Running back, Southeast Missouri State, 2019–23
Geno Hess
- Number
- No. 6
- Height
- 5′8″
- Weight
- 209 lb
- Class (2023)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Peoria, IL
Geno Hess played running back at Southeast Missouri State (2019–23).
Career highs
317rushing yards, career highvs. Murray State, 20224rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Murray State, 20227catches, career highvs. Southern Illinois, 20232receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Nicholls, 2022Team titles: Ohio Valley champions, 2019 and 2022
Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Southeast Missouri State | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | 11 |
| 2021* | Southeast Missouri State | 13 | 50 | 3.8 | 1 | 13 |
| 2022 | Southeast Missouri State | 236 | 1,691 | 7.2 | 21 | 84 |
| 2023 | Southeast Missouri State | 185 | 1,016 | 5.5 | 10 | 64 |
| Career | 440 | 2,774 | 6.3 | 32 | 84 | |
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Southeast Missouri State | 1 | −2 | −2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021* | Southeast Missouri State | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 26 |
| 2022 | Southeast Missouri State | 9 | 114 | 12.7 | 2 | 29 |
| 2023 | Southeast Missouri State | 27 | 217 | 8.0 | 0 | 34 |
| Career | 39 | 360 | 9.2 | 2 | 34 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Southeast Missouri State | 6 | RB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2021 | Southeast Missouri State | 6 | RB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2022 | Southeast Missouri State | 6 | RB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2023 | Southeast Missouri State | 6 | RB | Sr. (Yr 5) | 5′8″ | 209 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Southeast Missouri State (FCS) | 7 | -0.17 | – | – | -1.2 | – |
| 2021 | Southeast Missouri State (FCS) | 14 | 0.20 | – | – | 2.9 | – |
| 2022 | Southeast Missouri State (FCS) | 199 | 0.38 | 95th (n=470) | 0.14 | 76.4 | 28% |
| 2023 | Southeast Missouri State (FCS) | 204 | 0.11 | 35th (n=450) | 0.17 | 22.6 | 28% |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2023 Southeast Missouri State 11 games, 1,016 rushing yards, 10 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at | L 0–45 | 10 | −4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23 |
| Sep 9 | vs. | W 45–7 | 20 | 115 | 2 | 25 | – | – |
| Sep 16 | vs. | L 25–26 | 22 | 108 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 51 |
| Sep 23 | at | L 38–41 | 11 | 43 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 8 |
| Oct 7 | at | L 33–38 | 17 | 122 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 27 |
| Oct 14 | vs. | W 35–28 | 17 | 129 | 2 | 44 | 4 | 53 |
| Oct 21 | at | W 28–3 | 14 | 48 | 1 | 28 | 2 | 16 |
| Oct 28 | at | W 35–31 | 18 | 128 | 1 | 64 | 3 | 23 |
| Nov 4 | vs. | L 20–21 | 20 | 150 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 10 |
| Nov 11 | at | L 14–41 | 8 | −2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Nov 18 | at | L 21–45 | 28 | 179 | 2 | 36 | – | – |
2022 Southeast Missouri State 12 games, 1,691 rushing yards, 21 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at | L 10–42 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 29 |
| Sep 10 | at | W 34–31 | 19 | 65 | 0 | 11 | – | – |
| Sep 17 | vs. | W 42–16 | 14 | 70 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 15 |
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 35–27 | 20 | 123 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 24 |
| Oct 1 | at | W 49–28 | 24 | 276 | 4 | 84 | 1 | 14 |
| Oct 8 | vs. | W 34–20 | 13 | 88 | 1 | 20 | – | – |
| Oct 22 | at | W 51–16 | 17 | 207 | 3 | 54 | – | – |
| Oct 29 | vs. | L 23–28 | 19 | 81 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 13 |
| Nov 5 | at | W 42–0 | 18 | 136 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 9 |
| Nov 12 | at | W 31–7 | 30 | 198 | 3 | 36 | – | – |
| Nov 19 | vs. | W 52–22 | 26 | 317 | 4 | 73 | 1 | 10 |
| Nov 26 | at | L 24–34 | 30 | 122 | 2 | 19 | – | – |
2021 Southeast Missouri State 1 game, 50 rushing yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | at | L 28–59 | 13 | 50 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 31 |
2019 Southeast Missouri State 1 game, 17 rushing yards
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Yds | TD | Long | Rec | Rec yds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14 | at | L 0–50 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 1 | −2 |
No box score in the source for Aug 29 vs. Southern Illinois; Sep 8 at Montana State; Sep 21 vs. West Virginia State; Oct 5 vs. Tennessee Tech; Oct 12 at Austin Peay; Oct 19 at Jacksonville State; Oct 26 vs. UT Martin; Nov 2 at Tennessee State; Nov 9 vs. Eastern Kentucky; Nov 16 at Eastern Illinois; Nov 23 vs. Murray State; Nov 30 vs. Illinois State, so those games are not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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