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Birth of Julio
Julio Jones was born in Foley, Alabama. Foley is in the south of Alabama near the Florida border. Jones spent most of his life in Foley. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_Jones#Professional_career -
Jones High School Career
Julio attends high school at Foley High School. Julio played as wide receiver and defensive end. He played at WR and had 75 catches and had 1,306 receiving yards. He also attended two events the Under Armour All-American game and Nike camp in Baton Rouge. He also participated in Foley's basketball and track teams. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_Jones#Professional_career -
SEC Championship
Alabama faced off against Florida and went to go on and beat them 32-13. Although Julio did not have his best year with Alabama in 2009 stats-wise he was still very effective. He was underused because Alabama had Mark Ingram the Heisman trophy winner.
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BCS National Championship
In this game, Alabama played Texas in the championship and Alabama would go ahead and win. Julio did not do that much during this game he had only 23 receiving yards while on the other sideline the top receiver had about 130 receiving yards. This is because Alabama relied heavily on the run game. Although Julio did not do that well he could get the scouts attention for his blocking skills and how maybe he can run routes.
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Julio's Junior Season
Julio's senior year was his best year for Alabama. He had 86 plays from scrimmage with 1113 receiving yards with 135 rushing yards acclimated for 9 touchdowns at the end of the season. This would go on and impress the scouts so he declared for the NFL Draft. He would, later on, be invited to the NFL Combine and counite to impress scouts by running a 4.34 on the 40-yard dash. https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/julio-jones-1.html#all_leaderboard ( I had another link but it did not fit.) -
NFL Draft
Julio Jones was selected by the Atlanta Falcons at number six overall. He was one of the top wide receivers in college football, but he went right after A.J. Green by two picks. He was also one of the top paid rookies in the NFL and he was drafted before athletes like J.J Watt and Mark Ingram (Julio's teammate at Alabama). http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?season=2011 -
Julio Jones stats in 2015
In 2015, Julio Jones had his breakout season his best performance in the NFL. He had 136 receptions with 1,871 receiving yards and averaged about 117 yards per game, but then the Falcons fell short and could not make it to the Super Bowl. He would also go on and be selected to the Pro Bowl and First-Team All-Pro.
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NFL's top 100
In 2016, Julio Jones landed in the top ten out of all the NFL players. He had about 1,409 receiving yards and average about 100 yards per game. He also had 6 touchdowns that attended two major events. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JoneJu02.htm#all_all_pro https://247sports.com/Player/Julio-Jones-10911/TimelineEvents/ -
Contract Extension
Julio Jones signed a three-year contract extension with the Falcons for $66 million and he got $64 million guaranteed money. This made him one of the top paid receivers in the NFL. He will average about $22 million per year as his income. https://overthecap.com/position/wide-receiver/ https://overthecap.com/player/julio-jones/813/ -
Julio Jones this Week Against the Eagles
This was not the average game for Julio this week against the Falcons. He had 106 receiving yards with two touchdowns, five receptions, and he lead his team in receiving yards. Julio also broke a Falcons record for most receiving yards which was set by Roddy White. On top of that Julio and the Falcons won 24-20 thanks to Julio's winning touchdown. https://www.espn.com/nfl/game/_/gameId/401128124
