Calvin Johnson at Georgia Tech, 2006
Photo: John Trainor, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Georgia Tech, 2004–⁠06

Calvin Johnson

Hometown
Tyrone, GA
Born
Sep 29, 1985

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Calvin Johnson played receiver at Georgia Tech (2004–⁠06). He won the 2006 Biletnikoff Award. He finished 10th in the 2006 Heisman vote and was a consensus All‑American in 2006. The Detroit Lions took Johnson in the first round, No. 2 overall in the 2007 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2018.

At a glance

Best season
1,202
Receiving yards, 2006 (Georgia Tech, 9–⁠5)
Best game
165 yards
Vs. Virginia, week 4, 2006: No. 2 receiving game in FBS that week
Heisman vote
10th
In the 2006 vote
Drafted
No. 2
Overall, 2007 NFL Draft (Detroit Lions)

Career highs

10catches, career hightwice; last vs. Maryland, 2006186receiving yards, career highvs. West Virginia, 20063receiving touchdowns, career highat Clemson, 2004

Honors

All-America: consensus 2006; AFCA 2005; AP second team 2005; Walter Camp second team 2005; Pro Football Weekly 2005; Rivals.com 2005

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2004Georgia Tech4883717.4751
2005Georgia Tech5488816.4659
2006Georgia Tech761,20215.81566
Career1782,92716.42866

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Every season here is summed from the game box scores (the source has no season lines for them; a game missing from the box scores is missing here). Kickoff returns are in our source’s box scores from 2009; before that most are missing, so return totals from those years may leave them out.

Game by game

2006 Georgia Tech 14 games, 76 catches, 1,202 yards, 15 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.Notre DameL 10–⁠147111145–
Sep 9vs.SamfordW 38–⁠6426211–
Sep 16vs.TroyW 35–⁠202901121
Sep 21vs.VirginiaW 24–⁠76165266–
Sep 30atVirginia TechW 38–⁠276115253–
Oct 7vs.MarylandW 27–⁠2310133123–
Oct 21atClemsonL 7–⁠31––––−4
Oct 28vs.MiamiW 30–⁠23568143−2
Nov 4atNC StateW 31–⁠2391682438
Nov 11atNorth CarolinaW 7–⁠0313018–
Nov 18vs.DukeW 49–⁠21578246–
Nov 25atGeorgiaL 12–⁠1521301010
Dec 2vs.Wake ForestL 6–⁠98117026−3
Jan 1 ✦vs.West VirginiaL 35–⁠389186248–
2005 Georgia Tech 12 games, 54 catches, 888 yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 3atAuburnW 23–⁠14466135–
Sep 10vs.North CarolinaW 27–⁠216114043–
Sep 17vs.UConnW 28–⁠13375142–
Sep 24atVirginia TechL 7–⁠515123159–
Oct 6vs.NC StateL 14–⁠1710130127–
Oct 15atDukeW 35–⁠10473024–
Oct 29vs.ClemsonW 10–⁠9446021–
Nov 5vs.Wake ForestW 30–⁠17498145–
Nov 12atVirginiaL 17–⁠27441013–
Nov 19atMiamiW 14–⁠10689032–
Nov 26vs.GeorgiaL 7–⁠14214112–
Dec 29 ✦vs.UtahL 10–⁠38219011–
2004 Georgia Tech 12 games, 48 catches, 837 yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 4vs.SamfordW 28–⁠7245029–
Sep 11atClemsonW 28–⁠248127337–
Sep 18atNorth CarolinaL 13–⁠34245042–
Oct 2vs.MiamiL 3–⁠2721007–
Oct 9atMarylandW 20–⁠7376044–
Oct 16vs.DukeW 24–⁠7692227–
Oct 28vs.Virginia TechL 20–⁠34451135–
Nov 6atNC StateW 24–⁠14347027−2
Nov 13vs.UConnW 30–⁠106131045–
Nov 20vs.VirginiaL 10–⁠305108037–
Nov 27atGeorgiaL 13–⁠19544010–
Dec 21 ✦vs.SyracuseW 51–⁠1426115112

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2007Combine or pro day 2007
Height6′5″
Weight239 lb
Arm length36″
Hand size9¾″
Wingspan82″W
40-yard dash4.40 s
10-yard split1.55 s
Vertical jump42½″
Broad jump11′7″

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

9 seasons, 135 games with a stat; latest team: Detroit Lions.

Pro Bowls: 6 (2010–⁠15) · First-team All-Pro (AP): 3 (2011–⁠13) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2010

All-Pro teams: AP first team 2011–⁠13; AP second team 2010; Pro Football Writers first team 2011–⁠13; Sporting News first team 2011–⁠13.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2007Detroit Lions15487564
2008Detroit Lions16781,33112
2009Detroit Lions14679845
2010Detroit Lions15771,12012
2011Detroit Lions16971,68616
2012Detroit Lions161221,9645
2013Detroit Lions14841,49212
2014Detroit Lions13711,0778
2015Detroit Lions16881,2149
NFL career13573211,62483

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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