Geno Stone
Buffalo BillsModel Score
How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →
Season Stats · 17 games
Draft & College
He went about where consensus had him.
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Comps
STM Take
7-interception 2023 season as a 219th overall 7th-round pick puts Stone in the rarest outlier-positive S class. The Iowa Big Ten 7th-round origin plus the elite 2023 ball production reflect the structural breakout. The 2024 Bengals year plus the 2025 Bills move confirm the structural ceiling is highly team-fit dependent. The 2026 question is whether Stone returns to tier 3-4 territory with Buffalo or whether the structural one-year context spike concerns surface.
Stone came out of Iowa as the Baltimore Ravens' 7th-round pick (219th overall) in 2020. He delivered an All-Pro-caliber 2023 season with 7 interceptions before signing a two-year, $15M deal with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2024. He signed with the Buffalo Bills in 2025 free agency.
Strengths
- 7-interception 2023 season as a 219th overall 7th-round pick puts him in the rarest outlier-positive S draft-slot-vs-outcome class.
- Iowa Big Ten 7th-round origin plus six years of NFL development gives him real journeyman veteran market value.
Concerns
- Single elite year (2023) flagged as one-year ball-production outlier plus the 2024 Cincinnati regression confirms the ceiling is highly team-fit dependent.
- Buffalo's cap structure around Josh Allen's QB contract limits the extension runway if the structural ceiling caps below the expected outcome.
What to watch: Whether Stone crosses 5 INTs in 2026 with Buffalo plus holds tier 5 or better, the threshold for confirming the 2023 ceiling can be recaptured.