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Gennings Dunker - Football - University of Iowa Athletics

#67 Gennings Dunker

Position OL
Height 6-5
Weight 316 lbs.
Class RS Fr.
Hometown Lena, Ill.
High School Lena-Winslow

2024 Honors – – Part of offensive line that was named to Joe Moore Award midseason honor roll… 2024 – – Started at right tackle in all nine games, marking his 23rd career start… paved the way for offense rushing for 200+ yards in seven games, which is the most since 2015… the team’s 222.3 rushing yards per game leads the Big Ten and ranks 10th nationally.

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 13 games… 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… 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.