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, 2022

Team titles: Ohio Valley champions, 2019 and 2022

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2019Southeast Missouri State6172.8011
2021*Southeast Missouri State13503.8113
2022Southeast Missouri State2361,6917.22184
2023Southeast Missouri State1851,0165.51064
Career4402,7746.33284

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2019Southeast Missouri State1−2−2.000
2021*Southeast Missouri State23115.5026
2022Southeast Missouri State911412.7229
2023Southeast Missouri State272178.0034
Career393609.2234

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2019Southeast Missouri State6RBYr 1
2021Southeast Missouri State6RBYr 3
2022Southeast Missouri State6RBYr 4
2023Southeast Missouri State6RBSr. (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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2019Southeast Missouri State (FCS)7-0.17––-1.2–
2021Southeast Missouri State (FCS)140.20––2.9–
2022Southeast Missouri State (FCS)1990.3895th (n=470)0.1476.428%
2023Southeast Missouri State (FCS)2040.1135th (n=450)0.1722.628%

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
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 2atKansas StateL 0–⁠4510−401323
Sep 9vs.LindenwoodW 45–⁠720115225––
Sep 16vs.Southern IllinoisL 25–⁠2622108121751
Sep 23atEastern KentuckyL 38–⁠41114301518
Oct 7atCentral ArkansasL 33–⁠3817122133427
Oct 14vs.Eastern IllinoisW 35–⁠2817129244453
Oct 21atTennessee TechW 28–⁠31448128216
Oct 28atNichollsW 35–⁠3118128164323
Nov 4vs.Robert MorrisL 20–⁠2120150037210
Nov 11atUT MartinL 14–⁠418−20416
Nov 18atBryantL 21–⁠4528179236––
2022 Southeast Missouri State 12 games, 1,691 rushing yards, 21 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3atIowa StateL 10–⁠426805129
Sep 10atSouthern IllinoisW 34–⁠311965011––
Sep 17vs.NichollsW 42–⁠161470115215
Sep 24vs.Central ArkansasW 35–⁠2720123024224
Oct 1atLindenwoodW 49–⁠2824276484114
Oct 8vs.Tennessee TechW 34–⁠201388120––
Oct 22atNorthwestern StateW 51–⁠1617207354––
Oct 29vs.Eastern KentuckyL 23–⁠281981016113
Nov 5atTennessee StateW 42–⁠01813634419
Nov 12atEastern IllinoisW 31–⁠730198336––
Nov 19vs.Murray StateW 52–⁠2226317473110
Nov 26atMontanaL 24–⁠3430122219––
2021 Southeast Missouri State 1 game, 50 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 18atMissouriL 28–⁠591350113231
2019 Southeast Missouri State 1 game, 17 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 14atMissouriL 0–⁠506170111−2

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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