We have a major retirement in Pro Football as star Wide Receiver Julio Jones has decided to hang up the cleats.
Jones starred at the University of Alabama, where he was a member of the 2009 BCS Championship team. Drafted sixth overall by the Atlanta Falcons in 2011, Jones’ combination of size, speed, and vertical leaping would become a nightmare for opposing secondaries throughout the 2010s.
Compiling 2,157 Yards with 18 Touchdowns in his first two seasons, Jones suffered an ankle injury in his third season (2013) that held him to only five contests, but when he returned healthy in 2014, he went on a six-year stretch that set him apart from the rest of the league’s wideouts. From 2014 to 2019, Jones was a perennial Pro Bowl Selection with two First Team and three Second Team All-Pros. He led the NFL twice in Receiving Yards (2015 & 2018), receptions once (2015), Yards per Touch three times (2015, 2016 & 2018), and Yards from Scrimmage once (2015). This astounding stretch led to an All-Decade nod.
Jones had a hamstring injury in 2020, and his time with the Falcons appeared to be ending. Traded to the Tennessee Titans, Jones chased a Super Bowl ring with the Titans, but by this point, his age and injuries had caught up. He played two more seasons, one with Tampa and one with Philadelphia, and exited the sport with 13,703 Receiving Yards and 66 Touchdowns.
Jones last played in 2023 and is eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2029. In our 2024 pre-season Hall of Fame Monitor, Jones was ranked #9.
We here at notinhalloffame.com would like to wish Julio Jones the best in his post-playing career.
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