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CaLvin Johnson
Wide Receiver
Georgia Tech 5th Year
Ht: 6-5 Wt: 236
Born: 9/29/85 Tyrone, Ga.
Draft: ‘07, R1 (2)-Det
Complete biographical information available on Detroit<strong>lions</strong>.com.
MANE FACTS
¾ Pro Bowl: 2011, 2012
¾ 2011 aP all-Pro second Team
¾ By a vote of fans accross the country via a contest promoted by esPN’s
sportsNation, Johnson was voted to appear on cover ea sports Madden
Nfl 13 video game.
¾ Calvin Johnson, Jr. foundation was established in 2009 that focuses on
the self-development and empowerment of aspiring youth. The Calvin
Johnson Jr. foundation, inc.’s vision is to see youth emerge out of
seemingly difficult situations and change into productive members of
society. The foundation’s motto is “Catching Dreams,” and it provides
scholarships to Metro Detroit and Metro atlanta football athletes,
gives toys to children during the Christmas holidays in Detroit and
atlanta, collaborates with The Department of Corrections Metro atlanta
Transitional Women’s Center in providing toys to inmate children,
conducts a free Wide receiver Camp for rising 9th-12th grade Metro
atlanta football athletes on football and life skills along with other
miscellaneous donations and support.
¾ Growing up in atlanta, Johnson was a big Deion sanders fan. But on
sundays, he was a Denver Broncos fan, mostly because he loved to
watch Terrell Davis.
¾ When Johnson first started playing football, he was a defensive back
and running back. He started playing receiver when he got to high school.
¾ Johnson enjoys drawing and wants to finish his degree in management
and eventually buy a business franchise.
TRANSACTIONS
¾ re-signed by the <strong>lions</strong> to a new eight-year contract (through 2019).
¾ Drafted by the Detroit <strong>lions</strong> in the first round (2nd overall) of the
2007 Nfl Draft.
PRO
one of the league’s elite receivers who possesses a unique blend of size,
strength and speed. With career tallies of 366 receptions for 5,872 yards
and 49 touchdowns, he is quickly rising to the top of the team’s all-time
receiving charts.
¾ 2011 post-season accolades: aP all-Pro; NfC starter for 2012 Pro Bowl
(second consecutive year). finished 4th in fan voting among all players
and was first among non-quarterbacks.
¾ 2010 post-season accolades include: NfC starter for 2011 Pro Bowl.
Johnson was first <strong>lions</strong> wide receiver to be named to the Pro Bowl
since Wr roy Williams in 2007 and he was the seventh <strong>lions</strong> Pro
Bowl receiver in team history. Became the first <strong>lions</strong> offensive player
to be elected to the original Pro Bowl squad (non-alternate) since Te
David sloan in 2000 and first receiver since Wr Herman Moore in 1998.
¾ second Team aP all-Pro in 2010.
¾ sixth player in Nfl history with 45 TD catches and 5,500 receiving yards
through first five seasons (Jerry rice, randy Moss, lance alworth,
Marvin Harrison and larry fitzgerald).
¾ Most receptions (366), yards (5,872) and touchdowns (49) by a <strong>lions</strong>
receiver in their first five seasons with the club.
¾ recorded most receptions (270), yards (4,191) and touchdowns (33)
than any other receiver in <strong>lions</strong>’ history through their first four seasons.
¾ Career rushing totals include 19 attempts for 167 yards (11.0 avg)
and 1 TD.
¾ since the 2008 season, Johnson is first in the Nfl with 45 receiving
touchdowns, second in receiving yards (5,116) and tied for third in the
Nfl with 49 receptions of 25+ yards.
¾ since entering the Nfl in 2007, Johnson is tied for second with 49
touchdown receptions. also has recorded 55 receptions of 25+ yards,
fourth-most in the Nfl since he entered the league, and has sixthmost
yards (5,872)
¾ only one of three receivers in <strong>lions</strong> history with 70+ receptions in
three different seasons joining Wr Herman Moore (5) and Wr Johnnie
Morton (3).
¾ first player in team history with 70+ receptions in three of his first five
seasons with the club.
¾ Johnson’s 21 career 100-yard games are the second-most in team history.
one of only two players (e Cloyce Box) with 2 200-yard receiving
games and the only to do so in the same season.
¾ only player in team history with 1,000 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns
in 2 separate seasons (2008 and 2010), and he has now done it
three times adding his totals in 2011.
¾ only player in team history with 10 touchdown receptions in three different
seasons – 2008 (12), 2010 (12) and 2011 (14). second player in team
history to record 10 touchdown receptions in back-to-back seasons.
¾ fastest player in team history to reach 5,000 career receiving yards (69
games) and 300 receptions (66 games).
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¾ Johnson is the only player in <strong>lions</strong> history with two receptions of
85+ yards.
¾ With three career receptions of 75+ yards, he is tied with Wr Herman
Moore and e Cloyce Box for the second-most receptions of 75+ yards
in franchise history behind Wr leonard Thompson (4).
¾ With five career receptions of 70+ yards, Johnson tied Wr leonard
Thompson for the most 70+-yard receptions in team history.
¾ in 2008, he led Detroit with 78 receptions for 1,331 yards (17.1 avg) and
12 touchdowns. Johnson finished the 2008 season with some of the top
offensive statistics in the Nfl: tied for first in touchdown receptions
(12), fifth in receiving yards (1,331), second in yards per catch among
receivers with 60 receptions (17.1), tied for second in 20+-yard receptions
(21), tied for second in 40+-yard receptions (seven) and tied for
first in 25+-yard touchdown catches (six).
¾ He was also named an alternate to the 2009 NfC Pro Bowl squad.
2011: fifth-year receiver had one of the most prolific seasons in <strong>lions</strong>
history. recorded 96 catches for 1,681 yards and 16 touchdowns on the
season – all career highs.
¾ led the Nfl with 1,681 receiving yards. His 224 yards at Green Bay
(1/1) were a single-game high in the Nfl this season and his 217 yards
at oakland (12/18) were the third-highest.
¾ His 1,681 yards are the second-most in team history and just 5 yards
shy of the club record (Wr Herman Moore, 1,686 in 1995). That tally is
also the seventh-highest single-season tally in Nfl history and most
since rams Wr Torry Holt had 1,696 in 2003.
¾ Now holds the third (244 at GB 1/1/12) and fourth (214 at oakland
12/18/11) highest single game receiving yard efforts in team history.
¾ only fourth player in Nfl history to register 1,600 receiving yards and
catch less than 100 passes in a season (Houston Wr Charley Hennigan
in 1961, san Diego Wr lance alworth in 1965 and st. louis Wr Torry
Holt in 2000). second only to Hennigan (1,736) for the most yards in
Nfl history by a receiver with less than 100 catches.
¾ 16 receiving touchdowns set a new team single-season record. He
broke the club record set by Wr Cloyce Box (15) in 1952. Johnson’s 16
touchdowns were the second-most in the Nfl and the most among
wide receivers.
¾ only Johnson and Minnesota Wr randy Moss (2003) have ever registered
1,600+ receiving yards and 16+ receiving touchdowns in a season.
¾ in his first career postseason game at New orleans (1/7), he established
<strong>lions</strong> postseason records in receptions (12) and yards (211). He also
tied for the most receiving touchdowns in a playoff game (2) for Detroit.
¾ He set an Nfl record for receiving yards (211) by a player in a postseason
debut and Johnson was the first to surpass 200 yards in his
first career playoff game.
¾ Johnson was the third player to register 200 receiving yards and two
touchdowns in a playoff game since the 1970 Nfl-afl merger.
¾ 12 receptions at New orleans tied for sixth all-time in Nfl postseason
history, and tied for first in NfC Wild Card games.
¾ 211 receiving yards are sixth all-time in Nfl postseason history, and
the most in an NfC Wild Card game.
¾ finished fourth in the Nfl with 96 receptions.
¾ Third player in Nfl history with 95 receptions, 1,600 receiving yards and
15 touchdowns. sixth player in Nfl history (ninth overall) to record 85
receptions, 1,400 yards and 15 touchdowns in a season.
¾ Third player in team history with 16 total touchdowns in a season and
fourth with 15 total touchdowns on the season—also accomplished by
rB Barry sanders (16 in 1990, 17 in 1991), Billy sims (16 in 1980 and
1981) and e Cloyce Box (15 in 1952).
¾ He is the third player in team history to record 1,400 receiving yards.
He joins Wr Herman Moore (1,686 in 1995) and Wr Brett Perriman
(1,488 in 1995) as the only players in franchise history to reach this
mark in a season.
¾ His 96 receptions are the sixth-most in team history and the most since
Wr Mike furrey registered 98 receptions in 2006
¾ Became first player in Nfl history with 2+ TD catches in team’s first
four games of the season.
¾ Johnson registered 6 receiving touchdowns for the month of september.
He has the most receiving touchdowns by a <strong>lions</strong> receiver in the first
month of the season. The previous best was 5 touchdown grabs by Wr
leonard Thompson in september 1984 (5 games).
¾ During the month of october, Johnson led the Nfl with 579 receiving
yards and 5 touchdown catches. His 31 receptions were the secondmost
in the league.
¾ He was the only player in the league to record four 100-yard receiving
games in the month. He accomplished this over those past four games,
becoming the first <strong>lions</strong> receiver to register four-straight 100-yard
games since Wr Herman Moore in 1997. His 115.8 receiving yards per
game in october is a league-best.
¾ He registered touchdowns in four of the five games he played in october,
and Johnson is the only player in the Nfl with a touchdown reception