This seems to be a new trend in today’s NFL. After 9 seasons with the Detroit Lions, wide receiver Calvin Johnson has called it quits. Johnson has officially retied from the NFL.
According DetroitLions.com,
Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson, who for the past nine seasons established himself as one of the greatest wide receivers in National Football League history, today announced his retirement from the NFL effective immediately.
Johnson also filed his retirement papers with the NFL today in advance of the new League year which begins at 4 p.m. ET Wednesday, March 9.
The Lions also announced, with respect to Johnson’s contract, that those “matters were settled to the satisfaction of the parties.”
After the Lions drafted Johnson with the second pick of the 2007 NFL Draft, he went on to set every significant career Lions receiving record. He retires as the team’s career leader in receptions (731), receiving yards (11,619), receiving touchdowns (83) and most 100-yard receiving games (46). He also set a team record by recording a reception in the most consecutive games (135), which includes every game he played with the Lions
Johnson is the only player in team history to reach 700 receptions, 10,000 receiving yards and 70 receiving touchdowns. His 84 total touchdowns, which includes one rushing touchdown, are the second-most in team history.
The six-time Pro Bowl and three-time AP first team All-Pro selection owns the NFL Record for most receiving yards in a season (1,964 in 2012) after shattering Hall of Fame WR Jerry Rice’s record of 1,848 yards set in 1988.
Johnson is the only player in the Super Bowl era (since 1967) to average 120 yards per game in a season when he averaged 122.8 yards per game in 2012.
Johnson holds the all-time record for the highest average yards per game in NFL history (86.1). He also is tied with Hall of Fame WR Lance Alworth for the most 200-yard games in NFL history with five, and he has the most 200-yard games (6) in both regular season and postseason games.
It took Johnson fewer games to reach 10,000 (115) and 11,000 (127) yards than any player in NFL history.
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