In 2017, Julio Jones passed Don Hutson as the Alabama alumnus with the most NFL receiving yards. In 2018, Jones did the same to Ozzie Newsome for the most NFL receptions by a former Crimson Tide player.

After leading the NFL with 1,677 receiving yards on 113 receptions in 2018, Jones has 698 receptions for 10,731 yards in 111 regular-season games with the Atlanta Falcons.

Jones now has 2,740 more receiving yards than Hutson and 36 more receptions than Newsome.

Jones passed Newsome when he caught a pass from quarterback Matt Ryan for an 8-yard gain against the New Orleans Saints on Nov. 22. Jones' 663rd career reception meant Newsome was no longer on top of the Alabama NFL receptions list for the first time since Nov. 24, 1985. On that date against the Cincinnati Bengals, Newsome made the 489th reception of his career to pass Hutson for the most NFL receptions by an Alabama alumnus.

Jones was one of two former Alabama standouts with 1,000 receiving yards in the NFL in 2018. Wide receiver Amari Cooper caught 75 passes for 1,005 yards in a season divided between the Oakland Raiders and Dallas Cowboys. That moved him past Tony Nathan into fourth place in receiving yards in the Tide’s NFL rankings.

Based on career receiving yards, Alabama’s NFL top 10 list got a new member in 2018. New Orleans Saints running back Mark Ingram moved to eighth place with 170 yards on 21 receptions in 2018.

Alabama's top 10 for NFL receiving yards could undergo more change during the 2019 season. If Jacksonville Jaguars running back T.J. Yeldon, Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end O.J. Howard and Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley duplicate their receiving-yardage totals from 2018 in 2019, they'd have more receiving yards than Ray Perkins, the current No. 10.

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

1. Julio Jones: 10,731 receiving yards

Atlanta Falcons 2011-18: The former Foley standout has caught 698 passes, averaged 15.4 yards per reception and scored 51 receiving touchdowns during his career. No player in NFL history had as many receiving yards at this point in his career as Jones has. In 2015, Jones caught 136 passes for 1,871 yards -- the second-highest single-season yardage total in NFL history. He’s been a first-team All-Pro twice and a Pro Bowl selection six times.

2. 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.

3. Ozzie Newsome: 7,610 receiving yards

Cleveland Browns 1978-90: The former Colbert County 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.

4. Amari Cooper: 3,908 receiving yards

Oakland Raiders 2015-18, Dallas Cowboys 2018: Cooper has caught 278 passes, averaged 14.1 yards per reception and scored 25 receiving touchdowns during his career. Cooper recorded his third 1,000-yard receiving season in 2018. Among Alabama alumni, Jones has six 1,000-yard seasons, Newsome had two and Hutson one.

5. Tony Nathan: 3,592 receiving yards

Miami Dolphins 1979-87: The former Woodlawn standout caught 383 passes, averaged 9.4 yards per reception and scored 16 receiving touchdowns during his career. Nathan ranks fourth among Alabama alumni in NFL rushing yards, and he’s one of two players on the rushing and receiving lists, along with Wilbur Jackson, the No. 3 rusher and No. 9 receiver.

6. Howard Cross: 2,194 receiving yards

New York Giants 1989-2001: The former New Hope standout caught 201 passes, averaged 10.9 yards per reception and scored 17 receiving touchdowns. 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.

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7. Kevin Turner: 2,015 receiving yards

New England Patriots 1992-94, Philadelphia Eagles 1995-99: The former Prattville standout caught 236 passes, averaged 8.5 yards per catch and scored 10 receiving touchdowns during his career. Turner played fullback in the NFL. Alabama’s top 10 list also includes four wide receivers (Julio Jones, Don Hutson, Amari Cooper and Ray Perkins), three running backs (Tony Nathan, Mark Ingram and Wilbur Jackson) and two tight ends (Ozzie Newsome and Howard Cross).

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8. Mark Ingram: 1,598 receiving yards

New Orleans Saints 2011-18: The 2009 Heisman Trophy winner has caught 228 passes, averaged 7.0 yards per reception and scored five receiving touchdowns. A two-time 1,000-yard rusher, Ingram caught 58 passes for 416 yards in 2017.

9. Wilbur Jackson: 1,572 receiving yards

San Francisco 49ers 1974-79, Washington Redskins 1980-82: The former Carroll-Ozark standout caught 183 passes, averaged 8.6 yards per reception and scored four receiving touchdowns during his NFL career. His top receiving season came in 1979, when Jackson caught 53 passes for 422 yards.

10. Ray Perkins: 1,528 receiving yards

Baltimore Colts 1967-71: Perkins caught 93 passes, averaged 16.5 yards per reception and scored 11 receiving touchdowns during his career. The longest reception of Perkins' career was a 68-yard touchdown pass from Johnny Unitas in the fourth quarter of the Colts' victory over the Oakland Raiders in the AFC championship game for the 1970 season. Baltimore beat the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V in its next game. Perkins came back to Alabama as the Crimson Tide's head coach from 1983 through 1986.

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

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