2013 (Junior)
Started all 12 games at defensive end... Registered 33 total tackles (17 solo, 16 asst) with 6.5 tackles for loss, three sacks and two forced fumbles... Assisted on four tackles in home opener against Grambling State... Had three tackles, including two sacks in win at Wake Forest and earned College Sports Madness Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week honors... Made six total tackles against Georgia State... Had three total stops in back-to-back games at Troy and against Arkansas State... Also forced a fumble against the Trojans... Tallied five total tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss at South Alabama.
2012 (Sophomore)
Started all 13 games at defensive end... Finished with 37 tackles (23 solo, 14 assisted) including 5.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks... Assisted on two tackles in OT win over No. 8 Arkansas... Made four stops (three solo) against Baylor... Recorded three solo tackles in conference opening win at Middle Tennessee... Had five tackles (four solo) in OT win at Western Kentucky... Tallied five tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss at Arkansas State... Recorded three solo stops in back-to-back games against North Texas and at FIU.
2011 (Freshman)
Appeared in 12 games as a rookie and totaled seven tackles… Credited with a solo tackle in his first career game against Florida State... Recorded two tackles against Grambling State... Had an assisted tackle at Iowa.
Prep
Finished his senior season with 59 tackles, 13 sacks and a pair of touchdowns... Named to The Old Coach Network’s All-Defense First Team... Earned district defensive player of the year and first team all-district honors... Holds the Whitehouse High School shot put record with a throw of 53-07.50 feet... Was a regional finalist in the shot put.
Personal
Full name is Joey Parrish Gautney... Son of Amy Ashcraft... Born Apr. 29, 1993, in Tyler, Texas... Has one sister, Bonnie, and a brother, Jack... Majoring in kinesiology.
