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Calvin Johnson finds way to give back

If you knew anything about Calvin Johnson and his family, you knew he would find a way to get involved in some way with kids back home. The only question was how he would choose to do it.

I got at least part of the answer in an e-mail today announcing a free football camp for 40 Atlanta area high school receivers. The camp, for 9th- through 12th-graders, will be July 19 and led by Johnson, who played three years at Georgia Tech and was a rookie last season with the Detroit Lions.

Athletes must apply for a spot, and there’s not much time.

Students can e-mail their name and address to cjjrf@yahoo.com or mail it to P.O. Box 1015, Tyrone, Georgia, 30290. All application requests must be received by Monday.

Johnson also intends to fund an unspecified number of scholarships for receivers who did not get college scholarships.

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By Bravesfan79

May 16, 2008 1:05 PM | Link to this

I like CJ, him and Warrick Dunn are examples of real men that give their time and money to help others less fortunate. May God Bless.

By Coach Paul Johnson

May 16, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this

Maybe Calvin can drive Joe Hamilton around campus until Joe has to report to jail.

By kluttz13

May 16, 2008 1:41 PM | Link to this

CPJ, that makes no sense whatsoever; futhermore, it’s neither witty nor funny.

By carl

May 16, 2008 2:51 PM | Link to this

I totally agree with Bravesfan79. Men like Calvin Johnson and Warrick Dunn are truly MEN of Character. It would be nice if this was also reported elsewhere besides this blog.

By RAMBLE ON!!!

May 16, 2008 3:19 PM | Link to this

I agree with Bravesfan79 too, even though he knows nothing about Basketball.

By bobby

May 16, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this

It would take ten Calvin Johnsons to undo the mess Joe Hamilton has caused to everyone. Don’t care what Johnson does, just keep Hamilton off the roads! There are innocent families out there!

By georgia bulldogs

May 16, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this

Ha Calvin we are having a recievers camp. So come and we will teach you how to get open in real competition. GO DAWGS!!!!!

By georgia bulldogs

May 16, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this

Ha Calvin we are having a recievers camp. So come and we will teach you how to get open in real competition. GO DAWGS!!!!!

By georgia bulldogs

May 16, 2008 5:14 PM | Link to this

Ha Calvin we are having a recievers camp. So come and we will teach you how to get open in real competition. GO DAWGS!!!!!

By georgia bulldogs

May 16, 2008 5:14 PM | Link to this

Ha Calvin we are having a recievers camp. So come and we will teach you how to get open in real competition. GO DAWGS!!!!!

By georgia bulldogs

May 16, 2008 5:22 PM | Link to this

We’ll also teach you how to hit “Post” multiple times when blogging.

My bottom hurts.

By CJ

May 16, 2008 6:06 PM | Link to this

GA Bulldogs, Calvin may not have done much his last year against UGA, but he is superior to any of those trash receivers over in Athens the past couple seasons. That’s pretty sad you are actually trying to bash him. He is doing something good for underprevileged kids.

By TJ

May 16, 2008 6:37 PM | Link to this

Hey Georgia Bulldogs

F#$% Y*&

By Aghhhh

May 16, 2008 7:16 PM | Link to this

GUYS!, do we have to have to do this every blog post. I’m getting sick of this. Good bye to this blog from my free reader.

By GT GRAD

May 16, 2008 10:01 PM | Link to this

I have already suggested it once……if everyone will simply ignore and then refrain from posting any responses to the ignorant and childish posts, the idiots will eventually get bored and slow down or stop with the attacking/negative posts. The ridiculous posts are usually fairly obvious from the very beginning; stop reading, go to the next post and do not respond. We will all benefit from less garbage on our GT posts. Also, have a little class and do not post stupid comments on the UGA blogs….just my opinion.

We are all proud to hear about the good deeds and positive accomplishments by Calvin Johnson. He is obviously a solid citizen and great person along with being a freak on the football field. Best of luck to CJ!!

By Gee Tech

May 17, 2008 1:28 AM | Link to this

Good for you CJ. Jacket for life and a good man to boot. I’m sure you can’t wait until you can file for free agency and play on a real NFL team thought Detroit is looking solid (on paper) this year.

By O-zone

May 17, 2008 9:52 AM | Link to this

Georgia Bulldogs, I conceed that you have a good football team and a good coach, it is the redneck a$$$oles that claim to be supporters,UGA Grads, etc., but the last class room they saw was the 6th grade somewhere in Clayton County.

By MisterT

May 17, 2008 11:56 AM | Link to this

Hey georgia bulldog, come over to the Tech Campus. We will teach you how to read instructions and post a blog…once!

Let the big dawg read!

By MisterT

May 17, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this

Sorry GT Grad…I posted before I read your request.

Great to see CJ giving back.

By BADDAWG

May 17, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this

That ia a kind offer MisterT. Since you seem interested in helping the less educated….why don’t you start by teaching Reggie Ball how to count. At least to 4 !!!!!!!!

By YELLOWJACKETS REQUIRED

May 18, 2008 1:18 AM | Link to this

Forgive me all tech compadre alumni, I am a Uga grad with my BS and a proud Tech grad with my MBA (notice I said “PROUD). Anyway, I know first hand what D!cks the Dawgs can be. Yes, they have had us against the wall for the past few years, but our day will come….REMAIN CALM! My challange to all my Tech Bretheren is to open up a can of CYBER WHUP A$$ on one particular Georgia Redneck

His nome de plume is, get this:

Z E D M c K L U S K E Y - he also has a companion (not sure HOW CLOSE they are) that goes by CUZ. Possibly they are cousins, but given that one of them lives around Augusta, there is no telling.

The next time you read anything on a GT blog (or anywhere else) by one of these NO TALENT Gypsie Dogs, put them in their place.

ZED loves to tell others who are obviously not dog fans to get off their blog. Moreover, he thinks he is Emily Post. He is always telling people to “mind yo’ mannahs” and “don’t chu bad mouf my dogs”.

Cuzis probably sitting in the chair beside him while he is blogging because he is always there to back up McSlutzkie.

Give ‘em He11 Jackets!

By The Real Joe HAMILTON

May 18, 2008 1:30 AM | Link to this

Ahhhight, I be sorry fo’ whut I done by gettin’ tow up and leaving the scene of a accident. Truf is I was scared the PO-lice would catched me. When I hit dat mans car in fromt of me, he stopped too fast. I know he did cause I got good reaction time, expecially on Wii and X-box. Anyway, I be sorry.

Maybe I can do som work wit calvin and hep the S L O W chiren. I thank anybody slow dat can’t run a 4.5 forty.

Speaking of fortys, dat wuz all I had to drank dat night, but I did ha some weed, so I wudn’t dat drunk. But I be sorry anyway.

By yellowblood

May 18, 2008 7:58 AM | Link to this

I saw Calvin at a Tickle Pile the other night and he was certainly “giving back”!!! THWG!!!

By bighammer

May 18, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this

Does anyone have any idea if he has given anything back to his high school? Just Curious…after that was where he got his start.

By O-zone

May 18, 2008 3:19 PM | Link to this

“The Real Joe Hamilton”, should behave himself,especially since it is a rarity UGA to begin a season without having 1-2-3 guys on suspensiongm for weapons charge auto theft, drunk/disorderly, underage drinking etc.BUT the preacher/coach deals out severe 1 game suspensions for punishment. That will teach ‘em.

By O-zone

May 18, 2008 3:21 PM | Link to this

“The Real Joe Hamilton”, should behave himself,especially since it is a rarity UGA to begin a season without having 1-2-3 guys on suspensiongm for weapons charge auto theft, drunk/disorderly, underage drinking etc.BUT the preacher/coach deals out severe 1 game suspensions for punishment. That will teach ‘em.

By CarolinaJacket

May 18, 2008 4:48 PM | Link to this

Thanks Calvin. It’s a shame that even when a simple article about an athlete helping others is written, there are those who turn it all into pure crap. This has nothing to do with Tech vs. UGA, or visa versa. It has to do with lack of class (and this includes the stupid tickle pile idiot). I would never take a cheap shot at the UGA folks who go down to Central America to help the needy. None of us need to get that low.

By GT

May 18, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this

When the NCAA investigates Georgia Tech which seems to be a lot I wonder what they are looking for. Calvin Johnson is not the exception at Tech. You give up something to get an education in a Calvin Johnson world or any athlete that goes to Tech. You have to be pretty mature to appreciate what you get in return. Even with Hamilton you kind of sense a mature response in resigning to a very unfortunate incident. I don’t even think the writers of this paper get it but the parents of the student athletes are starting to say why not get an education and a separate opportunity by going to a college that doesn’t encourage short cuts and means something to the educated masses when you graduate. Football will get more like basketball where schools like Duke UNC, Davidson, Tech, Vanderbilt and Virginia are seen as opportunity not something to run from. Where a black athlete can be proud he got accepted just like a white kids trying to apply to the best academic school. It is a sign this country is getting healthy and the future is strong.

By Odell Thurman

May 18, 2008 7:12 PM | Link to this

I asked Roger Goddell if I could go to Ga Military College for a year or two and get myself straightened out. The Right Rev Richt did that for me I awarded him by getting suspended for 2 years from the NFL. It’s ok Georgia fans always love me because I give them beer.

By flub

May 18, 2008 8:32 PM | Link to this

I would not take a cheap shot at a UGA person that went to Central America to help the needy, as long as they don’t come back.

By Ted Striker

May 18, 2008 11:52 PM | Link to this

GT GRAD, CarolinaJacket — I couldn’t agree more with your posts on this particular topic.

I’m a Georgia grad and it’s still easy to say “THANK YOU” to Calvin Johnson — a true class act. Class has nothing to do with the team you support…but it will determine how you support your team

By ga_tech_92

May 19, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this

Well said Ted Striker. It is nice to see the occational classy UGA blogger. Props!

By Paul Oliver

May 19, 2008 9:32 AM | Link to this

Maybe myself, Demario Minter, and Tim Jennings can teach at the camp. Although, if you put us on the field with Calvin, he’ll never catch a ball. We sure would hate to embarrasss him AGAIN.

By swhite

May 19, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this

Some of you guys need to grow up! Calvin, great job and I know that he’ll be doing a lot more because of the person that he is! Let’s acknowledge the POSITIVE and leave the NEGATIVE out of this one. We get enough of that already!

By Jan Kemp

May 19, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this

Maybe I can teach Paul Oliver. He would been there senior year if I was there.

By Zeb McKluskey

May 19, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

Uh oh Cuz, YELLOWJACKETS REQUIRED has thrown the proverbial gauntlent. I don’t know about you, but I’m shaking in my cyber-boots so bad I can’t leave my trailer. Well, at least my sister’s here.

To have a MBA you sound like you’re 12. You’re a real tough guy behind that keyboard. I guess for now, we’ll just ignore you and say congrats to Calvin and the “classy” tech folks.

By Bug Blaster

May 19, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this

Another great idea from Bug 21. I’m sorry, Calvin, what was your response to the “Did you smoke MJ question asked by NFL GMs? Bug 21 said Yes. GT fans can add you to the list of former Teksters to be proud of! Don’t think I’d want my kid learning anything from you or that “program” over on the flats.

What’s the main course? Rollin 101? Is J Hamilton going to help out with the camp?

Don’t waste your time, Zit.

By UGA DAWG

May 19, 2008 6:20 PM | Link to this

Here’s an idea Calvin. Instead of giving back to the community, you give tech back those two years during which the dawgs shut you down and tech was destroyed… cough for the 6th and 7th times in a row

By Joe Hamilton - A Tech Man

May 19, 2008 6:56 PM | Link to this

Calvin Johnson obviously could not carry Paul Oliver’s jock.

By Zeb McKluskey

May 19, 2008 7:00 PM | Link to this

OK guys, all joking aside. Both are great schools and every swingin’ d!ck on here knows that. Beat each other up all you want, I’m a DAWG but have a ton of Tech friends. I’m tired of tryin to be a mom, makes me sound………kinda…..g@y. I’m just about done. Well….not really. I’ve always got to defend the NATION. Ya’ll have fun. I’ll check in later.

By Paul Oliver

May 19, 2008 8:06 PM | Link to this

I could not carry books.

By Rueben Houston

May 19, 2008 9:24 PM | Link to this

Joe Hamilton can carry my dime bags.

By Jasper Sanks

May 19, 2008 10:01 PM | Link to this

I can carry the ball near the goaline.

I can also live up to my expectations.

By Odell Thurman

May 19, 2008 10:10 PM | Link to this

Woof! You tell ‘em Dawgs!!!

By byteback

May 20, 2008 5:53 AM | Link to this

Typical UGAg fans. A nice article about a former Tech player and what happens? They idiot UGAg fans come out of the woodwork in their trailers, with their rent-to-own Dell Computers and trash a fine young man in order to puff up their already worthless lives.

Its no wonder that the rest of college sports have such a disdain for the ignorant UGAg fans around the country. Totally classless idiots.

By mike

May 20, 2008 7:51 AM | Link to this

Great article about CJ. It is good to see him doing something for younger athletes. Too bad so many haters took the opportunity to show why they could never be a CJ. Are you people really that ignorant and jealous?

By College Fan

May 20, 2008 2:47 PM | Link to this

Byteback sounds so angry and bitter. He must have gone to tech.

By Bobby Jones

May 20, 2008 6:33 PM | Link to this

College Fan is on a Tech blog. He must not have gone to Georgia. I know… I know it is shocking that a UGA fan didn’t actually attend classes in Athens.

By Fred

May 21, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this

Thanks Calvin for being such a class act. Now if you could only teach the rest of the Tech pup tent to be the same.

By Notdisappointed

May 21, 2008 5:14 PM | Link to this

Best of Luck Calvin with the Youngsters. You truly are a gentleman.

By Language police

May 21, 2008 6:01 PM | Link to this

Zeb excuse your language. Just b/c you type ! or @ or $ in the middle of profanity, that does not make it acceptable. Clean up your act!

By Techf@n

June 10, 2008 11:45 AM | Link to this

Yes, UGA has had tech’s number in the recent years, and good ol’ Reggie Ball for 4 years didn’t help much either. I guess I do wish I went to UGA instead of tech…I mean who cares that I would be making about $15K less per year…

By Techf@n

June 10, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this

Yes, UGA has had tech’s number in the recent years, and good ol’ Reggie Ball for 4 years didn’t help much either. I guess I do wish I went to UGA instead of tech…I mean who cares that I would be making about $15K less per year…Good job Calvin, you are the man

By Techf@n

June 10, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this

Yes, UGA has had tech’s number in the recent years, and good ol’ Reggie Ball for 4 years didn’t help much either. I guess I do wish I went to UGA instead of tech…I mean who cares that I would be making about $15K less per year…Good job Calvin, you are the man

By CMJ

July 16, 2008 12:38 PM | Link to this

Great job Calvin keep up the good work!! CMJ/NLPC

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