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PREGAME FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 IOWA VS. NEBRASKA MEMORIAL STADIUM

Overlooked GENO STONE RECEIVED OPPORTUNITIES TO PLAY QUARTERBACK IN COLLEGE. INSTEAD, HE HAS BECOME THE NEXT GREAT DEFENSIVE BACK IN A LONG LINE OF HAWKEYES WHO HAVE PLAYED UNDER HEAD COACH KIRK FERENTZ.

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Iowa quarterback Jake Rudock passes in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb. on Nov. 29. Rudock passed for 126 yards in the Hawkeye victory.

When the Heroes Trophy was introduced in 2011, Nebraska won the first two games in 2011 and 2012. But in 2013, Iowa took the trophy over with a 38-17 win in Lincoln. Tight end C.J. Fiedorowicz kicked off the scoring with a 10-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Jake Rudock. Mark Weisman extended Iowa’s lead, as the Hawkeyes went into halftime with a 14-3 lead. After an Ameer Abdullah touchdown for the Huskers, Mike Meyer hit a field goal, and Kevonte Martin-Manley scored from 24 yards out to give Iowa a 24-10 advantage. Nebraska quickly made it 24-17 after Quincy Enunwa scored on a pass from Ron Kellogg III. Weisman retaliated with another score from two yards out before C.J. Beathard — who replaced Rudock after he left with an injury in the third quarter — closed it out with a 4-yard touchdown run.

Iowa has gone 4-1 in the Heroes Game since its first victory. Weisman led the way on offense for the Hawkeyes in their first triumph for the Heroes Trophy, racking up 73 yards and two touchdowns on the ground, while Jordan Canzeri followed with 59 yards on six carries. Beathard also added a score on his lone rush. Rudock finished 9-of-15 for 126 yards and two touchdowns through the air, and Martin-Manley showed his big-play ability by garnering 60 yards and a score on two catches. Linebackers Anthony Hitchens and James Morris each picked off a pass to boost the Hawkeyes on defense.

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Stone fights adversity on his way to Iowa City Geno Stone was lightly recruited at the Power Five level, but he never stopped working. Now, he is one of the Big Ten’s best players.

BY ROBERT READ

robert-read@uiowa.edu

Geno Stone only had one Power 5 offer out of high school.

The New Castle, Pennsylvania, native never received a scholarship offer from his home school, Penn State. Another Big Ten team — Michigan State — cancelled his visit after the team reached its scholarship limit at defensive back.

Stone, frustrated with the recruiting process, committed to Kent State and was ready to close the door on other schools. Then the Hawkeyes came calling.

Iowa’s junior safety is now one of the best defensive backs in the Big Ten, and the latest in a long line of talented Hawkeyes in the defensive backfield.

It didn’t come easy, but Stone wouldn’t want it that way.

SEE STONE, 6

Iowa safety Geno Stone stands up after making a tackle during the football game against Illinois on Nov. 23 The Hawkeyes defeated the Fighting Illini, 19-10.

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STONE CONTINUED FROM 4 High school phenom Multi-talented doesn’t do Stone enough justice for the type of football player he was in high school, but it is accurate.

Stone played quarterback, wide receiver, and defensive back for New Castle High School in New Castle, Pennsylvania. As a senior, Stone recorded 97 tackles, three sacks, and 10 interceptions. On offense, he threw for 1,997 yards and ran for 718.

He scored 34 touchdowns that season — 16 passing, 14 rushing, two on defense, and two on punt returns.

“Geno was a touchdown waiting to happen,” said Joe Cowart, Stone’s head high school football coach. “He was always consistent as a player for us, and I think that was bred from how competitive he was. Winning was so important for him. On Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday at practice, the competitiveness just oozed off of him.”

Stone earned first-team all-state honors as a defensive back that season, as well as firstteam all-conference on defense and as an athlete.

Playing multiple positions — and playing them well — is no easy task, no matter how athletically gifted someone is.

It takes a smart player.

“I talked to our head basketball coach a lot about this,” Cowart said. “When Geno played basketball, he was the guy that our head basketball coach said, ‘I would feel comfortable with playing Geno at all five positions on the basketball court. Because he’ll know, regardless of what we’re doing, where he needs to be.’

“That was the type of player he was for us.

Defensively, he didn’t only know what he had to do, but he knew what everybody had to do.

And at the quarterback position it was the same thing. He’s the guy who knows what the picture is supposed to look like with all 11 people on the field, and that is such a rarity in high school football.”

Stone’s play in high school set him up for an opportunity to play at the next level.

An advantage Stone had playing at New Castle was that he knew what it was going to take to play college football — especially in the Big Ten. Malik Hooker was a senior when Stone was a freshman in high school.

Hooker went on to play safety for Ohio State, where he intercepted seven passes in 2016 and scored three touchdowns. Hooker was a first-round selection in the 2017 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts.

“It’s pretty cool seeing him, what he’s doing now, being one of the best safeties in the NFL,” Stone said. “I still talk to him every day; I get

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Iowa safety Geno Stone prepares to make a tackle during the football game against Illinois on Nov. 23. The Hawkeyes defeated the Fighting Illini, 19-10.

advice from him all the time. He always set Iowa, Stone has limited opportunities to touch the bar at New Castle, being thatIowa kind ofStarters ath- the ball. lete. I feel like me and his little brother kind of Stone is satisfied with leading the Iowa defense, followed in his footsteps, and definitely more but he’s always looking for a way to get the ball have followed in his footsteps, too.” in his hands.

“Every time I’m back there for a punt I’m hoping I get a return,” Stone said, smiling. “I The (long) journey to Iowa City love having the ball in my hands, I love trying to Despite his stat-sheet stuffing numbers at a make plays. But I’m a defensive player and I’m high school that had produced talent to the col- happy being on my side of the ball.” lege level before, the offers from big-time pro- Not finding the type of attention he expected from large schools, Stone grew frustrated. He grams were not flocking in for Stone.

“I was at my wits’ end,” Cowart said. “I could was content with ending his recruitment and not believe the lack of attention that he was re- following through on his commitment to Kent ceiving from local schools and regional schools. State.

Then, very late in the recruiting process, Iowa He was one of the handful of best players in the state of Pennsylvania the year he came out. I entered the picture.

“At this point, Geno was nothing short of mean him and five other guys at the skill positions. You could throw him into a hat, and they fed up,” Cowart said. “It wasn’t as if Geno was like, ‘I don’t want anything to do with Iowa.’ He were all that good.”

Most of the programs interested in Stone was more like, ‘I don’t want anything to do with were recruiting him as a defensive back, al- recruiting at all anymore.’ Definitely with his though some offered the playmaker an oppor- mother’s help, and some of our coaches, we had tunity to stay on the offensive side of the ball, some war room meetings with Geno. We just said, ‘You owe it to yourself, you owe it to your including at quarterback.

“Navy offered me as a safety, but they also family to go and give this a legitimate, serious told me I could be a quarterback or a running look.’”

It all came down to Stone’s mother, Erin. She back in the triple option,” Stone said. “At first it was something I thought about, attending the pushed her son to explore becoming a HawkNaval Academy. I looked into it. Later on, when eye, letting him know she was behind him all I got into my recruitment, I kind of fell off from the way. it.”

Now, as a permanent defensive player for SEE STONE, 10

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Iowa defensive back Geno Stone attempts to intercept a pass during a football game between Iowa and Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Oct. 5. The Wolverines defeated the Hawkeyes, 10-3.

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Iowa safety Geno Stone makes a tackle during the Iowa football game against Purdue at Kinnick Stadium on Oct. 19. The Hawkeyes defeated the Boilermakers, 26-20.

STONE CONTINUED FROM 6 “It was a decision between me and my mom, really just waiting for her to basically tell me she was OK with me leaving,” Stone said. “I really wanted to stay close to home with my family. But she always told me she didn’t want me to regret anything, so I ended up coming to visit [Iowa] and I fell in love with the place.”

Not only did Stone fall in love with Iowa, the Hawkeyes fell in love with him.

Under head coach Kirk Ferentz, the Hawkeyes have had remarkably good fortune as far as bringing in under-recruited defensive backs. Micah Hyde, Desmond King, Josh Jackson, and Amani Hooker all made first-team All-Big Ten while at Iowa despite having no Power 5 offers outside of the one they got from the Hawkeyes.

“We just saw that he’s a good football player,” Ferentz said. “Maybe he’s not tall enough, not quite tall enough or quite fast enough, but he plays good football. I hate to use the word ‘instinct,’ because that makes it sound like the guy doesn’t work at it. He works at it.

“There’s instinct that — guys tend to study and get an edge from being smart players. He was a quarterback and that probably helps a little bit, too. He’s just a good all-around football player that maybe other people thought was not quite, but we thought he was pretty good.”

Stone signed his letter of intent on Feb. 1, 2017, putting an end to a long recruiting process.

It wasn’t the school Stone may have thought of at first, but Iowa saw the type of player he was and the type of player he could be. In the end, his mom knew best.

“His mother was so spectacular,” Cowart said. “As far as saying, ‘Whatever I need to do.’ If I need to take him on a 10hour drive in the middle of the night, I’ll do it, and they did. That’s how he ended up at Iowa.”

Friends from the start The day Stone moved to Iowa City was an interesting one for him, and it’s one he will likely never forget.

Nor would he want to. It’s the day he met the person he describes as his best friend — Iowa junior wide receiver Ihmir Smith-Marsette.

“When I first got to campus I was roommates with Kyshaun Bryan, but as soon as I got in my room I see Ihmir coming by my room, and he just starts talking to me,” Stone said. “I’m like, hold on, I don’t know this dude. Ever since then, me and him are really close.”

It just so happened Smith-Marsette lived down the hall from Stone, and both were among the first to move in that day.

The rest is history.

“I was roommates with a basketball player,” Smith-Marsette said. “[Geno] was one of the first people that moved in. I met him, I met his mom. Everything was great.

We really connected. That’s been my boy ever since. When it was time to move off campus, we live together. So, that’s been my boy since day one.”

That friendship has brought Smith-Marsette back to Stone’s hometown.

Stone has made such a habit of bringing Smith-Marsette home with him that New Castle has embraced the New Jersey native as one of their own.

“My mom treats him like her son, too,” Stone said. “We have a bond that will nev-

er be broken; it’s going to go on for a lifetime. It’s pretty cool for me to bring him home. Everyone treats him like they treat me. They’d do whatever for him. After every game everyone is texting me, ‘Good game, and also tell Ihmir good game.’ It’s pretty cool, like he’s a part of our family.”

That family-like mentality extends to members outside of the Stone household.

Cowart has become quite the Iowa fan thanks to his former player and New Castle’s “adopted son”.

“When I watch Iowa games, I freak out just watching No. 6 and No. 9,” Cowart said. “Ihmir is our adopted son here in New Castle, too, so we’re huge Iowa fans here, huge [Smith-Marsette and Stone] fans here. We’re rooting on those guys and everything at Iowa.”

Making his mark Stone made an impact right from the start at Iowa. He was awarded the team’s Next Man In Award as a true freshman for his contributions on special teams.

As a sophomore, Stone saw action in every game — including finding his way into the starting lineup at strong safety eight times.

Stone broke onto the scene in his second year as a Hawkeye. He was named as an honorable mention All-Big Ten selection after compiling 39 tackles and four interceptions on the year.

In his return to his home state to play Penn State, Stone made it clear what the Nittany Lions had passed on, intercepting a pass and taking it back 24 yards for the first touchdown of his college career.

“We knew that wherever he landed, he was going to be impactful, because that’s just the kid he is,” Cowart said. “He’s just

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so incredibly persistent and competitive.

Once he snuck his way onto the field, you aren’t getting him off. I think he felt maybe a little bit vindicated from that. And like a lot of really good athletes, he’s got a chip on his shoulder, and I don’t think that chip is going anywhere. That fuels him to be the type of player that he is.”

Now in his junior season, Stone continues to make plays all around the field.

Whether it be coming out of nowhere to make an NFL-caliber open-field tackle against Michigan or making big hits and forcing a turnover in front of former Hawkeye and Pennsylvania native Bob Sanders when he served as honorary captain against Purdue, Stone has emerged as the leader in Iowa’s secondary.

That leadership has been especially necessary this season with multiple injuries sustained in Iowa’s defensive backfield.

“There’s always going to be things that you don’t want to take place,” Ferentz said.

“That’s the beauty of having veteran leadership, and Geno is not a senior, but he’s a veteran player that everybody respects and knows that he’s going to be ready to go.”

Stone has cemented his status as one of the premier players in the conference, while at the same time making other schools wonder what could have been.

But that’s just the type of competitor Stone is — he’s going to work for it.

“With Geno, there’s no better kid to root for,” Cowart said. “If you’re someone in Iowa who isn’t sure who you want your kid to look at and root for, put No. 9 on and root for that guy. He’s been behind the eight ball, he’s been under the radar, he’s been the underdog. All he does is fight and get after it. We couldn’t be more proud of the type of human being that Geno Stone is.”

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BIG TEN MATCHUPS Pete Mills

Nothing surprising happened last week, but rivalry week is set to be a doozy.

peter-mills@uiowa.edu

No. 19 Iowa @ Nebraska Friday, 1:30 p.m. | BTN Phil Parker is going to crawl into the stands and steal children’s touchdown balloons.

Indiana @ Purdue 11 a.m. | ESPN2 This might be the sleeper pick for most-heated rivalry in college football.

Northwestern @ Illinois 11 a.m. | FS1 The Land of Lincoln trophy is the Big Ten’s most slept-on rivalry trophy.

POWER RANKINGS 1) Ohio State

Chase Young has only played in nine games and still has 16.5 sacks this season.

2) Penn State

Losing to the No. 2 team on the road last week, and the opposing fans still rush the field. Feels bad.

3) Wisconsin

It’s a crime that Jonathan Taylor won’t win the Heisman this season.

4) Michigan

Mr. KhakiPants is on his revenge tour.

5) Iowa

The Hawkeye defense has only given up more than 20 points one time this season. That will be a challenge for Heisman candidate Adrian Martinez.

6) Minnesota

Illinois, Rutgers, and Maryland will be the only Big Ten teams to never have hosted College GameDay after Minnesota hosts the show this weekend.

7) Indiana

PIllinois and Indiana really should play each other in a battle for the No. 7 spot.

8) Illinois Someone finally brought Illinois back to Earth.

Good timing, because it sure wasn’t going to be Northwestern to do it this week.

9) Michigan State

No. 2 Ohio State @ No. 10 Michigan 2:30 p.m. | FS1 Actually the most-heated rivalry in college football. They ban the letter “M” in ColuXbus, for goodness sake.

The Spartans are at five wins and get the chance to go to either the Pinstripe or Quick Lane Bowl. Very cool!

10) Purdue

My preseason pick to win the division has four wins.

11) Nebraska

No. 13 Wisconsin @ No. 9 Minnesota 2:30 p.m. | ABC

People may forget, but Nebraska was ranked before the season started.

Bucky and Goldy are the same animal, change my mind.

People may forget, but Maryland was ranked at the beginning of the season.

Rutgers @ No. 12 Penn State 2:30 p.m. | BTN Both of these teams combined still have fewer field goals this year than Iowa. #Sabermetrics

12) Maryland

13) Northwestern

Going from winning the Big Ten West last year to starting 0-8 in conference play in 2019.

14) Rutgers

Rutgers gave up 27 points to Michigan State last weekend, its least amount of points given up since UMass in Week 1.

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ONE ON ONE WITH AMANI JONES Daily Iowan Pregame Editor Pete Ruden caught up with Iowa defensive end Amani Jones to talk about Scooby Doo, Iowa, and Tristan Wirfs being a teddy bear.

The Daily Iowan: If you could be any movie character, who would choose?

Amani Jones: I would probably have to say Scooby Doo. Scooby Doo, that’s my favorite childhood favorite movie cartoon, all of it. No matter what he did, it was always right. He made a mistake, but that mistake helped the team solve the mystery, so it was always right. And then, I like Scooby snacks. I like candy.

I’m a big sweets guy, so anything sweets — they get me.

DI: What’s your dream job after football?

Jones: I really don’t have a dream job. Football is my dream. But for a job after football, it’ll probably have to be something that fits me.

Something I like. I’m a big authority guy, big enforcer, so I could probably do something with law.

DI: You’re not from Iowa, so when you think of the state of Iowa, what sticks out the most?

Jones: Before I came to Iowa, it was straight corn. I didn’t know, I’m sorry. Now that I’ve lived in Iowa, I would probably just have to say the camaraderie of the community.

Everyone is for everyone. Support around DI: Who’s the biggest teddy bear on the team? Like terrifying on the outside but just really nice inside?

Jones: Tristan Wirfs. He’s humungous. He’s super humongous, but when you get to know him, he’s a big softie. He always wants to laugh and giggle, and high five people. But if you’re just an average human being and you look at Tristan, you’d be like, “Dude.” As he gets close to you, you’d be like, “Bro. How tall are you? How much do you weigh?”

DI: If you could live anywhere, where would you choose?

Jones: Somewhere where it’s warm. I’ve been in cold all my life, so somewhere where it’s pretty warm or just good weather. I can stand some rain, I can stand a little bit of snow, but it’s just warm throughout the year or most of the year. It’s just warm.

DI: What’s the best advice you’ve ever received from a coach at Iowa?

Jones: I feel like the best advice is mow your own lawn, and that’s from coach [Seth] Wallace. You can’t mow your neighbor’s yard and your yard’s looking a mess — just trash. So, just mow your yard first, and then if you have the energy and you have the pride to go ask your neighbor like, ‘Let me mow your lawn for you, too. I can do that.’ That means, to me, take care of what you have to do first, then worry about other people… It’s a team game so everyone needs help in some areas.

DI: If you could eat a dinner with any three people, who would you choose?

Jones: I would have to say Brad Pitt, [Barack] Obama, and Terry Crews. I feel like those are my people inside me, how I think I am.

When I’m being serious, it’s straight Brad Pitt, I need to do this, this, and this. Then, when I’m acting goofy, the Terry Crews comes out of me, just dancing, goofy stuff. Then, Obama would just be me talking to general people. Just giving a word of advice to great people.

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