JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Despite saying he'll be ready for training camp, Jacksonville Jaguars rookie cornerback Jalen Ramsey seemed aggravated Wednesday.

His answers were short and somewhat gruff. He clearly wasn't happy.

It's somewhat understandable. The No. 5 pick is frustrated about not being able to participate in OTAs and minicamp since having knee surgery on May 24.

"I'd rather be playing football," Ramsey said. "So it is what it is as far as a process right now. I feel no pain. There is no swelling or anything. If you all weren't asking me questions about it, I wouldn't know I had knee surgery.

"... I'll be back by training camp. I'm ready."

Jalen Ramsey is expected to be back in time for training camp after having surgery on his right knee. AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast

Ramsey suffered a torn meniscus in his right knee during offseason conditioning and has been rehabbing off to the side while the Jaguars participated in OTAs and the first two days of minicamp. He was running on the knee last week and said he has no limitations now.

"I'm able to do everything," Ramsey said. "I can do anything. I did not want any time out, but it was best-case scenario. So that's all I was hoping for and praying for."

Ramsey has been able to participate in every meeting and be at nearly every practice so he doesn't have as much ground to make up as rookie linebacker Myles Jack, who returned to the team Friday night after sitting out all of OTAs because of the NFL's graduation rule.

Still, not being on the field has bothered Ramsey and the difference in his demeanor from the days after he was drafted is noticeable.

"He said something at the end of the unit meetings this morning," defensive coordinator Todd Wash said. "You can tell he's got a little burr underneath his saddle and he's ready to get going. It'll be nice to get him back.

"He's ready to come back and start competing."

The Jaguars were planning on having Ramsey only play cornerback, but coach Gus Bradley said the rookie picked up the defense so quickly before he was hurt that they will give him some reps at nickel when training camp begins in late July.

"I'm a football player; this is what I do," Ramsey said. "I play nickel, I play corner and safety. I can do whatever Coach asks me to do.

"I don't really put expectations on myself, to be honest. I just do what I can when I can do it. I know I'll be 100 percent at that time. I feel 100 percent now, so when training camp comes I will definitely be ready."