Nine years ago, the Atlanta Falcons made a splash when they moved up in the 2011 draft to pick No. 6 and selected All-Pro wide receiver Julio Jones.
The trade remains one of the most successful moves of Thomas Dimitroff’s tenure as general manager. In nine seasons with the Falcons, Jones has recorded 797 catches, 12,125 receiving yards and 57 touchdowns.
As we are now less than a week away from the league’s first virtual draft, let’s relive the moment when Atlanta selected Jones, as shared by the NFL’s Twitter account below:
