DETROIT – The Detroit Lions will induct Calvin Johnson Jr. into the Pride of the Lions during a Monday Night Football game at Ford Field.
Chief operating officer Mike Disner made the announcement Monday, July 15, 2024, at the Calvin Johnson Jr. Foundation Celebrity Golf Outing at Detroit Golf Club.
“We are thrilled to add Calvin Johnson Jr. to the Pride of the Lions,” team president and CEO Rod Wood said. “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 will join the permanent display at Ford Field that’s designed to honor the greatest players in franchise history.
The ceremony will take place at halftime of the Sept. 30, 2024, game against the Seattle Seahawks on Monday Night Football.
Johnson was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021. He was the seventh wide receiver to earn unanimous first-ballot honors.
After the Lions took Johnson with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2007 draft, he spent all nine seasons of his NFL career in Detroit.
Johnson caught 731 passes for 11,619 yards, and 83 touchdowns. He’s the all-time franchise leader in each of those three categories.
Johnson made the Pro Bowl in each of his final six seasons from 2010 through 2015 and still owns the single-season NFL record with 1,964 receiving yards.
Johnson is the 21st person to join the Pride of the Lions. Here are the other 20:
- OT Lomas Brown
- LB Chris Spielman
- DT Roger Brown
- DT Alex Karras
- WR Herman Moore
- CB Lem Barney
- S Jack Christiansen
- QB Dutch Clark
- OL Lou Creekmur
- K Jason Hanson
- CB Dick “Night Train” Lane
- S Yale Lary
- QB Bobby Layne
- CB Dick LeBeau
- RB Barry Sanders
- TE Charlie Sanders
- LB Joe Schmidt
- G Dick Stanfel
- RB Doak Walker
- OL Alex Wojciechowicz.
