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2024 Football Roster

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25 Joey Giorgi

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 210
  • Hometown Grafton, Wis.
  • Previous School Grafton
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Anthropology

Biography

2024: Second Team All-Ivy League … Earned team’s Offensive MVP Award … Finished career No. 3 on Columbia’s all-time rushing list with 2,112 yards … The mark is also the highest in program history in a three-year career … Started all 10 games … Led team and was second in the Ivy League with 860 rushing yards … His rushing yardage was the sixth highest single-season total in program history … Named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week on October 7 … Rushed 29 times for a career-high 165 yards and a touchdown in win over Cornell to help Lions clinch Ivy League title … Registered 107 rushing yards in win over Brown … Posted 111 yards on 16 carries and a touchdown in win at Wagner … Rushed 18 times for 157 yards in win over Princeton … Racked up 90 yards on 17 attempts in win over No. 18 Lafayette.

2023: Semifinalist for NFF William V. Campbell Trophy® has become the most prestigious and desirable academic award in college football … Led team with 628 rushing yards and 146 carries in nine games … Added three touchdowns on the ground and one receiving … Limited in second half of season due to injuries … Rushed 19 times for 92 yards and two touchdowns (one rushing, one receiving) against Harvard … Found the endzone against Penn … Hit the 100-yard mark with 116 yards on the ground in win over Georgetown.

2022: Led team with 624 rushing yards and 113 carries, playing in all 10 games with three starts … Also served as team’s primary kickoff returner … Rushed for 91 yards on 17 attempts with a touchdown in season-ending win over Cornell … Posted career-high 159 yards on 22 carries with a 60-yard touchdown run in overtime win at Brown … Had 82 yards on the ground on nine attempts against Dartmouth … Posted first 100-yard rushing game (103 yards) and touchdown at Marist.
 
2021: Did not see any game action as a sophomore running back … Contributed primarily on the scout team.
 
2020: Season canceled due to COVID pandemic.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2020 graduate of Grafton High School in Grafton, Wis., where he played three years of varsity football for Head Coach James Norris … Named to the WFCA All-State football team as a senior … Selected to the 2019 Associated Press All-State team … Earned WFCA All-Region honors as a senior … Three-time First Team North Shore All-Conference selection (First Team as a senior and honorable mention as a junior and sophomore) … Two-year team captain … Played running back and middle linebacker … In four-year career, combined for 5,450 total yards and scored 62 touchdowns … Led the state in scoring with 31 touchdowns and totaled over 2,500 total yards as a senior … Rushed for 2,338 yards on 288 carries with 29 rushing touchdowns (8.0 yards per carry) and caught 34 passes for 442 yards with five touchdowns (13.0 yards per reception) as a senior … Led the Blackhawks to a combined record of 27-19 overall, two state playoff appearances and 8-3 record as a senior and 6-5 record as a junior … Ran for 300 yards and scored five touchdowns in a half … Rushed for 957 yards on 138 carries, and scored 12 touchdowns and caught 12 passes for 216 yards and a touchdown as a junior … Rushed for 700 yards and eight touchdowns as a sophomore … Rushed for 1,300 yards and 12 touchdowns as a freshman … Also lettered four years in track and field … Four-time Honor Roll student … Volunteered at youth football camps
 
PERSONAL: Father and his uncles all played football at UW-Milwaukee...Enrolled at Columbia College and has plans to major in Business.

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2020First Year

    Running Back
    5'11" 190 lbs
    28
  • 25

    2021Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'10" 200 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2022Junior

    Running Back
    5'10" 195 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2023Senior

    Running Back
    5'10" 205 lbs
    25
  • 25

    2024Senior

    Running Back
    5'10" 210 lbs
    25