Before Jones Came to
Bama
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While in high school, Julio Jones earned a
stellar reputation on the field and in the
classroom. Besides earning a 3.5 GPA and
graduating a semester early, Jones amazed
college recruiters with his blazing speed that
was once clocked at a 4.38 40-yard dash.
Jones has drawn physical comparisons to
Michael Irvin, Terrell Owens and Larry
Fitzgerald. With the combination of his
tremendous size and blazing speed, Jones
was rated as the #2 overall prospect by
ESPN and #4 top recruiting prospect by
Rivals as he prepared to sign his letter of
intent in February 2008. Although Florida,
Florida State, Texas, Oklahoma and Texas
Tech recruited Julio Jones, the Foley,
Alabama native stayed home to play for the
Tide. While at Foley High School, Jones
caught 194 passes for 3,287 yards and 43
TD's. Showing off his additional skills,
Jones scored three rushing TD's while also
returning two punts and two kickoffs for TD's.
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