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2013 ATLANTA FALCONS VETERAN PLAYERS
JULIO JONES
WIDE RECEIVER
11
PRO BOWL YEARS
2012
HT: 6’3” WT: 220 NFL EXP: 2 ACQ: D1 ‘11 3RD YEAR WITH FALCONS
BIRTHDATE: 2/3/89 COLLEGE: UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA
TRANSACTIONS
• Selected as a first round (6th pick overall) draft
choice by Atlanta in 2011.
2012 (FALCONS)
• Built on the success of his impressive rookie campaign
to earn his first career Pro Bowl selection in
2012. Set career-highs with 79 receptions for 1,198
yards and 10 touchdowns.
• Posted four 100-yard games and two multi-touchdown
games in 2012.
• Teamed up with WR Roddy White to form one of the
NFL’s top receiving tandems posting an NFL-best
2,549 yards on 171 catches with 17 touchdowns.
• Had the best game of his career, catching 11 passes
for 182 yards with two touchdowns in the NFC
Championship game against San Francisco (1/20).
• Set a Falcons franchise-record for the most receiving
yards in a playoff game vs. San Francisco (1/20),
topping Alfred Jenkins who posted 155 yards
against the Cowboys in the NFC Divisional Playoff
round in 1981.
• Tied White’s club postseason record of 11 catches.
White caught 11 passes in Atlanta’s Wild Card game
at Arizona following the 2008 season.
• Posted the first 100-yard playoff game by a Falcons
receiver since WR Tony Martin posted 129 yards
on five catches at Minnesota (1/17/99) in the NFC
Championship game. Became the sixth Falcon receiver
to post 100-plus receiving yards in a postseason
game.
• Joined White to become the first Falcons teammates
to post 1,000 receiving yards in the same season
since WR Tony Martin (1,181) and Terance Mathis
(1,136) each accomplished that feat in 1998.
• Jones and White each tallied over 100 receiving
yards in Atlanta’s Week 9 win over the Dallas Cowboys
(11/4), marking the third time that the duo has
recorded 100 yards each in a single game.
AUDIBLES
The Falcons were one of just four teams that boasted
a pair of 1,000-yard receivers in 2012 as Jones (1,198)
and WR Roddy White (1,351) each eclipsed the 1,000-
yard mark last season.
CAREER
• In his first two seasons, Jones has established himself
as one of the premier receivers in the NFL with
133 receptions for 2,157 yards (15.8 YPC) and 18
touchdowns.
• Has established himself as one of the most explosive
receivers in the NFL over the last two seasons
as his 27 receptions over 25 yards rank tied for third
and his 16.2 yard per reception average ranks 11th
during that span.
• His 18 touchdown receptions are tied for the ninth
most in the NFL over the last two seasons.
• Posted the best season by a Falcons rookie receiver
in 2011 after notching 54 receptions for 959 yards
and eight touchdowns. Recorded more yards and
touchdowns than any Falcons rookie before him
and only Shawn Collins caught more passes in his
first season when he pulled down 58 balls in 1989.
• Earned NFL Rookie of the Month honors for December/January
after catching 24 passes for 461 yards
and six touchdowns in the final five games of the
regular season in 2011.
• Posted back-to-back 100-yard games at Tampa Bay
in Week 3 and at Seattle in Week 4. Became the
first Falcons rookie since Alfred Jenkins in 1975 to
accomplish that feat and the first NFL rookie to do
so since DeSean Jackson in 2008.
• Recorded five receptions for 71 yards in his NFL
debut against Chicago (9/11/11), including a teamlong
32-yard reception.
• Set career-highs in receptions (11) and receiving
yards (127) and recorded his second-consecutive
100-yard receiving game at Seattle (10/2/11).
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