Ray Agnew Assistant General Manager | Detroit Lions Website
Ray Agnew Assistant General Manager | Detroit Lions Website
The Detroit Lions announced the induction of 2021 Pro Football Hall of Fame wide receiver Calvin Johnson Jr. into the Pride of the Lions. The ceremony will take place during halftime of their Homecoming game on September 30, 2024, against the Seattle Seahawks. Pride of the Lions is a permanent display at Ford Field that honors the greatest players in franchise history.
Detroit Lions Chief Operating Officer Mike Disner surprised Johnson Jr. with the news during opening remarks at the second annual Calvin Johnson Jr. Foundation Celebrity Golf Outing at Detroit Golf Club on July 15.
"We are thrilled to add Calvin Johnson Jr. to the Pride of the Lions," said Detroit Lions President and CEO Rod Wood. "His commitment on the field and to the city of Detroit are legendary and this is a well-deserved honor. We are proud that he will be forever memorialized inside Ford Field and as a Detroit Lion."
Johnson Jr. joins 20 other all-time Lions greats featured on Pride of the Lions, which was first unveiled in 2009. Most recently, offensive tackle Lomas Brown was inducted in 2023, and linebacker Chris Spielman was inducted in 2021. Other members include defensive tackles Roger Brown and Alex Karras, wide receiver Herman Moore, cornerbacks Lem Barney and Dick "Night Train" Lane, safeties Jack Christiansen and Yale Lary, quarterbacks Dutch Clark and Bobby Layne, offensive linemen Lou Creekmur and Alex Wojciechowicz, kicker Jason Hanson, cornerback Dick LeBeau, running backs Barry Sanders and Doak Walker, tight end Charlie Sanders, linebacker Joe Schmidt, and guard Dick Stanfel.
Calvin Johnson Jr.'s career highlights include:
- Selected by the Detroit Lions with the second overall pick of the 2007 NFL Draft out of Georgia Tech.
- Started in 130-of-135 games for the Lions over his nine-season career, posting 731 receptions for 11,619 yards (15.9 avg.) and 83 touchdowns.
- Detroit's franchise leader in career receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns.
- Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021 as a first-ballot inductee.
- Selected to six Pro Bowls (2010-15).
- Named to three First-Team AP All-Pro selections (2011-13) and one Second-Team AP All-Pro selection (2010).
- Holds the NFL single-season receiving yardage record (1,964 in 2012).
- Led the NFL in receiving yards in both 2011 (1,681) and 2012 (1,964).
- Led the NFL in receptions in 2012 (122).
- Led the NFL in receiving touchdowns in 2008 (12).
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