{"id":837495,"date":"2026-09-05T15:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T15:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/837495\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T15:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T15:54:09","slug":"wnba-star-flaujae-johnson-makes-lsu-college-gameday-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/837495\/","title":{"rendered":"WNBA star Flau&#8217;jae Johnson makes LSU College GameDay return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The LSU Tigers are riddled with current and former stars and College GameDay has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/category\/wnba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WNBA<\/a> talent Flau\u2019jae Johnson on campus for the SEC school\u2019s Week 1 showdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">College GameDay has become an institution before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/category\/cfb\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">college football<\/a> games throughout the years. It\u2019s also been the home for many athletes and celebrities to show off their alma maters with the fun atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s evident that Johnson is getting into that spirit with her return to Baton Rouge on Saturday. The former Tigers women\u2019s basketball star got the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/espnW\/status\/2096233662589071564?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">LSU crowd going during her ESPN appearance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGive me some crabs and listen to Callin\u2019 Baton Rouge,\u201d Johnson said while appearing on the program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/lane-kiffin-lsu-wont-play-former-nfl-players-clemson-sec-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Lane Kiffin, LSU won\u2019t play former NFL players vs Clemson after SEC threats<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WNBA star Flau\u2019jae Johnson makes LSU College GameDay appearance<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Seattle Storm guard was selected eighth overall in the 2026 WNBA Draft, but it\u2019s clear that she\u2019s still beloved around campus. Johnson helped guide LSU to a national championship in 2023 alongside Jasmine Carson and Angel Reese.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LSU legend and Seattle Storm guard Flau&#8217;jae Johnson is in Baton Rouge for College GameDay \ud83d\udc2f\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Give me some crabs and listen to Callin&#8217; Baton Rouge.&#8221; \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gyl4UfxpFl\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/gyl4UfxpFl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 espnW (@espnW) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/espnW\/status\/2096233662589071564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, her career is budding in the WNBA after debuting this season with the Storm. Meanwhile, she\u2019s also insanely popular off the court with her rising music career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/college-gameday-crew-loved-bayou-militia-flyover-lsu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u2018College GameDay\u2019 crew loved \u2018Bayou Militia\u2019 flyover at LSU<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Flau\u2019jae is signed with Jay-Z\u2019s label Roc Nation, which is considered one of the biggest in the world of rap and other genres. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This season, Johnson is averaging over 14.1 points and 4.8 rebounds per game for Seattle. The Storm currently sit last place the WNBA standings, but Johnson\u2019s contributions have been significant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2014\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebiglead.com\/subscribe\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Enjoy free coverage of the top news &amp; trending stories with The Big Lead Newsletter\u00a0<\/a>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The LSU Tigers are riddled with current and former stars and College GameDay has WNBA talent Flau\u2019jae Johnson&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":837496,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[3143,352,831,15112,78140,99,434],"class_list":["post-837495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-college-gameday","tag-espn","tag-featured","tag-flaujae-johnson","tag-lsu-football","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837495\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/837496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}