Julio Jones announced his retirement from the NFL on Friday.

When it comes to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, is the former Foley High School and Alabama star going to be like Lance Alworth or Torry Holt?

According to Pro Football Reference, the NFL player whose career most resembles Jones’ is Alworth. The wide receiver known as “Bambi” entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility with the Class of 1978, and in 2019, Alworth was chosen for the NFL All-Time Team as part of the league’s centennial observance.

The NFL player whose career statistics most resemble Jones’ is Holt. The wide receiver known as “Big Game” has been eligible for consideration for the Pro Football Hall of Fame for 11 years, but he hasn’t been enshrined yet.

Jones completed his NFL career with 914 receptions for 13,703 yards in 166 regular-season games.

Twelve other wide receivers have as many receptions and receiving yards as Jones. Eight are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame – Tim Brown, Isaac Bruce, Cris Carter, Marvin Harrison, Andre Johnson, Randy Moss, Terrell Owens and Jerry Rice.

Two of the 13 are not eligible for Hall of Fame consideration yet – Jones and Larry Fitzgerald. A player must have been out of football for five full seasons before becoming eligible.

Three of the 13 are eligible for the Pro Football Hall of Fame but have not been enshrined. Reggie Wayne has been eligible for six years, and Anquan Boldin and Steve Smith have been eligible for four years apiece.

Among the 13 players, Jones has the fewest touchdown receptions with 66.

Jones is among the 16 wide receivers who have been selected for at least seven Pro Bowls. Twelve are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Three are not eligible, with Jones joining A.J. Green and Tyreek Hill.

The one player not on either list is Holt.

Holt has the same number of Pro Bowl selections as Jones with seven apiece and statistics that closely resemble Jones’.

Holt had 920 receptions for 13,382 yards and 74 touchdowns in 173 regular-season games. That’s six more receptions, 321 fewer receiving yards and eight more touchdown receptions than Jones in seven more games.

Holt’s eight 1,000-yard receiving seasons are one more than Jones had, but both players led the NFL in receiving yards twice. Jones was a two-time first-team All-Pro selection while Holt earned that honor once, but Holt has a Super Bowl victory on his resume that Jones lacks.

Jones’ collection of feats features one of the NFL’s six 300-yard receiving games, and he has the most 250-yard receiving games in league history with three. The only other player with more than one is the Cincinnati Bengals’ Ja’Marr Chase.

Jones’ 59 100-yard receiving games is tied for the third-most in NFL history. Holt is tied for 10th with 47, and his top game featured 203 receiving yards.

Pro Football Reference assigns Jones a Hall of Fame monitor score of 108.60. The Hall of Fame monitor is a metric based on career statistics and accolades designed to estimate a player’s chances of reaching the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Jones’ score ranks 13th among wide receivers in NFL history and is eight points above that of the average Hall of Fame wide receiver.

Of the 12 players with higher scores than Jones has, nine are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and one (Fitzgerald) isn’t eligible yet. The two still waiting for enshrinement are Wayne and Holt.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame already has recognized Jones’ excellence by selecting him for its All-Decade team for the 2010s. He joined Fitzgerald, Antonio Brown and Calvin Johnson as the wide receivers on the team.

Every player on the Pro Football Hall of Fame All-Decade team for the four preceding selections – the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s – are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Because Jones wasn’t with a team in the 2024 season, he has four more seasons on his Hall of Fame countdown, which will make him eligible for consideration for the first time in the selection cycle for the Class of 2029.

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