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Lions great Calvin Johnson elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame

Calvin Johnson is a Hall of Famer.

The former Detroit Lions star becomes just the sixth wide receiver to be enshrined his first year on the ballot, joining Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Steve Largent, Paul Warfield and Raymond Berry.

Before Johnson even suited up in the NFL, the two-time All-American was already turning heads. At the scouting combine in 2007, the Georgia Tech standout measured in at 6-foot-5 and 239 pounds then proceeded to run the 40-yard dash in 4.35 seconds. That's a blazing time at any size, let alone a receiver with Johnson's supersized height-weight combination.