Jalen Ramsey makes NFL All-Under-25 team

After a strong rookie season, Jalen Ramsey is already forcing analysts to include him in discussions about the top young players in the NFL.

Every year it appears the Jacksonville Jaguars are acquiring more and more young talent, but we’ve yet to see one of their draft picks develop into a legitimate blue chip guy. Allen Robinson made the Pro Bowl in 2015; Blake Bortles, Allen Hurns, and Telvin Smith joined him on the NFL Top 100 list last summer; Yannick Ngakoue made the all-rookie team.

All of those are accomplishments and should be lauded, but few would argue any of those players has become a star.

Elliot Harrison of NFL.com recently compiled his All-Under 25 team, and for the first time in a while we see a player from the Jacksonville Jaguars make this kind of list. You could have made a case for someone like Allen Robinson or Telvin Smith last year, but you didn’t have to reach at all to make a case for the Jaguars’ 2016 first round pick:

"Cornerback: Jalen Ramsey, Jacksonville JaguarsYet another rookie to make the All-Under-25 list, Ramsey delivered as advertised last season in Jacksonville. He held his own in coverage for a freshman starter. The proof was in the puddin’ with Ramsey’s impact, as the pass defense went from 29th to fifth in one year. With Ramsey, Telvin Smith, Malik Jackson, A.J. Bouye and Myles Jack, the Jaguars’ defense is bursting at the seams with young talent."

The other corner on the team was Marcus Peters, and the case could be made that Ramsey and Peters are the two most talented cornerbacks heading into the 2017 season. Ramsey is a physical beast who punishes receivers that get anywhere near the ball, while Peters is a renowned ball hawk.

Interestingly, the other guy who might have had a case for this spot but just turned 25 is new Jaguars cornerback A.J. Bouye. With both he and Ramsey locking down the corner spots, the Jaguars could have one of the most effective secondaries in the league.