Position: QB Date of Birth: 04/14/1984 Height: 6' 3" Weight: 220 lbs
Pro Experience: 1 College Experience: Albion Resides: Commerce, MI
Biography: Hometown: Commerce Township, MI How Acquired: Assigned af2 Notes: Entering second af2 season. af2 Experience: 2008: In 8 games with Texas completed 122-of-264 attempts for 1205 yds (49 long), 15 TD, 11 INT and rushed 12 times for 41 yds and 1 TD. Other Professional Experience: 2007: Played for the Muskegon Thunder (CIFL) and was selected the team MVP. College: Played four years at Albion (2002-2005). Selected to 2005 MIAA Offensive Player of the Year, the 2004 Second Team All-MIAA and the 2003 Team Offensive player of the year. Personal: Played football, basketball and ran track for Detroit Catholic Central High School in Redford, MI…Stephen’s favorite musical groups are Jimi Hendrix, Led Zepplin, Lil Wayne and T.I.…He grew up watching the Detroit Lions and his greatest moment in sports was a game against Alma College in which he registered 412 passing yard for 5 touchdowns and
50 rushing yards for 2 more touchdowns…Stephen’s biggest challenge in life was heading into college without having started a game at quarterback in high school…His goal is to put his college degree to work by becoming a teacher. 2009: Assigned to Albany on 1/8/09…Made his Firebirds debut as the starting quarterback and went a perfect 5-for-5 passing for 65 yards and 1 touchdown, but left after the first series with an injury and did not return on 3/27/09 at MahoningValley…Missed Week 2 through Week 5 due to injury… Returned to action in Week 6 and led the Firebirds to their first win of the season with 278 passing yards and 6 touchdowns on 05/02/09 against Mahoning Valley…Led the team to it’s second straight win in his second game off the IR, throwing for 302 yards with 6 touchdowns and rushing for two touchdowns; the offensive player of the game scored on every single possession until the fourth-quarter when he ran-out the clock on 05/09/09 at Bossier-Shreveport...Threw for a season-high 346 yards with 7 touchdowns in a come-from-behind Week 8 victory, his third straight, on 05/16/09 against Manchester…Completed his third consecutive 300 yard passing game in a Week 10 loss to Milwaukee, going for 304 yards with seven passing touchdowns and a rushing touchdown on 05/30/09… Threw for 300 yards with 6 touchdowns and added a rushing score four his fourth win in five games in Week 11 on 06/05/09 at Manchester…Threw for 302 yards with seven touchdowns for his fifth win in six games in Week 12 on 06/13/09 vs. Mahoning Valley…Threw for 344 yards, two shy of his season-high, with five touchdowns in a 46-42 Week 13 loss in Peoria on 6/20/09…Tied a Franchise Record with 8 touchdowns and threw for a season-high 368 yards in Week 14 against Peoria on 6/26/09…Threw for 292 yards with five touchdowns and added a rushing score in Week 16 against Manchester on 7/11/09…Threw for 324 yards and six touchdowns in Week 17 against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on 7/18/09
