NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State baseball fifth-year senior Colton Johnson has been selected in the 16th round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday.
Johnson was the 488th player selected in the draft and is the 70th player in Redbird history to be drafted.
"I'm grateful I even have this opportunity. [Oakland] tried drafting me in 2019, but I physically wasn't ready to play pro baseball," Johnson said. "The ultimate goal is to make the big leagues, not just play pro ball for a couple years. I wanted to be ready physically.