Editor’s Note: This is the first installment in Skyline Sports’ ELEVATED EXPECTATIONS series profiling Griz football player who are likely to see elevated roles this season for Montana.
Like many kids growing up in Missoula and going to Montana football games, Colten Keintz told his parents that he would play for the Griz when he grew up.
It’s just that it didn’t look like that would ever happen.
Keintz didn’t even play football until his sophomore year of high school.
Now, just four years later, the redshirt freshman tackle is battling for a starting position with the Griz this fall, taking reps at both offensive tackle spots during UM’s current highly competitive fall camp.
“This time four or five years ago, I didn’t even know the rules,” Keintz said. “I ended up falling in love with [football] and I ended up walking on here, and it ended up being one of the best decisions I ever made. Going out for football ended up being one of the best things I ever did.”
Andrew Houghton is a freelance sportswriter providing Griz football content for Skyline Sports this fall. Photos by Jason Bacaj, All Rights Reserved.