FLOWERY BRANCH — Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones famously ran 40 yards in 4.38 seconds at the NFL training combine five years ago with a broken bone in his foot. He did this in spite of being a larger man at 6-foot-3 and about 220 pounds.
Those factors led coach Dan Quinn to say he would pick Jones to take on Olympic champion Usain Bolt in a hypothetical race. The Jamaican sprinting star also is a tall (6-5) long-striding athlete.
Jones said he’s not sure how fast he could run 100 meters if he trained for it.