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Julio Jones...next stop Canton.

Posted on 4/5/25 at 9:38 am
Posted by Chad4Bama
Member since Sep 2020
7219 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 9:38 am
He is still the fastest player to reach the following milestones:

Fastest to 7,000 yards
Fastest to 9,000 yards
Fastest to 10,000 yards
Fastest to 11,000 yards
Fastest to 13,000 yards
He also holds the NFL record for the most consecutive 1,300-yard seasons (six), the most consecutive 1,400-yard seasons (five) and the most consecutive 1,500-yard seasons (two).

He missed a sixth-consecutive 1,400-yard season by just six yards in the 2019 season.

Along with Antonio Brown, he was named WR on the Hall of Fame's All-Decade team.

Julio was the most important recruit at the beginning of the Saban Dynasty...end of an era.
Posted by GeekedUp
Virginia
Member since Jun 2009
2507 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 9:42 am to
Didn’t realize this. Quiet guy and outstanding player at all levels.
Posted by TriStateAreaFootball
Member since Dec 2024
887 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 9:43 am to
One of the best to ever do it for sure.
Posted by Stidham8
Member since Aug 2018
8658 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 9:44 am to
He was the best WR money could buy in 2008.

Glad those days are gone where saban had alabama’s boosters in full lockstep to pay better than anyone else could under the table.

Now it’s all out in the open with NIL and their AD is complaining that they don’t have as much money as some of the top dollar schools.
This post was edited on 4/5/25 at 9:46 am
Posted by HogPharmer
Member since Jun 2022
2766 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 9:47 am to
**coughpotkettlecough**

Posted by Roll on Tigers
Across the Border
Member since Jul 2013
4514 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 9:47 am to
Dude has been an animal since high school. One of the best in the last decade for sure.
Posted by WeagleEagle
Folsom Prison
Member since Sep 2011
2351 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 9:47 am to
Don’t like him cause he’s a bammer. But damn, he was a stud. If he could have had a little better health who knows his limits. Great player.
Posted by MickeyZofko
Huntsville
Member since Nov 2016
307 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 9:56 am to
Don't need all the stats, dude is a Hall of Famer
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27796 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 9:56 am to
quote:

Quiet guy


I suppose it was his agent who did all the talking during those holdouts with the Falcons.

Little respect for players who don't want to honor their contracts.
Posted by Feelthebarn
Lower Alabama
Member since Nov 2012
3208 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 10:02 am to
So, you don't like any of them?
Posted by bamameister
Right here, right now
Member since May 2016
16460 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 10:07 am to
quote:

Julio was the most important recruit at the beginning of the Saban Dynasty...end of an era.


Julio's freshman year was so promising. The Atlanta Falcons promising. But JP Wilson was throwing the ball. G-Mac turned him into a glorified tight end.
Posted by skrayper
21-0 Asterisk Drive
Member since Nov 2012
33123 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:43 am to
If only he had gone somewhere other than Atlanta.

Imagine if he had a QB the caliber of Burrow or Brees or Brady (man... lot's of QBs with "B" as their last initial) throwing to him.
Posted by CID 310
Heart of Dixie
Member since Feb 2009
567 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:43 am to
quote:

He was the best WR money could buy in 2008.


This coming from an auburn fan is pretty rich, considering the 180k paid to newton
Posted by TT9
Global warming
Member since Sep 2008
86297 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:47 am to
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This coming from an auburn fan is pretty rich, considering the 180k paid to newton

And considering how corrupt Auburn is period.
Posted by RollTide1987
Augusta, GA
Member since Nov 2009
68288 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 11:50 am to
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G-Mac turned him into a glorified tight end.


Meh.

That was just the offense we were working in. You had two future NFL first rounders in the backfield in 2009 with Mark Ingram and Trent Richardson. Then in 2010 you had the three-headed monster of Ingram, Richardson, and Eddie Lacy. Despite that he still managed to have over 1,100 receiving yards in his junior year.

If Julio were only interested in racking up stats he would have gone to Oklahoma. Instead he chose Alabama.
This post was edited on 4/5/25 at 11:52 am
Posted by James11111
Walnut Creek, Ca
Member since Jul 2020
5252 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 12:03 pm to
Best LGBQ wide receiver of all time.
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27796 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 12:04 pm to
quote:

So, you don't like any of them?


So all of em holdout after they sign their contracts?

Please enlighten me
Posted by TailbackU
ATL
Member since Oct 2005
12214 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 12:35 pm to
The catch he made in the Super Bowl with the Falcons was unbelievable. Too bad they choked.
Posted by SummerOfGeorge
Member since Jul 2013
104987 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 12:40 pm to
quote:

If only he had gone somewhere other than Atlanta.

Imagine if he had a QB the caliber of Burrow or Brees or Brady (man... lot's of QBs with "B" as their last initial) throwing to him.


Had a pretty damn good QB throwing to him in Atlanta in some pretty good offenses.
Posted by BlindedMeWithScience
VFL in B1G country
Member since Jun 2023
2644 posts
Posted on 4/5/25 at 12:43 pm to
You’re getting downvoted by the Crimson Army but that’s because they know you’re right
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