Jalen Ramsey, No. 5 overall pick, suffers small meniscus tear
— -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- For the second year in a row, the Jacksonville Jaguars' first-round draft pick went down with a knee injury during rookie minicamp, but the injury that cornerback Jalen Ramsey suffered isn't as serious as the one that cost defensive end Dante Fowler Jr. his 2015 season.
The Jaguars said Ramsey suffered a small tear to the meniscus in his right knee during rookie minicamp May 6-7. The Jaguars begin organized team activities Monday.
A source told ESPN.com's Dan Graziano that Ramsey is being told there are two possible courses of surgical treatment -- one that would keep him out four to six weeks, one that would keep him out four to six months.
Ramsey will seek a second opinion next week, which will help him determine which course of action to pursue.
Ramsey, the fifth overall pick in last month's draft, was expected to start at corner this season opposite Davon House.
The Jaguars lost Fowler for the 2015 season after he suffered a torn left ACL less than an hour into the first day of the team's rookie minicamp. The Jaguars scaled back this year's minicamp -- they instead called it an orientation -- by focusing more on conditioning and position-specific drills, partly because of what happened to Fowler.
Ramsey isn't the Jaguars' only draft pick with a knee issue.
Linebacker Myles Jack was one of the most talented defensive players in the draft but slid into the second round because of concerns about his surgically repaired right knee. Jack tore his lateral meniscus off the bone last September and missed the rest of the season at UCLA.
Jack told the New York Post the day before the NFL draft began that he could potentially need microfracture surgery, and there have been reports that Jack also has a degenerative defect in the knee that may cause the cartilage and bone to separate.
The Jaguars' medical staff thoroughly checked out Jack's knee, and the team felt confident enough in the medical reports to move up two spots in the second round to draft Jack with the 36th overall pick.
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