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Steve Stenstrom

American football player (born 1971)

Field	Value
name	Steve Stenstrom
number	18
position	Quarterback
birth_date
birth_place	El Toro, California, U.S.
height_ft	6
height_in	2
weight_lb	202
high_school	El Toro
college	Stanford
draftyear	1995
draftround	4
draftpick	134
statlabel1	Passing yards
statvalue1	1,895
statlabel2	TD–INT
statvalue2	4-12
statlabel3	Passer rating
statvalue3	62.5
pfr	StenSt00

Kansas City Chiefs ()
Chicago Bears (1995–)
San Francisco 49ers ()
Detroit Lions ()*
Denver Broncos ()*
Pop Warner Trophy (1994)
2× Second-team All-Pac-10 (1993, 1994)

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:

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 with the 134th overall pick. 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. Stenstrom is now the President of Pro Athletes Outreach (PAO), a Christian outreach program for coaches, players, and professional athletes.

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. His youngest daughters, Lindsay and Ashley, have swum for UCLA.

References

. ["Steve Stenstrom Stats - ESPN"](http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/stats/_/id/905/steve-stenstrom). *ESPN Internet Ventures*.
(2006). "Stanford Football History Individual Records". Stanford Football Media Guide.
"1995 NFL Draft Listing".
"Pro Athletes Outreach".
"Blake Stenstrom". [[Princeton Tigers]].
(November 19, 2024). "Valor Alum Brooke Stenstrom Winaker Named Girl's Swim and Dive Head Coach". [[Valor Christian High School]].
"Lindsay Stenstrom". [[UCLA Bruins]].
"Ashley Stenstrom". [[UCLA Bruins]].

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