Jalen Ramsey has minor surgery after mini-camp

After cementing himself as a true number one cornerback, Jalen Ramsey will enter his second season recovering from a minor core surgery.

The Jacksonville Jaguars haven’t had overwhelming success with their first round picks for the better part of a decade, but one player who is ready to break that streak is cornerback Jalen Ramsey.

After being taken 5th overall in the 2016 NFL Draft, Ramsey came in and immediately played the role of “shutdown corner” for a Jaguars team sorely lacking in playmakers.

Now, Ramsey is going to spend most of his time before training camp recovering from a minor surgery.

"To all my supporters and fans, I want you to know that I chose to undergo surgery to treat a minor injury that was very successful. I want to and will be the best version of myself that I can be for the upcoming 2017 season.I will attack this rehab, refine my body and work as hard as I ever have to become the best Defensive Back in this league and to make everyone, including my family, teammates and city, proud of who I am.I can’t wait to be back on the field with the team and show the world how we’re rocking this year.– Jalen Ramsey, Jaguars’ cornerback"

According to the team website, Ramsey developed this injury during the course of offseason activities.

This will ultimately (hopefully) be a nonstory, but this is an interesting case of the player being more transparent than the team. The Jaguars did release a statement as well (see below), but it’s a departure from what they’ve been doing so far this offseason which is basically not talking about injuries at all.

As I said before, this shouldn’t be too big of a deal. It would be nice for everyone on the team to be completely healthy right now, but Ramsey should be on the field when it matters.