DJ Stepney

Position:
DB
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Height:
6-0
Weight:
200
Hometown:
Macomb, Mich.
High School:
Dakota H.S. | Central Michigan | Marshall

2024 (Marshall): Saw action in four games as a reserve defensive back and special teams contributor... finished the season with three tackles and a half-tackle for loss.. had two tackles and a half-tackle for loss against Southern Miss.

2021-23 (Central Michigan): All-Mid-American Conference Third Team selection as a kickoff returner in 2022 … In his three-year, 25-game career, accumulated 55 tackles (36 solo) and 10 pass breakups on defense, rushed for 114 yards, one touchdown on 24 carries (4.8 average), caught two passes for three yards and returned eight kickoffs for 214 yards with a long of 60 yards (26.8 yards per return) …

High School: A 2021 graduate of Dakota High School in Macomb, Mich., where he played four years of varsity football for Head Coach Greg Bauer … 2020 Division 1 First Team All-State selection as a running back … named Macomb Area Conference Red Most Valuable Player in 2020 … two-time All-MAC Red Division First Team and three-time First Team All-Macomb County … earned All-Region recognition in 2020 from the Michigan High School Football Coaches Associated … ranked No. 26 on the Detroit News Blue Chip List … two-time team Most Valuable Player and two-time team Offensive Back of the Year award winner … named 2018 Varsity Defensive Back of the Year … two-year team captain … three-year starter … played wide receiver, running back, safety, cornerback, returned punts and kickoffs … rushed 131 times for 933 yards and seven touchdowns … averaged 133.3 yards rushing per game … totaled 1,200 all-purpose yards, averaging 171.4 per game … returned one kickoff for a touchdown … recorded 35 tackles, including 26 solo, and had four interceptions for 55 yards and one touchdown … rated a three-star recruit by Rivals, ON3DB, ESPN, and 247sports … brought up to the varsity as a freshman.

Personal: Son of Chamar Stepney and Roslyn Turner... uncle Tedaro France played football at Central Michigan