Alabama wide receiver Julio Jones' impressive workout on Sunday was done a fractured foot, Charlie Casserly of CBS and the NFL Network reports.
According to Casserly, Jones will have a screw inserted in the foot. Recovery time from this procedure is about eight weeks, putting his availability for workouts before the April 28 draft in doubt.
Casserly referred to this as "a Michael Crabtree situation".
A highly-touted wideout from Texas Tech, Crabtree had surgery on a stress fracture in his foot that prevented him from working out for scouts prior to the 2009 NFL Draft. Crabtree went tenth to the San Francisco 49ers.
Unlike the Crabtree situation, there are zero doubts about Jones' speed.
Jones ran the 40-yard dash in 4.39 seconds, the third-best time among wideouts, and had a 11'03" broad jump and 38.5" vertical jump on Sunday.
Odds are good that Jones would have let those numbers stand during Alabama's pro day on March 9.
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