Sydney Ciano
The Buffalo Bills signed another safety to a one-year deal. Geno Stone joins the Bills after spending the last two seasons in Cincinnati.
Stone started all 17 games for the Bengals in both 2024 and 2025. Last season, he had 104 total tackles, four tackles for loss, four quarterback hits, four passes defensed, two sacks and two interceptions, including apick six against New England.
Prior to his time in Cincinnati, the safety spent the first part of his NFL career with the Ravens. Baltimore drafted Stone in the seventh round of the 2020 NFL Draft out of Iowa, going 219th overall.
Stone had a rocky start to his career as a rookie. He started as a backup safety behind DeShon Elliott and Chuck Clark, but was waived in October 2020. The Ravens re-signed him to the practice squad, elevated him to the active roster, placed him on the reserve/COVID-19 list, re-activated him and eventually waived him again in December 2020.
The Texans claimed Stone off waivers one day after and he spent the remainder of his rookie year with Houston. Baltimore then signed Stone to a one-year deal in 2021 and stayed with the team until the Bengals signed him in 2024.
During his four seasons as a Raven, Stone registered 127 tackles, 11 passes defensed, eight interceptions, one fumble recovery, one forced fumble and one tackle for loss. He played in 51 games for Baltimore, working his way into a starting role by 2023. That season, he started in 11 of 17 regular season games.
Stone is a New Castle, Penn. native. He will wear No. 25 with the Bills.
