Calvin Johnson
Career information High school: Tyrone (GA) Sandy Creek College: Georgia Tech NFL Draft: 2007 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2 Debuted in 2007 for the Detroit Lions Career history Detroit Lions (2007–present) Roster status: Active Career highlights and awards NFL 5× Pro Bowl (2010-2014) 3× First-team All-Pro (2011, 2012, 2013) Second-team All-Pro (2010) 2× NFL receiving yards leader (2011, 2012) NFC Receiving yards leader (2011, 2012, 2013) NFL single-season record for most receiving yards (1,964, 2012) Second most all time receiving yards in a game (329) Only player in NFL history with 5,000+ receiving yards in a 3-year period Pro football record for most career games with 200+ receiving yards (5, tied with Lance Alworth) Ranked #2 in the Top 100 Players of 2014 Ranked #3 in the Top 100 Players of 2013 Ranked #3 in the Top 100 Players of 2012 Ranked #27 in the Top 100 Players of 2011 Detroit Lions all-time career leader in receiving yards and touchdowns Fastest receiver to reach 10,000 receiving yards College First-team All-American (2005, 2006) First-team All-ACC (2004, 2005, 2006) ACC Player of the Year (2006) Fred Biletnikoff Award (2006) Paul Warfield Trophy (2006) Other college awards and honors Career NFL statistics as of 2014 Receptions 643 Receiving yards 10,405 Receiving TDs 74 Stats at NFL.com Calvin Johnson, Jr. (born September 29, 1985), nicknamed Megatron, is an American football wide receiver for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Georgia Tech, and was recognized as an All-American twice. He was selected by the Lions with the second overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft. On March 14, 2012, Johnson signed an eight-year, $132 million contract extension with the Lions, one of the largest sports contracts ever. Johnson has a rare combination of size (6 ft 5 in and 239 lb), hands, speed (40-yard dash in 4.35 seconds and 100 meter in 10.23 seconds), strength, leaping ability, body control and hand-eye coordination. His nickname "Megatron" was given to him by former Lions wide receiver Roy Williams and the name caught on with fans. On December 22, 2012, Johnson broke Jerry Rice's single-season record for receiving yards, which had previously been 1,848, and Johnson finished the 2012 season with 1,964 yards, an average of almost 123 yards per game. In that same Saturday night game versus the Atlanta Falcons, Johnson also set the NFL records for consecutive 100-yard games (8) and consecutive games with 10 or more receptions (4). He also tied Hall of Famer Michael Irvin's record for most 100-yard games in a season with 11.