Calvin Johnson paid back the Detroit Lions a lot more than originally thought from his signing bonus and wrote the team a check for at least $1 million.
According to a person with knowledge of the situation, the franchise’s greatest receiver made a payment to the Lions for at least seven figures when he retired in March 2016.
That’s significantly more than the $320,000 NFL Players Association records showed Johnson paid, or about 1/10th of the $3.2-million signing bonus proration the Lions would have been entitled to under the league’s collective bargaining agreement.
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The Lions required Johnson to pay back part of the $16-million signing bonus he earned on the contract he signed in spring 2012.