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Maine

2020 Football Roster

6 Deshawn Stevens

  • Position Linebacker
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 255
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Toronto, Ontario
  • Highschool Kent School

Biography

PRESEASON 2020: Selected to HERO Sports Preseason All-American Second Team ... Phil Steele 2020 Preseason All-CAA First Team

2019: Voted team captain ... Appeared in one game before suffering a season-ending injury in Maine's season opener against Sacred Heart (8/30) ... registered five tackles in the season opener.

PRESEASON 2019: STATS FCS All-American Third Team ... Preseason All-CAA Team.

2018: All-CAA Second Team selection ... FCS HERO Sports Sophomore All-American First Team ... Named team's Walter Abbott Most Outstanding Defensive Player ... Started all 14 games ... statistically, had one of the best defensive seasons in Maine football history ... led the Black Bears with 120 tackles to go along with 17.0 tackles for loss, 9.0 sacks, two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble, two pass breakups and an interception ... ranked third in the CAA in total tackles and tackles per game (8.6) ... tied for fifth-best in the CAA in total sacks ... ranked second in the CAA in tackles for loss, averaging 1.21 per game ... finished the season 41st in all of FCS in sacks per game (0.64), 49th in total tackles per game, and 52nd in tackles for loss per game ... tallied double-digit tackle totals in four games, including a career-high 16 stops against Elon ... tallied two or more tackles for loss on four occasions, including career-highs of 2.5 against Villanova and at William & Mary ... recorded at least a half sack in eight of Maine's 14 games ... notched a career-high 2.0 sacks against Villanova ... tallied 12 stops, a sack and forced a fumble at Rhode Island ... returned a fumble 50-yards for a score at Western Kentucky ... tallied his first career interception at Central Michigan ... racked up 10 tackles, 2.5 for loss, with a sack at William & Mary ... finished with 10 stops in Maine's home playoff win over Jacksonville State ... tallied nine stops, 2.0 for loss, in a quarterfinal victory at Weber State.

2017: Appeared in all 10 games with three starts ... Ranked fifth on the team with 50 tackles, including 21 solo and 29 assisted ... had a team-high 14 tackles against Delaware ... also added double-digit tackle totals against UMass (12) and Stony Brook (11); closing the season with double-digit tackle totals in each of his last three games ... added 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks with a fumble recovery and a pass breakup ... notched his first solo sack at UAlbany ... recovered a fumble at James Madison.

2016: Redshirt, will have four years of eligibility remaining; Maine Defensive Scout Team Player of the Year.

BEFORE MAINE/PERSONAL: Erickson Conference Defensive Player of the Year; All-New England; All-Conference linebacker; captain at Kent School; two-time captain of the Canadian National Team; a history major.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 56

    2016Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 230 lbs
    56
  • 56

    2017Redshirt Freshman

    Linebacker
    6'2" 230 lbs
    56
  • 47

    2018Sophomore

    Linebacker
    6'1" 250 lbs
    47
  • 6

    2019Junior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 255 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2020Redshirt Junior

    Linebacker
    6'2" 255 lbs
    6
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