Johnson caught plenty of sweet balls in his nine-year NFL career. The No. 2 pick of the 2007 draft out of Georgia Tech, Johnson played nine seasons with the Lions and retired in 2015 with ...

Johnson grew up in the Atlanta suburbs, one of four kids raised by Calvin Sr., a railroad conductor, and Arica, an educator. The family was academic-driven — his brother, Wali, is a general ...

Ending his career at age 30 in 2015 gave Johnson more time to spend with the Calvin Johnson Jr. Foundation, which he founded in 2008 with the focus of trying to help at-risk kids by providing them ...

Johnson, of course, is the Lions' all-time leader in receptions (731), receiving yards (11,619) and receiving touchdowns (83). He recorded the best campaign by any receiver in NFL history when he ...

But this finally seems like a shift in the relationship, partly because of Disner, but also because Johnson, 37, has kids who are 9, 4 and 2 and it’s time for them to know dad was once Megatron.

Calvin Johnson made his mark with the Detroit Lions in more ways than one, and anyone looking for proof of that simply need listen to his former teammates talk about the man under the uniform ...

On Saturday night, Calvin Johnson joined the most elite football team of all when the Pro Football Hall of Fame announced that he was selected to be a member of the class of 2021. AJC - Logo ...

Calvin Johnson, who attended two of ... and I look forward to just being around and being a shoulder for him to lean on," Johnson said. "Extremely talented kid.

The Lions are inducting Calvin Johnson into their ring of honor on Monday night. ... Lions DT DJ Reader: “Man, when I was a kid, just watching Megatron, he was just amazing. He was the first, ...