{"id":875416,"date":"2026-04-26T19:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T19:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/875416\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T19:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T19:21:16","slug":"gennings-dunker-already-prepared-for-position-change-with-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/875416\/","title":{"rendered":"Gennings Dunker already prepared for position change with Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Pittsburgh Steelers took one of the most colorful cult favorite prospects in this year\u2019s draft when they selected Iowa offensive tackle Gennings Dunker in the third round. Dunker\u2019s long red mullet and matching mustache made him an aesthetic favorite to many during Senior Bowl week, and he lands in Pittsburgh like fellow Hawkeyes Logan Lee, Kaleb Johnson, Yahya Black, and Sebastian Castro before him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The expectation is that Dunker will be kicked inside to play guard, and will also switch sides from right to left. Speaking on a conference call after being drafted, Dunker said he is more than ready and able to play wherever the Steelers need him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cYeah, so my freshman year when I was playing guard, I actually played left and right guard,\u201d Dunker said. \u201cThe biggest difference is just the different hand goes own. I\u2019ve been repping left side leading up to this just in case. I should be well prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Steelers have a hole at left guard following the departure of Isaac Seumalo, and that is likely where Dunker will slot in. In that freshman year he referenced, he played 55 snaps at left guard and 80 snaps at right guard, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pff.com\/ncaa\/players\/gennings-dunker\/144859\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">per PFF.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let us know what you think in the comments. Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers took one of the most colorful cult favorite prospects in this year\u2019s draft when they&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":875417,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,6,520,57,2376,2374,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-875416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-pittsburgh","11":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-draft","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","14":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","15":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116472635929750737","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875416"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875416\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}