Flau'jae Johnson | |
Number: | 4 |
Position: | Guard |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 10 |
League: | Southeastern Conference |
Team: | LSU Tigers |
Birth Date: | 3 November 2003 |
Birth Place: | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
High School: | Sprayberry (Marietta, Georgia) |
College: | LSU (2022–present) |
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Flau'jae Johnson (born November 3, 2003) is an American rapper and college basketball player for the LSU Tigers. Johnson has a large social media following and is estimated to be one of the highest-earning college basketball players from name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals.
Johnson was born and raised in Savannah, Georgia.[1] Her father, the rapper Camoflauge, was shot and killed in May 2003 about six months before her birth in a case that remains unsolved.[2] Johnson grew up playing baseball as a pitcher and was the only girl on her team.[3]
She played basketball for Sprayberry High School in Marietta, Georgia.[4] As a senior, Johnson was named Region 6-6A Player of the Year, and she left as her school's all-time leading scorer. She earned most valuable player honors at the Jordan Brand Classic after scoring 27 points, and played in the McDonald's All-American Game.[5] Johnson was also the only girl to play in the Iverson Classic.[6] Her number was retired by Sprayberry, and she became the first girl to receive the honor.[3]
Johnson entered her freshman season as LSU's starting shooting guard.[7] On November 20, 2022, she recorded a season-high 27 points, 10 rebounds, six steals and five assists in a 100–45 win over Northwestern State.[8] As a freshman, Johnson averaged 11 points and 5.9 rebounds per game, helping her team win its first national championship.[9] She was named the 2022–23 Southeastern Conference (SEC) Freshman of the Year.[10] She signed name, image, and likeness (NIL) deals brands such as Puma, Meta, JBL, and Taco Bell.[11] Johnson will be featured on The Money Game, a six-part NIL-focused docuseries by Prime Video that followed her, Jayden Daniels, Angel Reese, and Livvy Dunne through LSU's 2023–24 sports season.[12]
|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2022–23| style="text-align:left;"| LSU| 36||36||27.6||42.4||33.0||69.6||5.9||1.9||1.2||0.8||2.3||11.0|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2023–24| style="text-align:left;"| LSU| 36||34||32.4||50.4||38.0||76.9||5.5||2.5||2.1||1.0||2.0||14.9|- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career|72||70||30.0||46.7||35.4||73.6||5.7||2.2||1.6||0.9||2.2||13.0|- class="sortbottom"|style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[13]
Johnson is a rapper signed to Roc Nation.[14] [2] She was inspired to pursue a rap career to continue her father's legacy. Johnson has appeared on The Rap Game and America's Got Talent.