Stevens attended
Vista Murrieta High School in
Murrieta, California and played college football at
Colorado State University. After redshirting his first year at Colorado State in 2013, he played in five games as
Garrett Grayson's backup in 2014, and made his official debut with the team in a win against the
UC Davis Aggies. He also threw his first touchdown pass against the
Tulsa Golden Hurricane.
2015 With Garrett Grayson leaving, he became the starter in 2015. He ran for his first rushing touchdown of his career against the Utah State Aggies. In a win over the
UNLV Rebels, he completed a 69 yard touchdown pass to Steven Walker. He passed for 264 yards and a touchdown with 16 completions in a win against the
New Mexico Lobos, securing bowl eligibility for the season. In the
Arizona Bowl (which was the first edition of that bowl) against in-conference rivals
Nevada Wolf Pack, he threw for 310 yards, and also had a rushing touchdown in the win.
2016 In the 2016 season, he was named honorable mention All-Mountain West by vote of coaches and media, and was also named to Phil Steele's All-MW third team. He played in 10 games and started 7 because he was benched in a loss against the
Colorado Buffaloes, 44-7, as well as throwing for only 31 yards on 6 completions on 20 attempts, giving him a very low passer rating of 23 and a QBR of 1.8. He returned to start October 15th against
Boise State, where he threw for 189 yards and 2 touchdowns in the 28-23 loss. On the season, he threw for 1,936 yards and 19 touchdowns with 5 interceptions. He threw for 374 yards against the Air Force Falcons on November 12. In the
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl against the
Idaho Vandals, he threw for a career high 445 yards and 5 touchdowns, but also threw 2 interceptions in the 61-50 shootout loss.
2017 The 2017 season was the best of his career, as he threw for 3,799 yards and 29 touchdowns. He passed for 334 yards and 3 touchdowns in a win over the
Oregon State Beavers. He threw for 300 yards for the fifth time in the 2017 season against the
Nevada Wolf Pack, where he threw for 384 yards and 4 touchdowns in a 44-42 win. He also threw for a 76 yard touchdown against the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. His final career game as a Ram was in the New Mexico Bowl, a 31-28 loss to the Marshall Thundering Herd. In that game, he contributed for all CSU Rams touchdowns, as he threw for 2 touchdowns and ran for 2 more. Stevens finished his career with 8,554 yards, 70
touchdowns and 27
interceptions. Before the 2018 NFL Draft, Stevens worked out with the
Green Bay Packers as a
Quarterback. After going undrafted in the
2018 NFL draft, Stevens signed with the
Denver Broncos. The Broncos released him in June 2018. ==See also==