Jared Verse and Braden Fiske were two of the best players on Florida State’s defense last season. It’s why they were the first two defenders from the Seminoles drafted this year, both by the Los Angeles Rams.

The Rams, who had been working the phones all morning to try to trade up from their 52nd pick, had just agreed to terms with the Carolina Panthers to get up to No. 39. And their target was defensive lineman Braden Fiske, who played alongside Verse at Florida State.

Earlier this week, the LA Rams announced the jersey numbers for the incoming draft class, with Verse wearing No. 8 and Fiske once again donning No. 55. This is a new number for Verse as he wore No. 23 in high school, No. 96 at Albany before transferring to FSU, and No. 5 during his time in the garnet and gold.

Rams GM Les Snead recently gave an interview on the show Ricky’s Ram Jam and he talked about how even he was surprised that L.A. didn’t trade their first round pick again. “I woulda never bet we were staying put,