A statement from the Detroit Lions says Johnson is retiring “effective immediately” and the contract situation with the National Football League has been settled with the team saying, “matters were settled to the satisfaction of the parties”. He was a first-team All-ACC selection all three years, a two-time All-American, the ACC Rookie of the Year in 2004 and the ACC Player of the Year in 2006.
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Johnson was the second overall pick in the 2007 National Football League draft. In 2014, the Lions went 11-5 and made the playoffs while Johnson turned in a 71-catch, 1077-yard season.
Johnson is the most prolific receiver the Detroit Lions franchise has ever seen. After playing a limited role as a rookie, Jones exploded for 712 yards and 10 touchdowns on 51 receptions despite playing only half of the team’s offensive snaps.
“He was the epitome of dignity, class, humility and excellence”, Lions owner Martha Firestone Ford said. Before his final season on the Flats, he spent the summer in Bolivia building solar latrines to improve sanitation, saying he “wanted to help the less fortunate ” “.
“Let me begin by apologizing for making this announcement via a statement and not in person”, Johnson said via a release sent by the Lions. According to SB Nation, Calvin Johnson made a stunning 4.35 40 time at the NFL Combine while wearing somebody else’s cleats. We saw him live up to it – and more.
When Johnson was asked to react to what his teammates said about him back then, the soft-spoken native of Tyrone, Georgia, simply shrugged his shoulders and offered one of his many aw-shucks responses. He’s been an icon, a living legend, “Megatron ” , known across the country as one of the game’s best, both on and off the field.
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While everyone in Detroit was upset with how long it took Johnson to come to his decision, I do not believe that we can truly be upset with him. “This is another chapter in my life, and the other chapters have not been so great”.
