Tony C. Stevens (born March 8, 1987) is an American football kicker who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Hampden–Sydney College and attended Halifax County High School in South Boston, Virginia. He has also been a member of the Rio Grande Valley Dorados, Richmond Raiders, New Orleans VooDoo, Triangle Torch and Washington Valor.
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Personal information | |||||||||||
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Born: | March 8, 1987 | ||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||
High school: | South Boston (VA) Halifax County | ||||||||||
College: | Hampden–Sydney | ||||||||||
Position: | Kicker | ||||||||||
Undrafted: | 2009 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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Career Arena statistics | |||||||||||
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Player stats at ArenaFan.com |
Early life
editStevens attended Halifax County High School.
College career
editStevens played for the Hampden–Sydney Tigers from 2005 to 2009. He was the team's starter his final all four years at punter and his final two at kicker and helped the Tigers to 29 wins. Stevens was named Second Team All-Old Dominion Athletic Conference as a punter in 2006.[1]
Statistics
editSource:[2]
Hampden–Sydney Tigers
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Season | Kicking | Punting | ||||||||||||
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Made FG | Att FG | Pct | Long | Pts | Att | Avg | Long | |||||||
2005 | 0 | 0 | -- | - | 0 | 17 | 34.4 | 57 | ||||||
2006 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 38.1 | 53 | ||||||
2007 | 5 | 10 | 50.0 | 42 | 56 | 40 | 39.5 | 54 | ||||||
2008 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 35 | 54 | 31 | 35.1 | 58 | ||||||
NCAA career totals | 11 | 21 | 52.4 | 42 | 78 | 115 | 36.8 | 58 |
Professional career
editRio Grande Valley Dorados
editStevens signed with the Rio Grande Valley Dorados for the 2009 season, where he would battle against Rubio Radamez for the teams kicking duties.[3] Stevens beat out Radamez for the starting kicking duties,[4] but was later replaced midseason by Radamez.
Richmond Raiders
editStevens signed with the Richmond Raiders of the Professional Indoor Football League. Stevens helped the Raiders clinch the top seed in the PIFL with a last second field goal to knock off the Albany Panthers on June 16, 2012.[5] Following the 2012 season, Stevens was named the 2012 PIFL Special Teams Player of the Year. Stevens would go on to make First Team All-PIFL 3 times during his 4-year stint with the Raiders.[6] Stevens added a second Special Teams Player of the Year award following the 2015 season.[7]
New Orleans VooDoo
editStevens was assigned to the New Orleans VooDoo to replace an injured Brian Jackson.[8] Stevens was 1 of 3 on field goal attempts and 15 of 18 on extra point attempts.
Triangle Torch
editStevens signed with the Triangle Torch in 2016.[9]
Washington Valor
editOn April 5, 2017, Stevens was assigned to the Washington Valor. On May 31, 2017, Stevens was placed on reassignment. On June 21, 2017, Stevens was assigned to the Valor once again. On June 29, 2017, Stevens was placed on reassignment. On July 13, 2017, Stevens was assigned to the Valor once again.
Richmond Roughriders
editIn 2018, Stevens returned to Richmond by signing with the Richmond Roughriders.[10] Stevens started off the season by making four out of five extra point attempts versus the High County Grizzlies.[11]
Baltimore Brigade
editOn May 16, 2019, Stevens was assigned to the Baltimore Brigade
References
edit- ^ "ODAC Announces 2006 All-Conference Football Teams". www.odaconline.com. Old Dominion Athletic Conference. November 21, 2006. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
- ^ "2008 Hampden–Sydney Tigers stats". www.hscathletics.com. Hampden–Sydney Tigers Athletics. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
- ^ Stephen K. Lee (March 27, 2009). "Dorados to start season without practicing on arena field". www.themonitor.com. The Monitor. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
- ^ Stephen K. Lee (April 25, 2009). "Big plays help Dorados whip Sharks". www.themonitor.com. The Monitor. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
- ^ Vic Door Jr. (June 17, 2012). "Stevens saves Raiders with field goal at the gun". www.richmond.com. BH Media Group, Inc. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
- ^ Doug Ford (July 8, 2015). "Stevens named to first team". www.yourgv.com. BLOX Content Management System. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
- ^ "PIFL Names Special Teams Player of the Year". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. July 14, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
- ^ "T.C. Stevens Called up to New Orleans VooDoo". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. July 23, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
- ^ Fran Stuchbury (June 30, 2016). "The OSC Interview: Triangle Torch Kicker T.C. Stevens". www.oursportscentral.com. OurSports Central. Retrieved May 20, 2017.
- ^ "Roster". www.richmondroughriders.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Box Scores for Richmond Roughriders @ High Country Grizzlies" (PDF). Richmond Roughriders. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
External links
editMedia related to T. C. Stevens at Wikimedia Commons