#67 Gennings Dunker Season 2025-26

2025 Honors -- Midseason Lombardi Award Watch List... part of offensive line that was named as one of 10 finalists for the Joe Moore Award... Phil Steele and Sporting News preseason second-team All-American... Athlon preseason third team All-American... preseason Lombardi Award, Outland Trophy, and Wuerffel Award Watch Lists... Phil Steele and Athlon preseason first-team All-Big Ten... AllState AFCA Good Works Team nominee... Big Ten Preseason Honors List... named to 2025 Player Council... 2025 -- Started at right tackle in all 11 games, marking his 36th career start... helped team tally 435 yards of total offense in 47-7 win over UMass... helped team rush for 200+ yards in four games (310 vs. UAlbany, which was the most in a season-opener since 2002, 201vs. UMass, 210 at Wisconsin and 245 vs. Penn State)... collected first career solo tackle in 21-26 loss at #17 USC.

2024 Honors -- Second-Team All-Big Ten (coaches)... third-team All-Big Ten (media)... AP second-team All-Big Ten... Phil Steele third-team All-Big Ten... CSC Academic All-District... Academic All-Big Ten... part of offensive line that was recognized as a semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award... Hayden Fry Award, offense... 2024 -- Started at right tackle in 11games, marking his 25th career start... paved the way for offense rushing for 200+ yards in seven games, which is the most since 2015... the team’s 197.2 rushing yards per game ranked third in the Big Ten and 24th nationally, and was the most for the program since 2002... collected his first career assisted tackle in 17-20 loss at UCLA... letterwinner.

2023 Honors -- Honorable mention All-Big Ten by league media... CSC Academic All-District... Academic All-Big Ten... Dean's List student (2024 spring)... Team Hustle Award, offense... 2023 -- Started at right tackle in 11 games, missing the final two contests due to injury... paved the way for 254 rushing yards in 41-10 win over Western Michigan, which was the most recorded by Iowa since 2019... helped team tally 181 rushing yards in 20-14 win over Purdue... helped team to 200 rushing yards in 15-6 win at Wisconsin, which is the program's most vs. the Badgers since 2008... helped team to 179 rushing yards in 22-0 win over Rutgers... letterwinner.

2022 Honors -- Academic All-Big Ten... Dean's List student (2022 fall, 2023 spring)... 2022 -- Saw action in 11 games, earning first career start at right guard in 21-0 Music City Bowl win over Kentucky... letterwinner.

2021 Honors -- Dean's List student (2021 fall, 2022 spring)... 2021 -- Redshirted... did not see any game action due to injury.

High School Honors -- Earned all-state honors as a junior... first-team all-conference on both offense and defense as a junior... Career -- Helped prep team win state title as a freshman and junior, while reaching semifinals as a sophomore... team posted 39-2 overall record in three seasons... did not have a senior football season because of the global coronavirus pandemic... also competed in wrestling and track as a prep.

Personal -  Born 5/8/2003... human physiology major... named to principal honor list as a prep... parents are Michelle and Mike Dunker... high school coach was Ric Arand.