2025 Football Roster
Jersey Number 31
Geno Leonard
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 230
- Position:
- LB
- Hometown:
- Missoula, Mont.
- High School:
- Sentinel HS
2025 (R-Sr.): Leonard is a key contributor to the Grizzly defense and special teams as a senior and could vie for a starting position after increased reps toward the end of his junior season.
2024 (R-Jr.):
• Academic All-Big Sky
Returned to health and made seven appearances, primarily on special teams, but saw increased reps at linebacker as the season went on… Logged 4-plus tackles in each of the last three games… Tallied 15 tackles (5 solo) total on the season… Posted a career-high six stops in the playoff game at South Dakota State…
2023 (R-So.): Was a squad member but missed the season with injury.
2022 (R-Fr.): Made his collegiate debut against Eastern Washington in his only appearance that season… Picked up 2 tackles, one for a loss in that game
2021 (Fr.): Was a redshirt in his first season
High School: A four-year letterman at Sentinel… Helped lead the Spartans to a 10-0 record and the State AA championship as a senior… Named the State AA Defensive Player of the Year and the co-Western AA Defensive Player of the year as a senior… Earned first-team All-State and All-Conference honors on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball as an O-lineman and linebacker in 2020… As a junior was named second-team all-state as a linebacker and first-team all-conference on the offensive line… Named team captain as a junior and senior… Named team weight room MVP as a junior… Prep coach was former Grizzly Dane Oliver.
Personal: The son of Tara and Brad Leonard of Missoula… Cousin Dan Orizotti was a member of the 2001 National Champion Grizzlies… Grandfather Gene Leonard played for the Grizzlies from 1962-63 and is also the former head coach at Sentinel High School… Earned a degree in marketing from UM in the spring of 2024.
Career Single-Game Highs
Tackles: 6 (at South Dakota State, 2024)
TFL: 1 (vs Eastern Washington, 2022)
Sacks: 0.5 (vs Central Washington, 2025)
INT: 1 (vs Cal Poly, 2025)
2024 (R-Jr.):
• Academic All-Big Sky
Returned to health and made seven appearances, primarily on special teams, but saw increased reps at linebacker as the season went on… Logged 4-plus tackles in each of the last three games… Tallied 15 tackles (5 solo) total on the season… Posted a career-high six stops in the playoff game at South Dakota State…
2023 (R-So.): Was a squad member but missed the season with injury.
2022 (R-Fr.): Made his collegiate debut against Eastern Washington in his only appearance that season… Picked up 2 tackles, one for a loss in that game
2021 (Fr.): Was a redshirt in his first season
High School: A four-year letterman at Sentinel… Helped lead the Spartans to a 10-0 record and the State AA championship as a senior… Named the State AA Defensive Player of the Year and the co-Western AA Defensive Player of the year as a senior… Earned first-team All-State and All-Conference honors on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball as an O-lineman and linebacker in 2020… As a junior was named second-team all-state as a linebacker and first-team all-conference on the offensive line… Named team captain as a junior and senior… Named team weight room MVP as a junior… Prep coach was former Grizzly Dane Oliver.
Personal: The son of Tara and Brad Leonard of Missoula… Cousin Dan Orizotti was a member of the 2001 National Champion Grizzlies… Grandfather Gene Leonard played for the Grizzlies from 1962-63 and is also the former head coach at Sentinel High School… Earned a degree in marketing from UM in the spring of 2024.
Career Single-Game Highs
Tackles: 6 (at South Dakota State, 2024)
TFL: 1 (vs Eastern Washington, 2022)
Sacks: 0.5 (vs Central Washington, 2025)
INT: 1 (vs Cal Poly, 2025)
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