From Culver’s, with love: Meet Gennings Dunker, the NFL draft’s viral star

Adam RittenbergApr 14, 2026, 06:15 AM ET

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IOWA CITY, Iowa — Gennings Dunker folded his 6-foot-5, 319-pound frame into a booth at Culver’s, overlooking a Midwestern feast fit for a mulleted king. At the center, of course, were cheese curds. A family-sized order, all to himself.

Dunker had visited this Culver’s before, usually after Iowa home games, played about a mile away at Kinnick Stadium. The Hawkeyes’ starting right tackle would seek a casual, familiar place to dine with his parents and brothers. For the Dunkers, who

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