
Cameron Johnston
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Experience: 6 years
Height: 5-11
Age: 31
Weight: 194 lbs
College: Ohio State
2022 SEASON
- PUNTS88
- AVG48.06
- LNG67
- In 2037
Punting
Field Position
G | PUNTS | YDS | LNG | AVG | BLK | RET | RETY | IN 20 | NET AVG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opp 49-20 - by Yard Line | 9 | 13 | 492 | 45 | 37.8 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 37 |
Own 1-20 - by Yard Line | 8 | 14 | 712 | 61 | 50.9 | 0 | 11 | 178 | 0 | 38.1 |
Own 21-50 - by Yard Line | 17 | 61 | 3025 | 67 | 49.6 | 0 | 33 | 212 | 24 | 44.8 |
Game Halves
G | PUNTS | YDS | LNG | AVG | BLK | RET | RETY | IN 20 | NET AVG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st Half | 16 | 54 | 2596 | 64 | 48.1 | 0 | 29 | 281 | 20 | 42.5 |
Last Two Minutes of Half | 10 | 11 | 464 | 56 | 42.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 42.2 |
2nd Half | 16 | 32 | 1538 | 67 | 48.1 | 0 | 15 | 113 | 16 | 42.7 |
Home vs Road
G | PUNTS | YDS | LNG | AVG | BLK | RET | RETY | IN 20 | NET AVG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Games | 8 | 46 | 2204 | 67 | 47.9 | 0 | 25 | 258 | 15 | 41 |
Road Games | 9 | 42 | 2025 | 64 | 48.2 | 0 | 20 | 143 | 22 | 44.3 |
Margin of Victory
G | PUNTS | YDS | LNG | AVG | BLK | RET | RETY | IN 20 | NET AVG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Margin 0-7 | 3 | 15 | 684 | 58 | 45.6 | 0 | 6 | 50 | 8 | 40.9 |
Point Differential
G | PUNTS | YDS | LNG | AVG | BLK | RET | RETY | IN 20 | NET AVG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ahead | 10 | 17 | 798 | 64 | 46.9 | 0 | 7 | 150 | 10 | 38.1 |
Ahead by 1-8 Points | 10 | 14 | 678 | 64 | 48.4 | 0 | 5 | 126 | 8 | 39.4 |
Ahead by 9-16 Points | 1 | 2 | 83 | 47 | 41.5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 35 |
Behind | 16 | 46 | 2200 | 64 | 47.8 | 0 | 23 | 143 | 18 | 44.3 |
Behind by 1-8 Points | 15 | 28 | 1332 | 56 | 47.6 | 0 | 17 | 85 | 11 | 44.5 |
Behind by 9-16 Points | 6 | 9 | 442 | 64 | 49.1 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 3 | 44.2 |
Tied | 17 | 25 | 1231 | 67 | 49.2 | 0 | 15 | 108 | 9 | 42.5 |
Quarters
G | PUNTS | YDS | LNG | AVG | BLK | RET | RETY | IN 20 | NET AVG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st Quarter | 15 | 28 | 1357 | 64 | 48.5 | 0 | 21 | 140 | 8 | 43.5 |
4th Quarter | 13 | 19 | 884 | 64 | 46.5 | 0 | 9 | 48 | 12 | 41.9 |
4th Quarter within 7 | 8 | 12 | 546 | 60 | 45.5 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 43.2 |
Overtime | 1 | 2 | 95 | 52 | 47.5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 44 |
2nd Quarter | 14 | 26 | 1239 | 64 | 47.6 | 0 | 8 | 141 | 12 | 41.5 |
3rd Quarter | 11 | 13 | 654 | 67 | 50.3 | 0 | 6 | 65 | 4 | 43.8 |
Stadium Surfaces
G | PUNTS | YDS | LNG | AVG | BLK | RET | RETY | IN 20 | NET AVG | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grass | 6 | 29 | 1429 | 64 | 49.3 | 0 | 14 | 119 | 15 | 44.5 |
Turf | 11 | 59 | 2800 | 67 | 47.5 | 0 | 31 | 282 | 22 | 41.7 |
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.
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