Steve Stenstrom

Passing yards:	1,895
TD-INT:	4-12
Passer rating:	62.5
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Career highlights and awards
	Pop Warner Trophy (1994); 2× Second-team All-Pac-10 (1993, 1994);
Career NFL statistics
Passing yards:
Passing yards:	1,895
TD-INT:	4-12
Passer rating:	62.5
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

Steve Stenstrom
No. 18
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	December 23, 1971 (age 52); El Toro, California, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	202 lb (92 kg)
Career information
High school:	El Toro
College:	Stanford
NFL draft:	1995 / round: 4 / pick: 134
Career history
	Kansas City Chiefs (1995); Chicago Bears (1995–1998); San Francisco 49ers (1999); Detroit Lions (2000); Denver Broncos (2001);
	* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Passing yards:	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.Contents College career ; NFL career ; After football ; See also ; References ; 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: 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. 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 ] Stenstrom is now the President of Pro Athletes Outreach (PAO), a Christian outreach program for coaches, players, and professional athletes. His son, Blake, is a quarterback for Princeton University. His daughter, Brooke, swam for Stanford from 2016-2020. His youngest daughters, Lindsay and Ashley, currently (as of 2022) swim for UCLA.See also List of Division I FBS passing yardage leaders ; Related Research Articles William Ernest Walsh was an American professional and college football coach. He served as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers and the Stanford Cardinal, during which time he popularized the West Coast offense. After retiring from the 49ers, Walsh worked as a sports broadcaster for several years and then returned as head coach at Stanford for three seasons. Jeffrey Jason Garcia is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). After attending high school and junior college in Gilroy, California, Garcia played college football at San Jose State University. Joseph Clifford Montana Jr. is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers. Nicknamed "Joe Cool" and "the Comeback Kid", Montana is widely regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time. After winning a national championship with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Montana began his NFL career in 1979 at San Francisco, where he played for the next 14 seasons. With the 49ers, Montana started and won four Super Bowls and was the first player to be named the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player (MVP) three times. He also holds Super Bowl career records for most passes without an interception and the all-time highest passer rating of 127.8. In 1993, Montana was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs, where he played for his last two seasons and led the franchise to its first AFC Championship Game. Montana was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000. Jon Steven Young is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, most notably with the San Francisco 49ers. 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Retrieved October 2, 2018.; ↑ "Stanford Football History Individual Records" (PDF). Stanford Football Media Guide. 2006. p. 139. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2007.; ↑ "1995 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.; ↑ "Pro Athletes Outreach" . Retrieved January 5, 2011.; This page is based on this Wikipedia article ; Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.; Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
Career highlights and awards
	Pop Warner Trophy (1994); 2× Second-team All-Pac-10 (1993, 1994);
Career NFL statistics
Passing yards:
Passing yards:	1,895
TD-INT:	4-12
Passer rating:	62.5
	Stats at Pro Football Reference
v ; t ; e ; Pop Warner Trophy winners
	1949 LeBaron ; 1950 Pomeroy ; 1951 Matson ; 1952 Sears ; 1953 B. Garrett ; 1954 Shaw ; 1955 Davenport ; 1956 Arnett ; 1957 Francis ; 1958 Kapp ; 1959 Burford ; 1960 Kilmer ; 1961 Gallegos ; 1962 Baker ; 1963 Burke ; 1964 Morton ; 1965 M. Garrett ; 1966 Pifer ; 1967 Beban ; 1968 Simpson ; 1969 Parish ; 1970 Plunkett ; 1971 Siemon ; 1972 Rae ; 1973 Swann ; 1974 Davis ; 1975 Muncie ; 1976 Bell ; 1977 Benjamin ; 1978 Robinson ; 1979 White ; 1980 Margerum ; 1981 Allen ; 1982 Elway ; 1983 Rivera ; 1984 Del Rio ; 1985 Mayes ; 1986 Wyman ; 1987 Perez ; 1988 Peete ; 1989 Ryan ; 1990 Lewis ; 1991 Vardell ; 1992 Milburn ; 1993 Morton ; 1994 Stenstrom ; 1995 Johnson ; 1996 Plummer ; 1997 Hicks ; 1998 McNown ; 1999 O'Neal ; 2000 Tuiasosopo ; 2002 Palmer ; 2003 Ball ; 2004 Arrington ;
v ; t ; e ; Stanford Cardinal starting quarterbacks
	Code (1892); Harrelson (1894); Tarpey (1902); Walker (1926); Bogue (1926); S. Lewis (1928); Alustiza (1935); Paulman (1938); Albert (1940–1941); Bell (1946–1947); Shaw (1948); Kerkorian (1949–1951); Garrett (1952–1953); Brodie (1954–1956); Douglas (1957); Nicolet (1958); Norman (1959–1960); Sears (1961); Thurlow (1962); Berg (1963); DeSylvia (1964); D. Lewis (1965); Washington (1966); Williams (1967); Plunkett (1968–1970); Bunce (1971); Boryla (1972–1973); Cordova (1974–1975); Benjamin (1976–1977); Dils (1978); Schonert (1979); Elway (1980–1982); Cottrell (1983); Paye (1983–1986); Buckley (1984); Johnson (1987–1989); Palumbis (1988, 1990–1991); Smith (1989); Stenstrom (1991–1994); Frost (1994); Butterfield (1995); Hutchinson (1996–1997); Husak (1998–1999); Borchard (1999); Fasani (2000–2001); C. Lewis (2000–2003); Matter (2002); Edwards (2003–2006); Ostrander (2004, 2006–2007); Pritchard (2007–2009); Luck (2009–2011); Nunes (2012); Hogan (2012–2015); Burns (2016); Chryst (2016–2017); Costello (2017–2019); Mills (2019–2020); West (2019–2021); McKee (2021–2022); Sanders (2021); Patu (2021); Daniels (2023–2024); Lamson (2023–2024); Brown (2024);
v ; t ; e ; Kansas City Chiefs 1995 NFL draft selections
	Trezelle Jenkins ; Tamarick Vanover ; Troy Dumas ; Steve Stenstrom ; Mike Pelton ; Jerrott Willard ; Bryan Proby ; Tom Barndt ;
v ; t ; e ; Chicago Bears starting quarterbacks
	Formerly the Decatur Staleys (1920) and the Chicago Staleys (1921)
	Pard Pearce (1920–1921); Chuck Dressen (1920); Jimmy Conzelman (1920); Joey Sternaman (1922–1925, 1927–1929); Johnny Bryan (1923); Milton Romney (1926); Paddy Driscoll (1926–1929); Edward Sternaman (1927); Carl Brumbaugh (1930–1936); Keith Molesworth (1932–1936); Bernie Masterson (1935–1940); Ray Buivid (1937–1938); Gene Ronzani (1937–1938, 1944–1945); Sid Luckman (1939–1949); Charlie O'Rourke (1942); Bob Snyder (1943); Johnny Long (1944); Al Grygo (1945); Tom Farris (1946); Noah Mullins (1946–1948); Mike Jarmoluk (1947); Mike Holovak (1947); Ed Sprinkle (1948); Dick Flanagan (1948); Johnny Lujack (1949–1951); George Blanda (1949, 1952–1954); Bob Perina (1949); Steve Romanik (1951–1952); Bob Williams (1952); Zeke Bratkowski (1954, 1957–1960); Ed Brown (1955–1961); Bill Wade (1961–1965); Rudy Bukich (1964–1966); Jack Concannon (1967–1971); Larry Rakestraw (1967–1968); Virgil Carter (1968–1969); Bobby Douglass (1969–1975); Kent Nix (1971); Gary Huff (1973–1975); Bob Avellini (1975–1979, 1982, 1984); Mike Phipps (1978–1980); Vince Evans (1979–1981, 1983); Jim McMahon (1982–1988); Steve Fuller (1984–1986); Rusty Lisch (1984); Greg Landry (1984); Mike Tomczak (1986–1990); Doug Flutie (1986); Mike Hohensee (1987); Steve Bradley (1987); Jim Harbaugh (1988–1993); Peter Tom Willis (1992–1993); Will Furrer (1992); Steve Walsh (1994); Erik Kramer (1994–1998); Dave Krieg (1996); Rick Mirer (1997); Steve Stenstrom (1998); Moses Moreno (1998); Shane Matthews (1999–2000); Cade McNown (1999–2000); Jim Miller (1999–2002); Chris Chandler (2002–2003); Henry Burris (2002); Kordell Stewart (2003); Rex Grossman (2003–2008); Craig Krenzel (2004); Chad Hutchinson (2004); Jonathan Quinn (2004); Kyle Orton (2005, 2007–2008); Brian Griese (2007); Jay Cutler (2009–2016); Todd Collins (2010); Caleb Hanie (2011); Josh McCown (2011, 2013); Jason Campbell (2012); Jimmy Clausen (2014–2015); Brian Hoyer (2016); Matt Barkley (2016); Mike Glennon (2017); Mitchell Trubisky (2017–2020); Chase Daniel (2018–2019); Nick Foles (2020–2021); Andy Dalton (2021); Justin Fields (2021–2023); Trevor Siemian (2022) ; Nathan Peterman (2022); Tyson Bagent (2023); Caleb Williams (2024–present);
v ; t ; e ; San Francisco 49ers starting quarterbacks
	Frankie Albert (1946–1952); Y. A. Tittle (1951–1960); Jim Powers (1953); Jim Cason (1954); Earl Morrall (1956); John Brodie (1957–1973); Lamar McHan (1963); Bob Waters (1963); George Mira (1964–1967); Steve Spurrier (1967, 1969, 1972–1973, 1975); Joe Reed (1973–1974); Tom Owen (1974–1975); Dennis Morrison (1974); Norm Snead (1974–1975); Jim Plunkett (1976–1977); Scott Bull (1976, 1978); Steve DeBerg (1978–1980); Joe Montana (1979–1990); Matt Cavanaugh (1984–1985); Jeff Kemp (1986); Mike Moroski (1986); Steve Young (1987–1999); Bob Gagliano (1987); Steve Bono (1991); Elvis Grbac (1995–1996); Jim Druckenmiller (1997); Ty Detmer (1998); Steve Stenstrom (1999); Jeff Garcia (1999–2003); Tim Rattay (2003–2005); Ken Dorsey (2004–2005); Alex Smith (2005–2007, 2009–2012); Cody Pickett (2005); Trent Dilfer (2007); Shaun Hill (2007–2009); Chris Weinke (2007); J. T. O'Sullivan (2008); Troy Smith (2010); Colin Kaepernick (2012–2016); Blaine Gabbert (2015–2016); Brian Hoyer (2017); C. J. Beathard (2017–2018, 2020); Jimmy Garoppolo (2017–2022); Nick Mullens (2018, 2020); Trey Lance (2021–2022); Brock Purdy (2022–2024); Sam Darnold (2023); Brandon Allen (2024–present);

Last updated November 30, 2024

[1] "Steve Stenstrom Stats - ESPN". ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved October 2, 2018.

[mediaguide-2] "Stanford Football History Individual Records" (PDF). Stanford Football Media Guide. 2006. p. 139. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 27, 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2007.

[3] "1995 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 31, 2023.

[4] "Pro Athletes Outreach" . Retrieved January 5, 2011.

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Steve Stenstrom

Contents

College career

NFL career

After football

See also

Related Research Articles

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