How Everything started
Calvin Johnson Jr. (born September 29, 1985) is a American Football wide reciver. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions of the National football league ( NFL), Calvin Johnson is a second overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft, and played for the Lions for his whole professional career. He previously played college football at Georgia Tech, where he was twice recognized as an All-American.
Calvin’s Skill
On March 14, 2012, Johnson signed an eight-year, US$132 million contract extension with the Lions, one of the largest sports contract ever. Johnson had a rare combination of size (6 ft 5 in and 239 lbs), catching ability, speed (40-yard dash in 4.35 seconds), strength, leaping ability, and body control. His nickname, "Megatron", a Transformers character, was given to him by Lions teammate Roy Williams, and the name caught on with fans.
The Broken Record
On December 22, 2012, Johnson broke Jerry Rice's single-season record for receiving yards, which had previously been 1,848, and finished the 2012 season with 1,964 yards, an average of almost 123 yards per game. In that same 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 tied Micheal Irvin’s record for most 100-yard games in a season with 11.
