He may get that calm letter-of-the-law knowledge of the playbook from his father, a corrections officer for the state of Texas.
And he may have got the strength to play 16 games despite an AC joint injury that required shoulder surgery this offseason from his mother, a Houston pediatric nurse that can still carry him on her back if asked.
But one thing is for sure. George Iloka believes, “Everything I am comes from my parents. Both of them.”
What Iloka is: the Bengals’ sixth-year safety (the most experience of any AFC North starting safety with his current team) who symbolizes how the Bengals have become one of the NFL’s more consistent defenses over the past decade with stay-at-home continuity.