Extensive 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 some of the productive vast receivers within the league, he was some of the bodily dominant gamers on the place and a continuing, game-changing power. 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 might have been remembered as one of many biggest Tremendous Bowl catches of all time… had the Falcons been in a position to 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 manner few different vast receivers have.
He’s nonetheless the quickest participant to achieve 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 report 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.
