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