TUSCALOOSA – Former Foley High School standout wide receiver Julio Jones, a University of Alabama sophomore, has been named to the 2009 Fred Bilentnikoff Watch List.

The Fred Bilentnikoff Award is presented annually to the nation’s top receiver in college football each season.

The Bilentnikoff Watch List contains 36 of the nation’s top-flight wide receivers. Jones is one of four receivers from the SEC on the list, including Georgia’s A.J. Green, Mississippi’s Shay Hodge and LSU’s Brandon LaFell.

Jones started all 14 games for the Tide as a true freshman and set every rookie receiving record along the way. He finished the season with 58 receptions for 946 yards and four touchdowns last year as a true freshman. He was a first-team freshman All-American and the Columbus (Ohio) Touchdown Club National Freshman of the Year in 2008. He was also the 2008 Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year.