He’d get the chance to return to the RCA Dome months later after being drafted by the Colts. The only problem? First overall pick in this year’s draft. It was pretty easy to see what was coming.Late bloomers always present an inherent challenge for scouts. With Johnson, they finally got it right — he averaged 81 catches and 1,291 receiving yards per season in a nine-year NFL career.J.J. Calvin Johnson Jr. (born September 29, 1985) is a former American football wide receiver who spent his entire nine-year career with the Detroit Lions.He played college football at Georgia Tech, and was drafted by the Lions second overall in the 2007 NFL Draft. File him under the blind squirrel finding a truly great nut.Detroit Lions star wideout Calvin Johnson was the No. 12. Moritz Boehringer WR State Johns (MN), 2016. Not only did he turn in a sub-5-second 40 time at 346 pounds, but he also put up an absurd 44 reps at 225 pounds in the bench press — eight more … "Manning does everything well but he may be too serious," the personnel man said. "Johnson, the former Lions star, works occasionally as a wide receiver consultant and spent some time in the weeks leading up to the combine training with Iowa State's Hakeem Butler.He said the best advice Johnson gave him was that "the man across from you is trying to take your head off so you have to take his head off first. 72.2%. So Johnson borrowed a pair of spikes from East Carolina’s James Pinkney — then proceeded to run a blistering 4.32 in the 40.In hindsight, the numbers that Watt put up at the Combine were a window into his dominant Defensive Player of the Year future. "Back in 2009, however, there were enough questions about Matthews that he fell to the second round....is a smart, tough QB who throws accurately, makes more big plays than you expect and rarely makes a big error despite not having a strong arm...he will eventually be a good starting QB, but will always have trouble making the throws that you need to get power behind.\"Coming out of Tennessee, Peyton Manning was the subject of one of the biggest draft debates in modern NFL history: Manning or Ryan Leaf?Clay Matthews III was not even rated by NFL scouting services coming into his senior season.Johnson wound up being the one, and only one, positive development of the Matt Millen era in Detroit. I think he has been cleared medically which is the No. 1 receiver prospect in the draft, ran a 4.33-second 40-yard dash Saturday and posted a 40.5-inch vertical jump at a yoked up 6-foot-3 and 228 pounds.Iowa tight end Noah Fant had the fastest 40-yard dash (4.5 seconds), highest vertical jump (39.5 inches) and longest broad jump (10 feet, 7 inches) among tight ends.Butler said Friday that working out with Johnson, a childhood idol, was "a surreal experience. Measurables Percentiles vs. "I had to keep my cool at first," Butler said. Davis looked like a body builder or, at the very least, an actor from an Under Armour commercial en route to running a 4.38 in the 40, skying for a 42” vertical, 10’8” broad, and slamming 33 reps on the bench press. "I don’t think he knows every word he gives to me, I’m hanging on it. This is a fun question. "For comparison, future Detroit Lion Calvin Johnson ran a 4.35-second 40 at 6-foot-5 and 239 pounds at the 2007 combine.The biggest receiver in this year's draft, Butler said Johnson "reminds me a lot of myself" both from a size standpoint and in his laid-back demeanor.INDIANAPOLIS — D.K.