Tickets2017 (Senior):Started all 12 games in 2017 and tallied 21 career starts. His 51 tackles ranked among the Bearcats' top seven on the season, including 31 solo stops, a team-high eight pass break ups and an interception. In 50 career games, Stephens hauled in six interceptions defended 26 passes, made 140 tackles and forced a fumble. He hit a number of career milestones in 2017, recording a career-best eight tackles and a 39-yard interception return against SMU and a career-high four PBUs at Miami (Ohio). Stephens earned a bachelor's degree in substance abuse counseling in December 2017. Played in the East-West Shrine Game.
2016 (Junior): Played in all 12 games, making a pair of starts and seeing extensive special teams action ... set a career mark with his 36 total tackles ... his seven PBUs led the Bearcats and his nine passes defended was second on the team ... hauled in two interceptions, one against UT Martin and one at UConn ... opened the season with a career high seven tackles against UT Martin ... tallied five stops and a career best two pass break ups against USF ... finished with four tackles against Houston, BYU and Memphis.
2015 (Sophomore): Played in all 12 games on the season, making 33 tackles and a pair of interceptions … Had three tackles at Memphis … Made three tackles in win over Miami (Fla.) … Recorded five tackles, one for a loss, and an interception against UCF … Made six tackles at Houston, while forcing a fumble … Had three tackles and an interception at USF … Posted six tackles, all solo, at East Carolina.
2014 (Freshman): Played in all 13 games ... recorded 19 tackles and one interception ... also broke-up four passes ... recorded his first career interception in the win over USF (10/24).
Prior to UC: Joined UC after a year at Fork Union Military Academy ... was an honorable mention 2012 Associated Press Ohio Northeastern Lakes All-District selection as a senior at Euclid HS ... finished with 43 tackles and five interceptions as a junior ... played in the 2013 OHSFCA North-South Classic and 2013 Cuyahoga County All-Star Football Game ... coached by Tom Gibbons ... son of Mac and Belinda Stephens ... father played collegiately at Minnesota and in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings and New York Jets.
2016 (Junior): Played in all 12 games, making a pair of starts and seeing extensive special teams action ... set a career mark with his 36 total tackles ... his seven PBUs led the Bearcats and his nine passes defended was second on the team ... hauled in two interceptions, one against UT Martin and one at UConn ... opened the season with a career high seven tackles against UT Martin ... tallied five stops and a career best two pass break ups against USF ... finished with four tackles against Houston, BYU and Memphis.
2015 (Sophomore): Played in all 12 games on the season, making 33 tackles and a pair of interceptions … Had three tackles at Memphis … Made three tackles in win over Miami (Fla.) … Recorded five tackles, one for a loss, and an interception against UCF … Made six tackles at Houston, while forcing a fumble … Had three tackles and an interception at USF … Posted six tackles, all solo, at East Carolina.
2014 (Freshman): Played in all 13 games ... recorded 19 tackles and one interception ... also broke-up four passes ... recorded his first career interception in the win over USF (10/24).
Prior to UC: Joined UC after a year at Fork Union Military Academy ... was an honorable mention 2012 Associated Press Ohio Northeastern Lakes All-District selection as a senior at Euclid HS ... finished with 43 tackles and five interceptions as a junior ... played in the 2013 OHSFCA North-South Classic and 2013 Cuyahoga County All-Star Football Game ... coached by Tom Gibbons ... son of Mac and Belinda Stephens ... father played collegiately at Minnesota and in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings and New York Jets.