Julio Jones was one of the first big-time prospects to commit to Alabama under Nick Saban.
Jones played three seasons with the Crimson Tide before being drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft. The former five-star would go on to be recognized as one of the most important foundational members of the dominant Saban era in Tuscaloosa.
The Foley, Alabama native would often come back to Tuscaloosa to train and rehab when Saban was the Tide’s head coach.
There is one particular time Jones rehabbed in Tuscaloosa that stands out to Saban.
“We were having 7-on-7 in the summer and the coaches are not allowed to be out there,” Saban said on SEC Now. “So Julio Jones happened to be there rehabbing. He hadn’t played there for 10 years…Julio is watching 7-on-7, the receiver drops the ball, kicks the ball, cusses the quarterback, gets into it with the DB that was guarding him. Julio called the guy over and said ‘that’s not how we do it here.’ He hadn’t played there for 10 years, but still he understood the culture and how things got done.”
Jones is currently an NFL free agent on the backend of his career.
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