2016 Football Roster
Jersey Number 21
Joey Counts
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- 207
- Position:
- RB
- Hometown:
- Mesa, Ariz.
- High School:
- Desert Ridge HS
2016: Counts will look to be one of Montana’s go-to rushers as the team’s fourth leading returning running back.
2015: Scored the winning touchdown against North Dakota State to open the season on Aug. 29 … Played in six games, battling injury throughout the season … UM’s fourth leading rusher, running for 156 yards on 29 attempts, scoring two touchdowns … Posted a long of 45 yards … Averaged 26 yards per game … Caught two passes for 11 yards.
2014: Was a redshirt.
2013: He was UM’s fourth-leading rusher with 207 yards. He played in eight games, missing the last five because of an injury, ending his season.
2012: He was scheduled to redshirt, but was activated due to an injury to a teammate.
HIGH SCHOOL: He rushed for 1,719 yards on 180 carries, and scored 24 touchdowns at Desert Ridge High School as a senior, when his team went 10-3. He rushed for a state single-game record 403 yards and five TDs in a 63-14 win over Phoenix North Canyon. Named all-state and All-Arizona at running back as a senior. His junior year he rushed for 1,329 yards and 19 TDs. He was an all-conference pick in wrestling. Served as team captain and was voted “Most Inspirational” in football as a senior. His prep football coach was Jeremy Hathcock. He also lettered in wrestling, baseball, and track.
CAREER HIGHS: He rushed 10 times for 79 yards, with a long of 31 yards against Portland State last season. He had a 51-yard TD catch at North Dakota a year ago. He had four receptions and two TD grabs against Idaho State in 2012.
PERSONAL: His major is communication studies. His parents are Clint and Leija Counts of Mesa. Birth date: July 1, 1993.
2015: Scored the winning touchdown against North Dakota State to open the season on Aug. 29 … Played in six games, battling injury throughout the season … UM’s fourth leading rusher, running for 156 yards on 29 attempts, scoring two touchdowns … Posted a long of 45 yards … Averaged 26 yards per game … Caught two passes for 11 yards.
2014: Was a redshirt.
2013: He was UM’s fourth-leading rusher with 207 yards. He played in eight games, missing the last five because of an injury, ending his season.
2012: He was scheduled to redshirt, but was activated due to an injury to a teammate.
HIGH SCHOOL: He rushed for 1,719 yards on 180 carries, and scored 24 touchdowns at Desert Ridge High School as a senior, when his team went 10-3. He rushed for a state single-game record 403 yards and five TDs in a 63-14 win over Phoenix North Canyon. Named all-state and All-Arizona at running back as a senior. His junior year he rushed for 1,329 yards and 19 TDs. He was an all-conference pick in wrestling. Served as team captain and was voted “Most Inspirational” in football as a senior. His prep football coach was Jeremy Hathcock. He also lettered in wrestling, baseball, and track.
CAREER HIGHS: He rushed 10 times for 79 yards, with a long of 31 yards against Portland State last season. He had a 51-yard TD catch at North Dakota a year ago. He had four receptions and two TD grabs against Idaho State in 2012.
PERSONAL: His major is communication studies. His parents are Clint and Leija Counts of Mesa. Birth date: July 1, 1993.
| RUSHING | |||||
| Year | G/S | Att. | Net Yds. - Avg. | TD | Lg. |
| 2012 | 5/0 | 14 | 84-6.0 | 0 | 19 |
| 2013 | 8/0 | 41 | 207-5.0 | 1 | 31 |
| 2014 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| 2015 | 6/0 | 29 | 156-26.0 | 2 | 45 |
| Totals | 18/0 | 74 | 447-12.3 | 3 | 45 |
| RECIEVING | |||||
| Year | G/S | Yds. | TD | Lg. | |
| 2012 | 7 | 67.6 | 2 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 51 | |
| 2014 | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| 2015 | 6/0 | 11 | 0 | 7 | |
| Totals | 14/0 | 129 | 3 | 51t |
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