With solid showings at the NFL Scouting Combine and Georgia Pro Day behind him, wide receiver Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint’s goal to play in the NFL is no longer just a dream.
As the former Bulldog prepares for the NFL Draft on April 25-27, he plans to keep his eye on the ultimate prize.
“That’s really where my mindset has been — just enjoying the process of all this, the process for getting ready to go to the league,” Rosemy-Jacksaint said on Glenn Clark Radio on March 20. “I’m going to have a lot of surreal moments of like, ‘Yeah, oh my god, I can’t believe that I’m actually getting ready to go and play in the National Football League.”
A two-time national champion, Rosemy-Jacksaint’s accomplishments during his college career are noteworthy. The 6-foot 2, 195-pound wide receiver set career highs in receptions (34), yards (535), and touchdowns (4) during the 2023 season. He feels strongly that his experience the last four years has given him the tools he needs to take it in the next level.
Georgia went 50-4 during Rosemy-Jacksaint’s four years with the Bulldogs.
“I just reflect on the type of team we had each year. I remember my freshman year when I came in. It was a good team. We had a lot of talent. But the form of the team was more like everybody was literally fending for themselves, really,” Rosemy-Jacksaint said. “My following year, my sophomore year, that’s when we really changed things around in terms of what the culture of the team is. I felt like my sophomore year was the first year that we’ve seen a true buy-in from everybody on the team.”
Rosemy-Jacksaint credits much of his team’s success to the solid relationship he and his teammates formed with Todd Monken, his offensive coordinator at Georgia from 2020-2022 and now the coordinator with the Ravens.
“When I came in he was there, so from that day we started to build our relationship. He’s a very smart man. He really knows his football,” Rosemy-Jacksaint said. “He has coached some of the greats, some great players. He really knows what he is talking about. He brought a different dynamic of discipline to the offense that we didn’t realize that we needed.”
Rosemy-Jacksaint knows his chances of playing for Monken again one day on the professional level may not be great, but if he is given the opportunity, he expects to deliver given his familiarity with Monken.
“I remember watching the Ravens game and I could call out every formation and what play they’re about to run before it happened, so that would definitely be a good situation for me,” he said.
Rosemy-Jacksaint says his willingness to sacrifice some of his stats for the sake of the team is one of his best qualities. He takes pride in his downfield game — he averaged 15.7 yards per catch this year — but he’s not about the stats. He’s about winning.
“I kind of realized quick that I wasn’t going to come to Georgia and be that 1,000-yard receiver with 10-plus touchdowns, all the stats, because we had a lot of talent on the team,” Rosemy-Jacksaint said. “When I came in, Coach Monken did a great job of knowing how to utilize everybody’s talent and put them in the right position to make plays.”
If Rosemy-Jacksaint were to be drafted by the Ravens, he’d be part of an offense with Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry. That requires blocking from wide receivers, which he doesn’t take lightly.
“I’m selfless. I don’t mind doing the dirty work so other people can succeed. It’s a team game,” Rosemy-Jacksaint said. “My whole thing is I want everybody to be great. If that means I have to make a block down the field for my running back to get a 70-yarder then that’s what that means. It’s all always about just making sure everybody else eats.”
His relationship with Monken is not the only connection Rosemy-Jacksaint has to the Ravens. The receiver witnessed greatness in the making firsthand when he worked out on the same field with fellow Pompano Beach, Fla., native Lamar Jackson ahead of the quarterback’s Heisman Trophy season in 2016.
“He has a little zip on that ball,” he said. “I was probably like a sophomore in high school, maybe. I was like, ‘Dang, that’s crazy.’ It was a cool experience working out with him.”
Though he hasn’t been rated as one of the top receivers in the draft, Rosemy-Jacksaint is confident his mentality will set him apart. When everything is said and done, winning is what drives him to be the player and person he is both on and off the field.
“The mindset that I bring, I feel like that’s something that is underestimated,” Rosemy-Jacksaint said. “I’m able to bring people with me to get better from a leader standpoint. I don’t care what anybody says. Yeah, I might not be the fastest or the strongest or the tallest or whatever the case may be. I’m a football player. I’ve just have a dog in me that I won’t be denied.”
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Photo Credit: Courtesy of Tiffany Jacksaint