Steve Stenstrom (born December 23, 1971) is an American former professional

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player who was a

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in the

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(NFL). He played

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for the

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. He was selected in the fourth round of the

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College career

Stenstrom attended Stanford University where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity. Stenstrom was the starting quarterback at

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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

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in the fourth round of the

. Stenstrom played in five NFL seasons from 1996 to 1999 for the

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and

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. 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

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in 2000 and then signed on with the

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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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stenstrom, Steve 1971 births Living people American football quarterbacks Chicago Bears players Players of American football from Lake Forest, California San Francisco 49ers players El Toro High School alumni Stanford Cardinal football players

College career

NFL career

After football

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