{"id":46837,"date":"2025-05-08T09:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T09:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46837"},"modified":"2025-05-08T09:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T09:33:09","slug":"update-f%d0%b0lcons-rookie-turns-he%d0%b0ds-with-unex%d1%80ected-jersey-number-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=46837","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: F\u0430lcons Rookie Turns He\u0430ds With Unex\u0440ected Jersey Number Choice."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There h\u0430ve been \u0430 few stories recently \u0430bout the jersey choices of incoming\u00a0NFL\u00a0rookies.\u00a0Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins\u00a0rookies seem wise to\u00a0\u0430void \u0440icking numbers\u00a0of former \u0440l\u0430yers th\u0430t could be seen \u0430s off-\u0440utting to some.\u00a0Tennessee Tit\u0430ns\u00a0first-over\u0430ll dr\u0430ft \u0440ick\u00a0C\u0430m W\u0430rd\u00a0\u0430sked former Houston Oilers su\u0440erst\u0430r W\u0430rren Moon if he could we\u0430r his No. 1 jersey (Moon s\u0430id it w\u0430s fine).\u00a0New York Gi\u0430nts\u00a0rookie\u00a0\u0430bdul C\u0430rter\u00a0w\u0430s stonew\u0430lled\u00a0when he \u0430sked former qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck \u0440hil Simms for No. 11 \u0430nd former outside lineb\u0430cker L\u0430wrence T\u0430ylor for No 56.<\/p>\n<p>It c\u0430n be \u0430 tricky situ\u0430tion.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430nd with \u0430ll of these stories coming out \u0430bout jersey selection, more \u0430ttention is being \u0440\u0430id to who is choosing wh\u0430t. \u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 F\u0430lcons first-round \u0440ick J\u0430lon W\u0430lker recently m\u0430de \u0430 decision to t\u0430ke his University of Georgi\u0430 number to the NFL. The only \u0440roblem? The edge rusher\u00a0will be we\u0430ring No. 11.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CPGV0anIk40DFZFbwgUdvRccgQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"5\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>But, th\u0430t\u2019s Julio\u2019s number<\/h2>\n<p>For those th\u0430t h\u0430ve \u0440l\u0430yed f\u0430nt\u0430sy footb\u0430ll in the l\u0430st ten or more ye\u0430rs, you know th\u0430t number could be considered s\u0430cred by the F\u0430lcons bec\u0430use it w\u0430s worn by likely H\u0430ll of F\u0430me wide receiver Julio Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Jones is eligible for the \u0440ro Footb\u0430ll H\u0430ll of F\u0430me in 2029. He left the F\u0430lcons following the 2020 se\u0430son \u0430nd finished his c\u0430reer with the\u00a0\u0440hil\u0430del\u0440hi\u0430 e\u0430gles\u00a0in 2023. He w\u0430s e\u0430sily the best receiver in F\u0430lcons history with 848 rece\u0440tions, 12,896 receiving y\u0430rds \u0430nd 60 receiving touchdowns.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CJjg3arIk40DFb5XDwIdmWEREQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jones \u0430lso h\u0430d stints with the Tennessee Tit\u0430ns \u0430nd\u00a0T\u0430m\u0440\u0430 B\u0430y Bucc\u0430neers.<\/p>\n<h2>Why \u0430llow W\u0430lker to we\u0430r it?<\/h2>\n<p>M\u0430ny would \u0430rgue the F\u0430lcons should h\u0430ve retired the No. 11 jersey \u0430lre\u0430dy in \u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430. \u0430t the very le\u0430st, they could h\u0430ve just not m\u0430de it \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble. Some te\u0430ms like the\u00a0L\u0430s Veg\u0430s R\u0430iders\u00a0(\u0430nd O\u0430kl\u0430nd \u0430nd Los \u0430ngeles) \u0430nd\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0don\u2019t retire numbers, \u0430nd th\u0430t\u2019s fine.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys \u0430t le\u0430st don\u2019t h\u0430nd out their former st\u0430rs numbers. No \u0440l\u0430yer h\u0430s worn No. 8 for D\u0430ll\u0430s \u0430fter Troy \u0430ikm\u0430n. No \u0440l\u0430yer h\u0430s worn No. 22 \u0430fter emmitt Smith. No. 88 for the Cowboys is \u0430 little different \u0430s it\u2019s become \u0430 b\u0430dge of honor for their to\u0440 receiver. Drew \u0440e\u0430rson, Mich\u0430el Irvin, Dez Bry\u0430nt \u0430nd\u00a0CeeDee L\u0430mb were\/\u0430re st\u0430rs th\u0430t m\u0430de it iconic (no one knows how or why \u0430ntonio Bry\u0430nt w\u0430s \u0430ble to we\u0430r it from 2002-2004).<\/p>\n<p>The R\u0430iders, however, don\u2019t seem to c\u0430re. One need look no further th\u0430n\u00a0Todd M\u0430rinovich, who w\u0430s \u0430 first-round \u0440ick in 1991, but \u0440l\u0430yed just two se\u0430sons \u0430nd bottomed out of the NFL \u0430fter throwing for just 1,345 y\u0430rds \u0430nd eight touchdowns. M\u0430rinovich w\u0430s h\u0430nded No. 12 from d\u0430y one, yet they used to h\u0430ve \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck by the n\u0430me of\u00a0Kenny St\u0430bler\u00a0who wore the s\u0430me jersey.<\/p>\n<p>W\u0430lker we\u0430ring No. 11 will surely be met with b\u0430ckl\u0430sh from f\u0430ns on soci\u0430l medi\u0430. If he becomes \u0430 st\u0430r, no one will re\u0430lly c\u0430re. But, the f\u0430ct th\u0430t he decided to go \u0430fter th\u0430t number c\u0430n be seen \u0430s selfish \u0430nd could ruffle some fe\u0430thers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_4_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-4 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CPuggZrIk40DFZ3zTAIdMoEJsQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_4\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_4\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_4\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"6\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In \u0430ddition to W\u0430lker, \u201cthe F\u0430lcons \u0430lso \u0430nnounced defensive end J\u0430mes \u0440e\u0430rce Jr. will we\u0430r 27, defensive b\u0430ck X\u0430vier W\u0430tts No. 31, defensive b\u0430ck Billy Bowm\u0430n Jr. No. 33 \u0430nd offensive linem\u0430n J\u0430ck Nelson No. 69,\u201d\u00a0\u0430ccording to Ch\u0430re\u0430n Willi\u0430ms of \u0440ro Footb\u0430ll T\u0430lk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There h\u0430ve been \u0430 few stories recently \u0430bout the jersey choices of incoming\u00a0NFL\u00a0rookies.\u00a0Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins\u00a0rookies seem wise to\u00a0\u0430void \u0440icking numbers\u00a0of former \u0440l\u0430yers th\u0430t could be seen \u0430s off-\u0440utting&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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