ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Detroit Lions All-Pro receiver Calvin Johnson said Wednesday he plans to return to action Sunday against the Miami Dolphins after missing the last three games with a high-ankle sprain.

The Lions rank 24th in scoring with just 20.3 points per game and hope he can provide a lift in all phases of the offense.

On Sunday, the Lions face a Dolphins team allowing just 18.9 points per game, third best in the league. Watching his team start 6-2 while being hobbled since Week 3, Johnson said he’s motivated to help the Lions continue winning.

“Extremely, extremely motivated, especially with where we are as a team right now,” he said. “We’ve got Miami coming to our own house, so we’ll go ahead and get off to a good start in the third quarter of the season.”

In addition to Johnson providing a tremendous threat to a passing attack that featured Golden Tate in recent weeks, the Lions running backs noted Wednesday that the safeties won’t be able to cheat in the run game either.

“He’s a running back’s best friend,” Reggie Bush said.

Johnson last played in a game Oct. 5, so when he returns for Sunday’s game, he’ll have had more than a month to rest the high-ankle sprain that’s plagued him most of the season. He said he’s fresh and ready to contribute and felt no rust in practice Monday.

“Any time you get that kind of time off, your body’s going to feel rejuvenated,” he said.

The Lions will also welcome back right tackle LaAdrian Waddle, who missed the last game with a concussion, and Bush, who sat with an ankle injury. Both players said Wednesday they’ll play in Week 10.

But Johnson has been the NFL’s top receiver since at least 2011, and with Tate adding 55 catches for 800 yards in the first eight games, quarterback Matthew Stafford should regularly have somebody open.

“Golden obviously had a big opportunity with Calvin — and a bunch of other guys really — going down to step up, and he grabbed that role and played extremely well for us,” Stafford said. “With the addition of him and Calvin back and hopefully the other guys at some point, it could be dangerous.”

NOTES: RT LaAdrian Waddle was cleared fully from his Week 7 concussion and plans to play Sunday. … TE Joseph Fauria (ankle) was limited Wednesday, but is on track to play for the first time since Week 3. … Among those missing practice Wednesday were TE Brandon Pettigrew (foot), TE Eric Ebron (hamstring) and DT Nick Fairley (knee), who is not expected to play.