pros didn’t make the cut – showing you the amount of talent that is on the list.

Without further ado, here’s another of the top Seminoles during the Jimbo Fisher era.

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No. 6 – Jalen Ramsey, DB (2013-2015)

There was no way that Ramsey, one of the top recruits in the country out of Brentwood (TN) Academy, was going to choose FSU football for college. A Miami Hurricanes fan who was committed to USC, Ramsey famously tells the story that he was sick as a dog during his official visit to Tallahassee. Still, he ended up leaving the Trojans’ commitment and decided Florida State was the place for him.

It might be one of the best things to happen for the Seminoles. Ramsey ended up starting his first ever game for Florida State – the first cornerback to do that since Deion Sanders – and got an interception in that game against Pittsburgh back in 2013. Ramsey would spend much of his time bouncing back and forth between being a cornerback and a safety, highlighted by having 80 tackles in 2014 (part of his 181 over his FSU football career) to go along with three interceptions and two fumble recoveries – both returned for touchdowns with one coming against Wake Forest as a freshman and the other during his junior season to seal a sloppy win over Boston College.

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Ramsey became one of the top secondary players in the country, going from being a Freshman All-American in 2013 to a consensus All-American two seasons later. He’ll forever be remembered for the Miami game his sophomore season, when he sealed the Seminoles’ comeback win with an interception. Ramsey would end up becoming one of the highest draft picks from FSU, getting selected by Jacksonville fifth overall in the 2016 NFL Draft.