Vast receiver Julio Jones formally introduced his retirement from the NFL on Friday, concluding a dominant 13-year profession spent with the Atlanta Falcons, Tennessee Titans, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Philadelphia Eagles. The subsequent cease for him will virtually definitely be the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
Maybe as quickly as he’s eligible with none form of a wait past that.
At his peak, Jones was not solely one of the vital productive large receivers within the league, he was one of the vital bodily dominant gamers on the place and a relentless, game-changing drive. Particularly throughout his time in Atlanta, the place he stays the franchise’s all-time chief in a number of pass-catching classes, together with most receptions and yards.
The one factor his profession missed out on was a Tremendous Bowl.
His solely journey to the sport was in 2016 with the Atlanta Falcons, the place he capped off a dominant postseason run with what may have been remembered as one of many best Tremendous Bowl catches of all time… had the Falcons been capable of maintain onto a 28-3 lead.
Jones finishes his profession with 914 receptions, 13,703 yards and 66 touchdowns.
Together with the general numbers, he additionally burst onto the scene and rose to NFL stardom in a means few different large receivers have.
He’s nonetheless the quickest participant to succeed in the next milestones:
- Quickest to 7,000 yards
- Quickest to 9,000 yards
- Quickest to 10,000 yards
- Quickest to 11,000 yards
- Quickest to 13,000 yards
He additionally holds the NFL document for essentially the most consecutive 1,300-yard seasons (six), essentially the most consecutive 1,400-yard seasons (5) and essentially the most consecutive 1,500-yard seasons (two).
He missed a sixth-consecutive 1,400-yard season by simply six yards within the 2019 season.
