Steve Stenstrom
{{Short description|American football player (born 1971)}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2024}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Steve Stenstrom
| number = 18
| position = Quarterback
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|12|23|mf=y}}
| birth_place = El Toro, California, U.S.{{cite web |url=http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/905/steve-stenstrom |title=Steve Stenstrom Stats - ESPN |author= |website=ESPN.com |publisher=ESPN Internet Ventures |access-date=October 2, 2018}}
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 202
| high_school = El Toro
| college = Stanford
| draftyear = 1995
| draftround = 4
| draftpick = 134
| pastteams =
- Kansas City Chiefs ({{NFL Year|1995}})
- Chicago Bears (1995–{{NFL Year|1998}})
- San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|1999}})
- Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|2000}})*
- Denver Broncos ({{NFL Year|2001}})*
| highlights =
- Pop Warner Trophy (1994)
- 2× Second-team All-Pac-10 (1993, 1994)
| statlabel1 = Passing yards
| statvalue1 = 1,895
| statvalue2 = 4-12
| statlabel3 = Passer rating
| statvalue3 = 62.5
| pfr = StenSt00
}}
Steve Stenstrom (born December 23, 1971) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Stanford Cardinal. He was selected in the fourth round of the 1995 NFL draft.
College career
Stenstrom attended Stanford University where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. Stenstrom was the starting quarterback at Stanford University from 1991 to 1994, and still holds many of Stanford's passing records:{{cite web| title =Stanford Football History Individual Records| work =Stanford Football Media Guide| date =2006| url =http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2006_Football_Media_Gd_138-153.pdf| page =139| access-date =March 7, 2007| archive-date =November 27, 2007| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20071127191853/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/stan/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2006_Football_Media_Gd_138-153.pdf| url-status =dead}}
- Total yards, career: 9,825
- Passing yards gained, career: 10,531
- Passing yards gained, season: 3,627 (1993)
- Pass attempts, career: 1,320
- Pass attempts, season: 455 (1993)
- Pass completions, career: 833
- Pass completions, season: 300 (1993)
- Completion percentage, game: .882 (15/17) (1991)
NFL career
Stenstrom was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 1995 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1995 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1995/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} Stenstrom played in five NFL seasons from 1996 to 1999 for the Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers. He started seven games for the Bears during the 1998 season, as well as three games for the 49ers during the 1999 season after Steve Young's career-ending injury. He spent a partial season with the Detroit Lions in 2000 and then signed on with the Denver Broncos in the spring of 2001 where he retired from the NFL shortly thereafter.
After football
Following his football career, Stenstrom returned to Stanford University to lead the Cardinal Life Christian ministry for athletes and along with his wife, Lori, established a program in the San Francisco Bay Area called 2nd Mile.{{citation needed|date=January 2011}} Stenstrom is now the President of Pro Athletes Outreach (PAO), a Christian outreach program for coaches, players, and professional athletes.{{cite web|url=http://www.pao.org/|title=Pro Athletes Outreach|access-date=January 5, 2011}}
His son Blake played quarterback for Princeton from 2019 to 2023, while daughter Brooke swam for Stanford from 2016 to 2020 before coaching the swim team at Valor Christian High School.{{cite web|url=https://goprincetontigers.com/sports/football/roster/blake-stenstrom/21306|title=Blake Stenstrom|work=Princeton Tigers|access-date=February 13, 2025}}{{cite news|url=https://valoreagles.com/news/2024/11/19/girls-swimming-and-diving-valor-alum-brooke-stenstrom-winaker-named-girls-swim-and-dive-head-coach.aspx|title=Valor Alum Brooke Stenstrom Winaker Named Girl's Swim and Dive Head Coach|work=Valor Christian High School|date=November 19, 2024|access-date=February 13, 2025}} His youngest daughters, Lindsay and Ashley, have swum for UCLA.{{cite web|url=https://uclabruins.com/sports/womens-swimming-and-diving/roster/lindsay-stenstrom/11554|title=Lindsay Stenstrom|work=UCLA Bruins|access-date=February 13, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://uclabruins.com/sports/womens-swimming-and-diving/roster/ashley-stenstrom/14735|title=Ashley Stenstrom|work=UCLA Bruins|access-date=February 13, 2025}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Pop Warner Trophy}}
{{Stanford Cardinal quarterback navbox}}
{{Chiefs1995DraftPicks}}
{{Chicago Bears starting quarterback navbox}}
{{San Francisco 49ers starting quarterback navbox}}
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