Lions' Calvin Johnson gets engaged

Matthew Stafford is 2 1/2 weeks away from getting married, and his best man on the football field is about to follow suit.

Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson got engaged this week while in Baltimore for the Ed Block Courage Awards, Johnson and his fiancee, Brittney McNorton, told the Baltimore Sun.

McNorton, who works for the Lions, told the newspaper that Johnson proposed to her along Baltimore's Inner Harbor.

"It's been a very enjoyable, very memorable trip out here in Baltimore - for many reasons," Johnson said in a video posted on the newspaper's website.

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Asked why he decided to pop the question in Baltimore, Johnson said, "The situation was just right, just happened to be right, we were on vacation, so why not?"

Johnson, 29, is the Lions' all-time leading receiver with 643 catches for 10,405 yards. He was named the Lions' Ed Block Courage Award winner last fall after playing the 2013 season through a myriad of injuries, including knee and finger ailments that required surgery after the season.

Stafford, 27, and his longtime girlfriend, Kelly Hall, are set to be married April 4.

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