Icon Falcons Julio Jones announces retirement after 13 seasons

Former Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio JonesOne of the best players in franchise history, announced his retirement from NFL on Friday.

36-year-old Jones, who issued an announcement on the App Squad, was a seven-time selection for Bowl and the double the first All-Pro team during its 13 NFL seasons. He led the NFL twice in Yarda (2015 and 2018) and is the leader of the Falcons in receptions (848) and the reception of yards (12,986).

Its 60 receiving landings ranked second in Falcons for Roddy White (63).

“I do this announcement today because of Atlanta,” Jones said. “Thank you, man, I appreciate that it is nothing but love.

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Jones last played for Philadelphia Eagles In 2023 he caught 11 passages for 74 yards and 4 landing in 11 games.

He had three games with more than 250 yards that accepted in his career – peaks in the history of NFL. Its five consecutive seasons of 1,400 admission yards or more are NFL recording.

In 2011, Jones was sixth in the Alabama proposal. Falcons. 13 games began as a newcomer and continued to accumulate six seasons with more than 1,000 admission yards and at least six catches of touchdown-joined to Matt Ryan as the best combination of national receivers in franchise history.

He had 19 catches, 334 receiving yards and three landings in three postseason games when Falcons reached Super Bowl during the 2016 season.

Overall, Jones caught 914 passages for 13,703 yards and 66 landing. Played Tennessee in 2011 and Tampa Bay In 2022.

Associated Press contributed to this report.