On Tuesday, newly acquired Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Jalen Ramsey hinted that he'll wear No. 5 for the Steelers. Ramsey's official X account, which is run by his management team, posted a Steelers No. 5 jersey with his name on it.
The Steelers have not officially announced that Ramsey will wear No. 5.
Ramsey wore No. 20 with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Los Angeles Rams , but switched to No. 5 when the new NFL jersey rule allowed more positions to wear single-digit numbers. Ramsey wore No. 8 when he starred at Florida State in college.
Steelers cornerback D'Shawn Jamison, who will be fighting for a roster spot in training camp, dons No. 5. Starting punter Cameron Johnston also wears No. 5.
Backup quarterbacks Bruce Gradkowski and Joshua Dobbs wore No. 5 in recent years for the Steelers. QB Terry Hanratty and punter Craig Colquitt also wore the digit during the Steelers' Super 70s era.
The Steelers landed Ramsey and Pro Bowl tight end Jonnu Smith in the blockbuster trade on Monday with the Miami Dolphins . The deal will go down as one of the biggest in team history, with All-Pro safety Minkah Fitzpatrick going the other direction. The Steelers also acquired a 2027 seventh-round draft pick and the Dolphins got a 2027 fifth-round draft pick in the trade.
The Steelers are also giving Ramsey a raise in 2025, increasing his salary to $26.6 million, and giving Smith a one-year contract extension worth $12 million. Ramsey is under contract through 2028. The extension will keep Smith in Pittsburgh through the end of the 2026 season.
Pittsburgh will incur a $15.5 million dead cap hit thanks to trading Fitzpatrick, and will net $6.855 million in cap savings from trading him away. The full salary cap implications of the trade won't be able to be determined until the details of new deals for Ramsey and Smith are reported.
Ramsey, 30, has been one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL over the last decade. He is a three-time first-team All-Pro in 2017, 2020 and 2021, and a seven-time Pro Bowler from 2017-23. He won Super Bowl LVI with the Los Angeles Rams after the 2021 season.
Initially drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft out of Florida State, Ramsey has now been traded three times, first to the Rams in 2019, then to the Dolphins in 2023 and now to the Steelers.
Ramsey was traded to the Dolphins in 2023, and signed a three-year contact extension with the team in September 2024, but this spring both Ramsey and the team mutually agreed to part ways. The Dolphins needed to wait until after June 1 to make a trade.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now : Jalen Ramsey Gives Clue on Steelers Jersey Number
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