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| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
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| Born: | (1971-12-23)December 23, 1971 (age 53) El Toro, California, U.S.[1] | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 202 lb (92 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | El Toro | ||||||||
| College: | Stanford | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1995: 4th round, 134th pick | ||||||||
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Steve Stenstrom (born December 23, 1971) is an American former professionalfootball player who was aquarterback in theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theStanford Cardinal. He was selected in the fourth round of the1995 NFL draft.
Stenstrom attended Stanford University where he was a member ofSigma Nu fraternity. Stenstrom was thestarting quarterback atStanford University from 1991 to 1994, and still holds many of Stanford's passing records:[2]
Stenstrom was selected by theKansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the1995 NFL draft.[3] Stenstrom played in five NFL seasons from 1996 to 1999 for theChicago Bears andSan 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 afterSteve Young's career-ending injury. He spent a partial season with theDetroit Lions in 2000 and then signed on with theDenver Broncos in the spring of 2001 where he retired from the NFL shortly thereafter.
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.[4]
His son Blake played quarterback forPrinceton from 2019 to 2023, while daughter Brooke swam for Stanford from 2016 to 2020 before coaching the swim team atValor Christian High School.[5][6] His youngest daughters, Lindsay and Ashley, have swum forUCLA.[7][8]