Statistics are interesting. They allow you to paint a picture but can be easily manipulated to show the picture you want to show. So when a backup safety registers a team-high 4 interceptions, outsiders may question the legitimacy of those picks. In the case of Iowa football player Geno Stone, they shouldn’t.
Analytics show this guy wasn’t just benefiting from one of those right place-right time situations as some safeties do, rather, he is a standout coverage guy.
Last year though, Stone was in the shadow of Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year Amani Hooker.
This year he is not, and with the Iowa football team returning an outstanding defense, we very well could see Stone rise to national notoriety in 2019.