| Johnny Counts | |
| Birth Date: | 28 February 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Mount Pleasant, New York |
| Death Place: | Newburgh, New York[1] |
| Position1: | RB |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 10 |
| Weight Lb: | 170 |
| College: | Illinois |
| Afldraftedyear: | 1962 |
| Afldraftedround: | 24 |
| Afldraftedpick: | 189 |
| Afldraftedteam: | New York Titans |
| Playing Years1: | 1962–63 |
| Playing Team1: | New York Giants |
| Playing Years2: | 1964–65 |
| Playing Team2: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Playing Years3: | 1966 |
| Playing Team3: | Toronto Argonauts |
| Nfl: | cou2512067 |
| Databasefootball: | COUNTJOH01 |
Johnny E. Counts Jr. (February 28, 1939 – February 21, 2004) was a professional football player and running back in the NFL and the Canadian Football League (CFL).[2]
Counts was an All-County running back at New Rochelle High School in 1957.[3] He attended the University of Illinois, where he was selected as a Big Ten "Sophomore of the Year" in 1960.[3]
In the 1962 National Football League draft he was selected in round 24 and 189th overall by the New York Giants.[1]
He also played in the Canadian Football League for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Toronto Argonauts. He played with the Tiger-Cats from 1964 to 1965, during which he scored a touchdown in the 52nd Grey Cup, in which the BC Lions beat Hamilton 34–24.[4] [5] 53rd Grey Cup champion (1965) He played for the Argonauts in 1966.