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Midseason First and Second Team All-American Projections

By Zach Bigalke

Oct 22, 2016; Louisville, KY, USA; Louisville Cardinals quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) runs the ball against North Carolina State Wolfpack linebacker Airius Moore (58) during the first quarter at Papa John
Oct 22, 2016; Louisville, KY, USA; Louisville Cardinals quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) runs the ball against North Carolina State Wolfpack linebacker Airius Moore (58) during the first quarter at Papa John /
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Nov 21, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes punter Cameron Johnston (95) punts the ball against the Michigan State Spartans at Ohio Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 21, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes punter Cameron Johnston (95) punts the ball against the Michigan State Spartans at Ohio Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports /

P: Cameron Johnston (Ohio State)

Cameron Johnston, the Australian in his final season at Ohio State, has been a force yet again for the Buckeyes and will probably beat out Utah’s Mitch Wishnowsky for the first-team All-American nod at punter. Johnson has averaged 49.5 yards per punt in 2016, with just three of his 28 attempts ending up in the endzone for touchbacks. He boomed a 68-yarder at Oklahoma and a 70-yarder at Wisconsin, serving as a massive field-position game changer for Urban Meyer.

Usually fans don’t have any desire to see their team’s punter take the field. But when a team has a weapon like Johnston to trot out, there is at least the confidence that the opponents will be pinned back on their next drive. If the graduate student from Geelong keeps booting punts like he has in the first seven games of Ohio State’s regular season, the veteran Buckeye will take home top honors.

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