Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones may not be as flamboyant as Antonio Brown or Odell Beckham Jr., so he doesn't really make headlines. However, that does not change the fact that he may very well be the best wide out in football.
Jones is coming off of a spectacular 2018 campaign in which he hauled in 113 receptions for a league-leading 1,677 yards and eight touchdowns en route to a Pro Bowl appearance, and ESPN thinks he can come close to equaling those numbers next season.
It is projecting that Jones will end up catching 98 passes for 1,512 yards and eight scores in 2019, numbers that will unquestionably put him in the Pro Bowl conversation and have him in the running for a First-Team All-Pro selection.
Jones, who played his collegiate football at the University of Alabama, was originally selected by the Falcons with the sixth overall pick of the 2011 NFL Draft.
He went on to have a terrific rookie year, snaring 54 balls for 959 yards while reaching the end zone eight times. Then, the following year, Jones registered 79 receptions for 1,198 yards and 10 touchdowns, making his first Pro Bowl as a result.
The 30-year-old was then limited to just five games due to injury in 2013, but in 2014, he began his run of five straight Pro Bowl appearances, finishing with 104 catches for 1,593 yards and six scores.
Jones then proceeded to have the best season of his career and one of the best seasons for a wide receiver ever in 2015, leading the league in both receptions (136) and receiving yards (1,871) to go along with eight touchdowns.
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