Calvin 'Megatron' Johnson: Superstar Wide Receiver

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By the time Johnson was 12 years old he was already 6 feet tall His height gave him an advantage in sports When Johnson started at Sandy Creek High School in Tyrone his mother decided to allow him to play football He joined his high school’s team the Patriots playing wide receiver He took the number 81 QUICK FACT Even though Johnson had just started playing football it did not take him long to catch on By his sophomore year he had grown to be 6 feet 4 inches He became the starting wide receiver Before long he was considered one of the best high school football players in Georgia The job of a wide receiver is to catch the ball thrown by the quarterback The wide receiver then attempts to get the ball into the end zone to score a touchdown Johnson’s speed is part of what made him such a good wide receiver His ability to jump very high to catch the ball was another advantage He was also able to make acrobatic leaps and catches very few other people could make Chip Walker his coach in high school remembers one such amazing play by Johnson Walker told Austin Murphy that Johnson knock ed the cornerback into two other guys taking out all three of em College Superstar Johnson chose to go to Georgia Tech for college and play for its football team the Yellow Jackets Getting a good education was important to Johnson and his family so Georgia Tech was a good choice Also it is in Atlanta so Johnson would not be far from home Johnson decided to major in building construction Johnson made a mark at Georgia Tech even before his first football season started in the fall of 2004 During training camp he broke school records One record he broke was how high he could jump 43 inches Another was how far he could jump from a standing position 11 feet 3 inches Johnson was now 6 feet 5 inches 8 CALVIN MEGATRON JOHNSON SUPERSTAR WIDE RECEIVER