Cameron Johnson came to LSU in 2024 as one of the most highly-touted pitching prospects in all of college baseball. He was ranked as the No. 2 left-handed pitcher and No. 11 overall player in the country for the 2023 recruiting class by Perfect Game. He began his LSU career with plenty of hype, but would spend just one season in Baton Rouge before transferring to Oklahoma.
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Now entering Year 2 in Norman, Johnson earned the Opening Day nod for the Sooners. He made the most of his opportunity.
Cameron Johnson sets career-high in strikeouts on Opening Day
Oklahoma opened up the 2026 season against Texas Tech at Globe Life Field in Arlington on Friday night. Johnson toed the rubber for the Sooners, and he put together the best performance of his collegiate career. The hard-throwing lefty earned the win on the mound, as he tossed 6.0 innings and allowed just three hits and one earned run while racking up a career-high 11 strikeouts. Oklahoma ultimately won the game by a score of 10-3 to start the new campaign 1-0…