Cameron Johnston
Cameron Johnston is an Australian professional American football punter. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He formerly played Australian rules football and was a member of the Melbourne Football Club in 2011. He has also played in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, Houston Texans, Pittsburgh Steelers, and New York Giants.
Early life and Australian rules career
Johnston is from Geelong, Victoria, Australia, and attended high school at St Joseph's College. He played for the Geelong Falcons in the under-18 TAC Cup before being drafted to the Melbourne Football Club with the 63rd selection in the 2011 AFL rookie draft. A midfielder, Johnston spent the 2011 season playing for the Casey Scorpions, Melbourne's affiliate team in the Victorian Football League. However, he managed only six games for Casey's senior team, instead spending most of the season in the VFL reserves. Johnston was delisted by Melbourne at the season's end.College career
After failing at his AFL ambitions, Johnston signed up with ProKick Australia in 2012, an academy headed by Nathan Chapman for Australian players looking to pursue a career in the United States. In 2013, he secured a full scholarship with Ohio State. As a freshman, Johnston led all Big Ten Conference punters with a 44.0 per punt average and ranked 16th-best nationally. He was named a second-team Freshman All-American by College Football News later that year. In his final three years at OSU, he was part of the 2014 [Ohio State Buckeyes football team|2014 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.NFL career
Philadelphia Eagles
Johnston signed with the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent on 11 May 2017. He was waived on 2 September. Johnston signed a reserve/future contract with the Eagles on 3 January 2018.On 1 September 2018, Johnston made the Eagles 53-man roster for the 2018 season. He made his NFL debut in the 2018 season opener against the Atlanta Falcons and had six punts for 313 net yards in the 18–12 victory. His first season as the team's starting punter ended with Johnston recording 61 total punts for 2,937 yards. His longest kick of the season was 68 yards and he punted within the 20 yard line 24.
The following season, Johnston punted 71 times for 3,292 yards.
On 24 March 2020, Johnston was re-signed to a one-year, $660,000 contract by the Eagles. In 2020, he punted for 3,318 yards, his highest with Philadelphia. He was not re-signed following the season.
Houston Texans
Johnston signed with the Houston Texans on 30 March 2021. He led the league in punting yards and total punts during the 2021 season.On 25 August 2023, Johnston pulled a calf muscle. The Texans signed undrafted rookie Ty Zentner to handle punting duties while Johnston recovered. On 31 August, Johnston was placed on injured reserve. He was activated on 7 October.
Pittsburgh Steelers
On 19 March 2024, Johnston signed a three-year, $9 million contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He suffered a season-ending knee injury in Week 1 and was placed on injured reserve on 10 September.Johnston was released by the Steelers on 25 August 2025 after losing the starting punter job to Corliss Waitman.