 Johnston with the Philadelphia Eagles in 2019 | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Punter | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | (1992-02-24)24 February 1992 (age 33) Geelong,Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 194 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||
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| High school: | St Joseph's College (Newtown, Victoria, Australia) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Ohio State (2013–2016) | ||||||||||||
| Undrafted: | 2017 | ||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Injured reserve | ||||||||||||
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Cameron Johnston (born 24 February 1992) is an Australian professionalAmerican football player who is apunter for thePittsburgh Steelers of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theOhio State Buckeyes. He formerly playedAustralian rules football and was a member of theMelbourne Football Club in 2011. He has also played for thePhiladelphia Eagles andHouston Texans.
Johnston is fromGeelong,Victoria, Australia, and attended high school atSt Joseph's College. He played for theGeelong Falcons in the under-18TAC Cup before being drafted to theMelbourne Football Club with the 63rd selection in the2011 AFL rookie draft.[1][2] A midfielder, Johnston spent the2011 season playing for theCasey Scorpions, Melbourne'saffiliate team in theVictorian Football League (VFL). However, he managed only six games for Casey's senior team, instead spending most of the season in theVFL reserves (a third-tier competition).[3] Johnston was delisted by Melbourne at the season's end.[4]
After failing at his AFL ambitions, Johnston signed up withProKick Australia in 2012, an academy headed byNathan Chapman for Australian players looking to pursue a career in the United States.[1] In 2013, he secured a full scholarship withOhio State.[5] As a freshman, Johnston led allBig Ten Conferencepunters with a 44.0 per punt average and ranked 16th-best nationally. He was named a second-teamFreshman All-American byCollege Football News later that year. In his final three years at OSU, he was part of the2014 national championship team, earned second and first-team honors in his junior and senior years respectively, and was named Eddleman-Fields Big Ten Punter of the Year. He also ranked academically in the Big Ten his final two years.[6]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | ||||||
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| 5 ft11+1⁄4 in (1.81 m) | 194 lb (88 kg) | 31 in (0.79 m) | 9 in (0.23 m) | 4.92 s | 1.73 s | 2.85 s | ||||||
| All values fromNFL Combine[7] | ||||||||||||
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Johnston signed with thePhiladelphia Eagles as anundrafted free agent on 11 May 2017.[8][9][10] He was waived on 2 September 2017.[11] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Eagles on 3 January 2018.[12]
On 1 September 2018, Johnston made the Eagles 53-man roster for the 2018 season.[13] He made his NFL debut in the 2018 season opener against theAtlanta Falcons and had six punts for 313 net yards in the 18–12 victory.[14]
On 24 March 2020, Johnston was re-signed to a one-year, $660,000 contract by the Eagles.
Johnston signed with theHouston Texans on March 30, 2021.[15] He led the league in punting yards (4,108) and total punts (88) during the2021 season.[16]
On August 25, 2023, Johnston pulled a calf muscle. The Texans signed undrafted rookieTy Zentner to handle punting duties while Johnston recovered.[17] On August 31, Johnston was placed on injured reserve.[18] He was activated on October 7.[19]
On March 19, 2024 Johnston signed a three-year, $9 million contract with thePittsburgh Steelers.[20] He suffered a season-ending knee injury in Week 1 and was placed on injured reserve on September 10.[21]
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