Player Dossier

2018-2023

Oregon

Steve Stephens IV

DB • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Fresno, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Steve Stephens IV shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21 disruption score.

Usage / Role

53%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Oregon

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Oregon
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: California

Player Story

Steve Stephens IV built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive back from Fresno, CA wearing No. 7, spending time with Oregon. The clearest part of Steve Stephens IV's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.943

Edison · Fresno, CA

Committed To
Oregon
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Steve Stephens IV, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Oregon. Steve Stephens IV shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
145
TFL
4
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Steve Stephens IV quick answers

Latest team and position
Oregon · DB
Career Tackles
145
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 45 games
Best season
2020 Regular Season · Oregon
Top game
California
Recruit profile
4-star · Edison · Oregon
High school pipeline
Edison · 27 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 7 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
56 tackles · DB 102nd (top 11%) · Pac-12 41st (top 8%) · National 453rd (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonOregon22-0--036.7
2019 Regular SeasonOregon77-0--010.1
2020 Regular SeasonOregon27-0--045.7
2021 Regular SeasonOregon73320-1031.2
2022 PostseasonOregon130-0-1018.2
2022 Regular SeasonOregon1340-0-1018.2
2023 PostseasonOregon143-0--043.6
2023 Regular SeasonOregon145320-2043.6

Related Context

Steve Stephens IV played DB for Oregon. Across 6 tracked seasons, Steve Stephens IV recorded 145 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Oregon.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Oregon paired 0 primary output with 14.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 21 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: California

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Postseason · Oregon

Games

14

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

21

Usage

4.7

Consistency

14.3

Best Game by takeover score

California

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Liberty: 1. Portland State: 0. Texas Tech: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Colorado: 1. Stanford: 0. Washington: 0.5. Washington State: 1. Utah: 0. California: 2. USC: 0.5. Arizona State: 0. Oregon State: 0. Washington: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Liberty: 3 by 22.5. Portland State: 2 by 8.3. Texas Tech: 1 by 4.2. Hawai'i: 3 by 12.5. Colorado: 2 by 18.3. Stanford: 8 by 33.3. Washington: 7 by 34.2. Washington State: 3 by 22.5. Utah: 4 by 16.7. California: 6 by 45. USC: 3 by 17.5. Arizona State: 1 by 4.2. Oregon State: 1 by 4.2. Washington: 12 by 50

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.5 · Games = 12 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

14 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

California

Best efficiency game

50 vs Washington

Result
Mon 1/1vs LibertyW 45-6320010
Sat 12/2@ Washington10+ tacklesL 31-34126000
Sat 11/25vs Oregon StateW 31-711000
Sat 11/18@ Arizona StateW 49-1310000
Sun 11/12vs USCW 36-27320.5000
Sat 11/4vs CaliforniaSplash gameW 63-19611010
Sat 10/28@ UtahW 35-642000
Sat 10/21vs Washington StateW 38-2432001
Sat 10/14@ WashingtonL 33-36750.5000
Sat 9/30@ StanfordW 42-686000
Sat 9/23vs ColoradoW 42-621001
Sun 9/17vs Hawai'iW 55-1032000
Sat 9/9@ Texas TechW 38-3011000
Sat 9/2vs Portland StateW 81-722000

Player Story

Steve Stephens IV story

Steve Stephens IV built his college career from 2018 through 2023 as a defensive back from Fresno, CA wearing No. 7, spending time with Oregon. The clearest part of Steve Stephens IV's career was his defensive production: 145 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 3 interceptions, and 5 passes defended across 45 career games in the available record. That gives Steve Stephens IV's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Oregon

    2018-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182019202020212022202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonOregon04.20.7
2019 Regular SeasonOregon171.41
2020 Regular SeasonOregon014.62.7-1
2021 Regular SeasonOregon323.94.43
2022 PostseasonOregon214.42.4-1
2022 Regular SeasonOregon214.42.40
2023 PostseasonOregon6214.74
2023 Regular SeasonOregon6214.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs California

Week 10 · W 63-19 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Arizona

Week 4 · W 41-19 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

66.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.

#3

@ Stanford

Week 5 · L 24-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

60.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Washington

Week 7 · L 33-36 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

53.1 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.

#5

@ UCLA

Week 8 · W 34-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

52.8 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Regular Season · Oregon

0 primary output · 14.6 efficiency · 2.7 usage

45.7

#2

2023 Postseason · Oregon

43.6

6 primary · 21 efficiency · 4.7 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Oregon

43.6

6 primary · 21 efficiency · 4.7 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

1

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games