The Lions will honor Hall of Fame receiver Calvin Johnson on Sept. 30 by adding him to the Pride of the Lions.
announced Monday that Calvin Johnson will be added to the team's Pride of the Lions, further signaling a repairing of the team's relationship with the Hall of Fame wide receiver.Seattle SeahawksThere had been a rift between Johnson and the Lions after the team asked Johnson to repay $1.6 million of the signing bonus he had been given at the start of his last contract after he retired following the 2015 season.
Calvin Johnson, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021, holds the Lions' franchise records for receptions , receiving yards and touchdown catches . Mike Disner, the Lions' chief operating officer, surprised Johnson at his charity golf tournament on Monday with the announcement. Last year,told the"Up & Adams Show with Kay Adams""I didn't see it coming. I wasn't expecting it," Johnson said.
Johnson, who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021, holds the Lions franchise record for receptions , receiving yards and touchdown catches . Johnson, who was selected to six Pro Bowls and three first-team All-Pro squads in his nine-season career, also holds the NFL's single-season receiving yards record with 1,964 in 2012.
"We are thrilled to add Calvin Johnson Jr. to the Pride of the Lions," Lions president and CEO Rod Wood said in a statement."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."
The Pride of the Lions, which was first unveiled in 2009, is a permanent display at Ford Field which honors the best players in the history of the franchise. Johnson will become the 21st former Lions player to receive the honor.
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