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Jags' Ramsey says Jimbo Fisher: 'didn't teach me how to be DB'

By Alex Butler
Jacksonville Jaguars' Jalen Ramsey sits on the field after the Arizona Cardinals kicked the game-winning field goal 
 on November 26 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. File Photo by Art Foxall/UPI
Jacksonville Jaguars' Jalen Ramsey sits on the field after the Arizona Cardinals kicked the game-winning field goal on November 26 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. File Photo by Art Foxall/UPI | License Photo

Feb. 27 (UPI) -- Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey bit back on Twitter after his likeness was used to promote Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher.

Ramsey played for Fisher from 2013 through 2015 at Florida State. Ramsey went on to be named a consensus All-American in 2015 and won a BCS National Championship under Fisher in 2014.

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But on Monday, the 2017 first-team All-Pro defender said Fisher didn't teach him how to be a defensive back.

The jab came after Texas A&M tight ends coach Tim Brewster posted a graphic promoting Fisher. The graphic showed Fisher standing in front of former players who are now in the NFL. Ramsey and Minnesota Vikings cornerback Xavier Rhodes stone alongside Fisher. The graphic also featured Marquez White, P.J. Williams., Kevin Johnson, Ronald Darby, LaMarcus Joyner and Terrence Brooks.

Former Florida State Seminoles defensive back Jalen Ramsey tries to intercept a pass by Auburn in the first half of the 2014 BCS national title game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. File photo by Lori Shepler/UPI

"Fisher's Defensive Backs," the top of the graphic read. "189 total NFL starts. $8,426,868 average player earnings."

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"DB Alert. Nothing but real faces. Come get some truth," Brewster wrote for the caption of the photo in a tweet.

Less than two hours after the tweet, Ramsey responded.

"He didn't teach me not one DB technique...#ComeGetSomeRealTruth," Ramsey tweeted. "#GoNoles."

"Know I have nothing but respect for you coach Brew, but don't use me on a poster for a school I didn't go to and for a coach who didn't teach me how to be a DB," he added.

Brewster responded to Ramsey's comment with a compliment.

"Nothing but love and respect for you Jalen Ramsey," he tweeted. "Always."

Brewster was the head coach at Minnesota from 2007 through 2010. He coached tight ends at Florida State from 2013 through 2017, after stops at Purdue, North Carolina, Texas and Mississippi State. He also coached the position for the San Diego Chargers and the Denver Broncos.

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Fisher decided to leave Florida State for Texas A&M in December. He compiled an 83-23 regular season record and went 5-2 in bowl games during his eight-year tenure at Florida State.

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