Cameron Johnston

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Experience: 6 years

Height: 5-11

Age: 31

Weight: 194 lbs

College: Ohio State

2022 SEASON

PUNTS
88
AVG
48.06
LNG
67
In 20
37

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📸 | Special Teams Thanksgiving visit to Texas Children's Hospital

Houston Texans K Ka'imi Fairbairn and P Cameron Johnston, along with Special Teams Coordinator Frank Ross and Assistant Special Teams Coordinator Sean Baker visited Texas Children's Heart Center to deliver Thanksgiving dinner for patients and their families. Texans LS Jon Weeks coordinated the special event.

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📸 | Cameron Johnson visits the SPCA

Houston Texans P Cameron Johnston will be wearing the SPCA on his cleats for Sunday's matchup with the Indianapolis Colts.

Recent Games

WK	OPP	RESULT	Punts	Yds	Net Yds	Lng	Avg	Net Avg	OOB	Dn	In 20	TB	FC	RET	RetY	TD
1	Colts	T 20 - 20	7	318	284	52	45.4	40.6	0	0	3	0	2	5	34	0
2	@Broncos	L 9 - 16	5	268	209	64	53.6	41.8	0	0	2	0	1	4	59	0
3	@Bears	L 20 - 23	5	242	241	56	48.4	48.2	1	1	5	0	1	2	1	0
4	Chargers	L 24 - 34	3	156	132	55	52	44	0	0	1	0	1	2	24	0
5	@Jaguars	W 13 - 6	6	293	252	58	48.8	42	1	1	3	1	1	2	21	0
7	@Raiders	L 20 - 38	1	55	55	55	55	55	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
8	Titans	L 10 - 17	8	374	334	60	46.8	41.8	0	1	3	0	3	4	40	0
9	Eagles	L 17 - 29	4	208	160	67	52	40	0	0	1	2	1	1	8	0
10	@Giants	L 16 - 24	5	229	227	52	45.8	45.4	0	2	2	0	1	2	2	0
11	Commanders	L 10 - 23	6	286	264	53	47.7	44	0	0	1	0	2	4	22	0
12	@Dolphins	L 15 - 30	7	350	328	56	50	46.9	1	0	2	0	3	3	22	0
13	Browns	L 14 - 27	7	354	248	64	50.6	35.4	1	1	2	1	1	3	86	1
14	@Cowboys	L 23 - 27	4	197	188	60	49.2	47	1	1	2	0	0	2	9	0
15	Chiefs	L 24 - 30	5	234	226	52	46.8	45.2	1	1	2	0	1	2	8	0
16	@Titans	W 19 - 14	5	221	205	53	44.2	41	0	2	2	0	1	2	16	0
17	Jaguars	L 3 - 31	6	274	238	53	45.7	39.7	0	1	2	0	1	4	36	0
18	@Colts	W 32 - 31	4	170	157	51	42.5	39.2	0	0	3	0	2	2	13	0

Career Stats

P Career

SEASON	TEAM	G	Punts	Yds	Net Yds	Lng	Avg	Net Avg	Blk	OOB	Dn	In 20	TB	FC	RET	RetY	TD
2018	Philadelphia Eagles	16	61	2937	2603	68	48.2	42.7	0	2	5	24	7	16	31	194	0
2019	Philadelphia Eagles	16	71	3292	3005	61	46.4	42.3	0	7	9	28	4	19	32	207	0
2020	Philadelphia Eagles	16	71	3318	2924	66	46.7	41.2	1	6	5	26	6	13	41	274	0
2021	Houston Texans	17	88	4108	3673	69	46.7	41.7	0	7	10	37	4	22	45	355	0
2022	Houston Texans	17	88	4229	3748	67	48.1	42.6	0	6	11	37	4	22	45	401	1
TOTAL		82	379	17884	15953	69	47.2	42.1	1	28	40	152	25	92	194	1431	1

Biography

TRANSACTIONS:Signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as a college free agent on May 11, 2017…Waived by the Eagles on Sept. 2, 2017…Signed by the Eagles on Jan. 3, 2018…Re-signed by the Eagles on March 12, 2020…Signed by the Houston Texans as a free agent on March 30, 2021.

2022 (Houston 17/0):

Punted 88 times for 4,229 gross yards (48.1 avg.), 3,735 net yards (42.6 avg.), landing 37 punts inside the 20-yard line
Tied his own single-season career highs in gross punt average and punts inside the 20-yard line
Led the AFC and tied for the second highest mark in the NFL with his 37 punts inside of the 20-yard line this season, which also tied his own Texans single-season record
Punted inside the 20-yard line on 42.05 percent of his punts, which also tops the AFC (min. 70 punts) and is fourth best in the NFL (min. 70 punts), as well as the fourth highest single-season mark in Texans history
Averaged 42.6 net yards per punt in 2022, ranking second in the AFC (min. 60 punts), while averaging 48.1 gross yards per punt in 2022, which ranked third in the AFC (min. 60 punts)
In Week 3 at Chicago, landed 5-of-5 punts inside the 20-yard line, marking the first time in his career that 100 percent of his kicks landed inside the 20-yard line (min. three punts)

2021 (Houston 17/0):

Played in all 17 games and punted 88 times for 4,108 yards, both career highs, for an average of 46.7 yards per punt. Also posted a career-high 3,673 net punting yards (41.7 avg.)
Pinned a franchise-record and career-high 37 punts inside the 20-yard line, finishing with the second-most punts inside the 20 in the NFL in 2021
Recorded five punts for 251 yards (50.2 avg.) with one punt inside the 20 at Buffalo (10/3)
Punted five times for 212 yards (42.4 avg.), including a long of 55 yards and four punts inside the 20 at Indianapolis (10/17)
Logged seven punts for 344 yards (49.1 avg.) with a career-long punt of 69 yards at Arizona (10/24). Pinned a career-high two punts within the 5-yard line
Punted seven times for 364 yards (52.0 avg.), including a long of 63 yards, and pinned two punts inside the 20 vs. the L.A. Rams (10/31). Set a single-game career high with 362 net punting yards
Punted seven times for 307 yards (43.9 avg.), including a long of 52 yards, and tied a career high with five punts inside the 20 at Tennessee (11/21)
Booted five punts for 236 yards (47.2 avg.), including a long of 56 yards vs. the N.Y. Jets (11/28). Notched his sixth consecutive game with multiple kicks within the 20, finishing with two
Punted six times for 302 yards (50.3 avg.) with a long of 60 yards, pinning one punt inside the 20 vs. Indianapolis (12/5)
Recorded four punts for 193 yards (48.3 avg.) with a long of 55 yards, pinning three punts inside the 20 at Jacksonville (12/19)
Booted one punt for 53 yards, marking the first regular-season game appearance of his career with one-or-fewer punts vs. the L.A. Chargers (12/26)
Punted seven times for 328 yards (46.9 avg.) with a long of 53 yards, pinning one punt inside the 20-yard line at San Francisco (1/2/22). Dropped a 39-yard punt at the 49ers 4-yard line, tying Shane Lechler (2013) for the second-most punts within the 5-yard line through 16 games in Texans history (six)
Logged five punts for 213 yards (42.6 avg.) with a long of 50 yards vs. Tennessee (1/9/22), pinning four punts inside the 20-yard line

2020 (Philadelphia 16/0):

Finished fourth in the NFL in both punting yards (3,318) and net punting yards (2,924), while also tying for sixth in the league in punts inside the 20-yard line (26)
Logged a season-best 53.6 punting average and 50.2 net punting average at Washington (9/13)
Notched a season-high 307 punt yards on six punts (47.3 avg.) at San Francisco (10/4)
Tallied three punts inside the 20-yard line at Green Bay (12/6)

2019 (Philadelphia 16/0, 1/0):

Punted 71 times for 3,292 yards (46.4 avg.) with 28 punts inside the 20-yard line and only four touchbacks on the season
Recorded eight punts for a season-high 387 yards (48.4 avg.), including a season-long 61-yard punt vs. New England (11/17)
Posted a career-high five punts inside the 20-yard line vs. the N.Y. Giants (12/9)

2018 (Philadelphia 16/0, 2/0):

Set single-season franchise records in gross punting average (48.1) and net punting average (42.7). Also ranked third and fourth, respectively, in the NFL in those categories
Finished tied for fifth in the NFL in punts over 60 yards (five)
Amassed a season-high 313 punting yards on six punts (52.2 avg.) vs. Atlanta (9/6)
Logged a season-long 68-yard punt at Tennessee (9/30)
Appeared in the NFC Divisional Round matchup at New Orleans (1/13/19) and notched five punts for 241 yards (48.2 avg.) with three punts inside the 20-yard line

2017 (Philadelphia 0/0, 0/0):

Signed by the Eagles as a college free agent and spent the offseason with the team

COLLEGE:

Played four seasons (2013-16) at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio
Named Big Ten Eddleman-Fields Punter of the Year and was a second-team All-America selection as a senior (2016) after totaling 57 punts for 2,614 yards (46.7 avg.)
Earned second-team all-Big Ten Conference in his junior season (2015) after ranking second in the Big Ten in punting average (43.9), punts inside the 20 (26) and 50-plus yard punts (18)
Led the Big Ten with a 45.1-yard punting average on 48 punts as a sophomore (2014)
Garnered second-team freshman All-American honors by College Football News in his true freshman season (2013) after leading all Big Ten punters with a 44.0 punting average

PERSONAL:

Attended St. Joseph's College in Newtown, Australia
Came out of the Melbourne-based punter/kicker training ground Prokick Australia and was a former Australian Rules football player for Melbourne Football Club

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2022 SEASON

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