Falcons’ Julio Jones an ‘Avatar,’ NFL Coordinator Says: ‘There is Handiest 1 of Him’
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An ESPN poll that asked 50 NFL coaches, executives and gamers their top 10 choices for each and each NFL map in 2020 positioned Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones first on the wideout checklist.
One NFL coordinator’s knowing course of included a explicit description of Jones’ game.
“He’s an avatar,” the coach said per ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. “There is most attention-grabbing one of him.”
The 6’3″, 220-pound Jones has gathered no fewer than 1,394 receiving yards in each and each of his closing six seasons, collectively with a profession-excessive (and NFL-excessive) 1,871 in 2015. He snagged an NFL-most efficient 136 passes that Twelve months to boot.
Jones has led the league in receiving yards per game three instances and yards from scrimmage as soon as at some stage in his nine-Twelve months profession, all of which has been in Atlanta.
Jones has got praise from among the game’s all-time biggest gamers, collectively with Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald:
The stats supporting Jones’ case as the game’s most efficient wideout are a large selection of, with about a examples under:
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Since 2013: #JulioJones has, rep this, AVERAGED 110 receptions for 1,644 yards every 16 video games.
That is bigger than Randy Moss’ profession excessive of 1,632 in 2003.
That’s what Julio has AVERAGED, yearly, for nearly a decade.
Each praise you’ve heard has underrated him. ✈️ https://t.co/bYIztPAQBo
NFL Stats @NFL_Stats
Most receiving YPG in a season
(min. 14 video games accomplished)Charley Hennigan – 124.7
Calvin Johnson – 122.8
Josh Gordon – 117.6
Julio Jones – 116.9
Jerry Rice – 115.5
Antonio Brown – 114.6
Lance Alworth – 114.4
Isaac Bruce – 111.3
Charley Hennigan – 110.4
Antonio Brown – 109.5
Jones edged Recent Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas, who dwelling an NFL story with 149 receptions closing season, for the No. 1 dwelling. Arizona Cardinals wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, a three-time All-Pro, took third.
The ex-Alabama massive title, who went sixth overall in the 2011 NFL draft, will see to enjoy his seventh consecutive 1,300-yard season starting Sunday, Sept. 13, when the Falcons host the Seattle Seahawks to kick off their advertising campaign.