Jerry Louie-McGee

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Height:
5-9
Weight:
175
Position:
WR
Hometown:
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
High School:
Lake City HS

2019: Named ROOT Sports Big Sky Special Teams Player of the Week on 9/8 after returning punt 74 yards for a TD, and totaling 150 return yards against North Alabama ... Also given a STATS FCS national Special Teams Honorable Mention after the performance ... Started the season as Montana’s second-leading returning receiver

2018: Second-team All-Big Sky punt returner ... All-Big Sky Honorable Mention receiver ... Montana’s second-leading returning receiver with 645 yards last season … With two years of eligibility remaining, his 137 career catches puts him at No. 15 on Montana’s all-time pass reception list to begin the 2018 season ... Against UNI (9/1), he caught four passes for 51 yards and returned six punts for 74 yards with a long of 46, giving him 125 all-purpose yards on the day ... Jerry had another signature performance in the second game of the season vs. Drake (9/8) as he racked up 14 receptions (2nd most of his career), 133 receiving yards (3rd most of his career) and a touchdown ... Louie-McGee showed his versatility and efficiency with 41 rushing yards on 3 attempts, 28 yards on 2 receptions, and 39 yards on 4 punt returns for 108 all-purpose yards vs. Western Illinois (9/15) ... Jerry had himself another impressive performance against Sacramento State (9/22) as he recorded 6 catches (tied for game-high) and 91 receiving yards (team-high) with 118 all-purpose yards on the day ... On 5 receptions, Louie-McGee recorded 87 receiving yards and a touchdown to go along with a 36-yard rushing attempt at Southern Utah (11/3) ... Louie-McGee contributed to his team’s win at Idaho (11/10) with 36 yards (21 rushing, 15 receiving) of total offense on the day.

2017: All-Big Sky Honorable Mention as a wide receiver and return specialist… Caught the most passes on the team, collecting 50 catches for 645 yards … Montana’s second-leading receiver, averaging 58.6 yards per-game … Ranked No. 9 in the Big Sky with an average of 4.5 catches per-game … Returned 20 punts for 150 yards … Returned a punt 48 yards for the go-ahead touchdown against Northern Arizona … Set a new career-high against Valparaiso with 159 yards on 9 catches … Also tied his career-high with 2 touchdown catches against Valpo… Set a new career-long with a 64-yard catch against North Dakota … Posted 214 all-purpose yards at Montana State …. Had 5 games with 100+ all-purpose yards … Totaled exactly 1000 all-purpose yards on the season … Started all 11 games

2016: Finalist: STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award for the nation’s top freshman performer… All-Big Sky Honorable Mention… Louie-McGee had a breakout year as a redshirt freshman, leading Montana in receiving despite only playing in eight games … Was a finalist for the STATS FCS Jerry Rice Award for the nation’s top freshman performer, and finished No. 7 in the final voting … Named All-Big Sky Honorable Mention at wide receiver... caught 73 passes for 651 yards, both team highs … averaged 81 yards per game … scored three touchdowns receiving … broke the UM school-record with a 21 catch performance against Cal Poly Sept. 24 … also had 155 yards and two touchdowns in the Cal Poly game … finished the Cal Poly game with 275 all-purpose yards… also broke Joe Douglass' 1996 record for average receptions in a game with 9.1 and finished the year with 73 total receptions, good enough to land at No. 6 on UM's all-time season receptions list ... returned eight punts for 154 yards and an 81-yard touchdown … averaged 19.2 yards on punt returns … returned seven kickoffs for 153 yards with a long of 45 … second on the team in all-purpose yards with 981 … averaged 122.6 total yards per game, a team high … had five rushes for 23 yards ... had three games with 100+ receiving yards, and also three games with double-digit receptions … four games with 100+ all-purpose yards … had 118 receiving yards against Southern Utah, 102 on the road against Northern Colorado... Awarded the John L. Olson Family Scholarship at the annual Lindsay Awards Banquet.

2015:Was a redshirt.

HIGH SCHOOL:Named to the 2014 American Family Insurance ALL-USA Idaho Football Team after his senior season… was a 5-A All-Idaho Selection as a senior as well… rushed for 757 yards and seven touchdowns, and caught passes for 1,104 yards and 10 touchdowns as a senior… Named Inland Empire League MVP as a senior…. Won a 2014 Idaho class 5A state track championship as a junior by running a 48.64 400-meter race… Won the 2015 4A/5A District I/II Regional 100 meter race with a time of 11.45a as a senior.

PERSONAL: Louie McGee is a psychology major at UM… His brother Tucker played football at Idaho State… His parents are Wade McGee and Debbie Louie-McGee of Worley, Idaho… He is an active member of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe of Indians.