Another injury-affected season limited Julio Jones to adding 299 receiving yards to his career total but didn’t affect his firm grasp on the top spot among Alabama alumni in that stat.

But behind Jones, players were moving up in the top 10 for NFL career receiving yards for former Crimson Tide pass-catchers.

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With 1,160 receiving yards for the Cleveland Browns in the 2022 season, Amari Cooper passed two Pro Football Hall of Fame members – Don Hutson and Ozzie Newsome — to rank second to Jones on the Alabama list.

With 1,356 receiving yards for the Miami Dolphins, Jaylen Waddle led all Tide alumni this season. With the 1,015 receiving yards of his rookie campaign, Waddle has jumped to seventh on the Alabama NFL career list in only two seasons.

Another new name in the Alabama top 10 for NFL career receiving yards is at No. 8 after Jerry Jeudy had 972 in 2022.

The addition of Waddle and Jeudy pushed Kevin Turner and O.J. Howard out of the top 10.

A third former Alabama player had a 1,000-yard receiving season in 2022. DeVonta Smith’s 1,196 for the Philadelphia Eagles moved him 13 yards out of 10th place after two NFL seasons.

Former Alabama players have produced 20 1,000-yard seasons in the NFL. Jones has seven, Cooper six, Newsome and Waddle two apiece and Hutson, Smith and Calvin Ridley one each.

During the 2022 regular season, 16 Alabama alumni caught 569 passes for 6,781 yards and 44 touchdowns.

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The top 10 NFL receivers who played at Alabama (as ranked by career receiving yards):

1. Julio Jones: 13,629 receiving yards

Atlanta Falcons 2011-20, Tennessee Titans 2021, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2022: The former Foley High School standout has caught 903 passes, averaged 15.1 yards per reception and scored 63 receiving touchdowns during his career. The seven-time Pro Bowler missed seven games for the second straight season in 2022, when he had 24 receptions for 299 yards and two touchdowns.

2. Amari Cooper: 8,236 receiving yards

Oakland Raiders 2015-18, Dallas Cowboys 2018-2021, Cleveland Browns 2022: Cooper has caught 595 passes, averaged 13.8 yards per reception and scored 55 receiving touchdowns during his career. Cooper had 78 receptions for 1,160 yards and nine touchdowns in 2022.

3. Don Hutson: 7,991 receiving yards

Green Bay Packers 1935-45: Hutson caught 488 passes, averaged 16.4 yards per reception and scored 99 receiving touchdowns during his career. Hutson’s 1,211 receiving yards in 1942 marked the first time an NFL player had eclipsed 1,000 yards in a season, and he won the Joe Carr Trophy as the NFL’s MVP for the second straight year. Hutson was a member of the first class inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

4. Ozzie Newsome: 7,610 receiving yards

Cleveland Browns 1978-90: The former Colbert County High School standout caught 662 passes, averaged 12.1 yards per reception and scored 47 receiving touchdowns during his career. Newsome was an All-Pro selection in 1984, when he caught 89 passes for 1,001 yards and five touchdowns. Newsome joined the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1999 and remains the Browns’ career leader in receptions and receiving yards.

5. Tony Nathan: 3,592 receiving yards

Miami Dolphins 1979-87: The former Woodlawn High School standout caught 383 passes, averaged 9.4 yards per reception and scored 16 receiving touchdowns during his career. Nathan ranks eighth among Alabama alumni in NFL rushing yards. He’s one of two players on the rushing and receiving lists, along with Mark Ingram, the No. 3 rusher and No. 10 receiver.

6. Calvin Ridley: 3,342 receiving yards

Atlanta Falcons 2018-21: Ridley has caught 248 passes, averaged 13.5 yards per reception and scored 28 receiving touchdowns during his career. Ridley did not play during the 2022 season after being suspended indefinitely for betting on NFL games. Ridley has applied for reinstatement for the 2023 season.

7. Jaylen Waddle: 2,371 receiving yards

Miami Dolphins 2021-22: Waddle has caught 179 passes, averaged 13.2 yards per reception and scored 14 receiving touchdowns during his career. Waddle had 75 receptions for 1,356 yards and eight touchdowns in 2022, when he led the NFL with an average of 18.1 yards per catch.

8. Jerry Jeudy: 2,295 receiving yards

Denver Broncos 2020-22: Jeudy has caught 157 passes, averaged 14.6 yards per reception and scored nine receiving touchdowns during his career. Jeudy had 67 receptions for 972 yards and six touchdowns in 2022, when he missed two games.

9. Howard Cross: 2,194 receiving yards

New York Giants 1989-2001: The former New Hope High School standout caught 201 passes, averaged 10.9 yards per reception and scored 17 receiving touchdowns during his career. Cross was a Super Bowl winner with the Giants’ 1990 team, and he caught four passes in New York’s 20-19 victory over the Buffalo Bills in the NFL championship game.

10. Mark Ingram: 2,125 receiving yards

New Orleans Saints 2011-18, 2021-22, Baltimore Ravens 2019-20, Houston Texans 2021: The 2009 Heisman Trophy winner has caught 303 passes, averaged 7.0 yards per reception and scored 10 receiving touchdowns during his career. Ingram caught 16 passes for 68 yards in 2022.

If the top 10 were based on receptions instead of receiving yards, one through 10 would be Jones, Newsome, Cooper, Hutson, Nathan, Ingram, Ridley, Turner, Kenyan Drake and Shaun Alexander.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.