Brian Stevens

HONORS
2024 – All-ACC Honorable Mention … Recipient of team’s H.E.A.R.T. Award … Team Offensive Impact Player … Team Academic Award (Graduate) … Team’s Strength & Conditioning Dedication Award … NSCA Strength & Conditioning All-America nominee … Reese’s Senior Bowl Watchlist … Rimington Trophy Watch List … College Football Network Preseason Honorable Mention All-American … The Athletic’s top-100 preseason Freaks List. 2023 – National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame Hampshire Honor Society membership … Honorable Mention All-ACC … named College Football Network’s ACC Center of the Year and First Team All-ACC … named to the ACC All-Academic Team … Second Team VaSID All-State … named to the 2023-24 ACC Honor Roll.

AT VIRGINIA
2024 – Voted one of five team captains at the conclusion of the season … Had his 30-game consecutive starts streak snapped when he missed the North Carolina game (10/26) due to illness.  2023 – Started all 12 games for the Cavaliers, two at guard before transitioning to center for the final 10 games …. sported the fourth-highest Pro Football Focus grade (77.3) for centers in the country and was the top-graded run-blocking center in the ACC … allowed one sack in 475 opportunities according to PFF.

PRIOR TO VIRGINIA (DAYTON)
2022 (Senior): Started all 11 games … named a 2022 Co-Captain … added a tackle at Robert Morris … named to First Team All-Pioneer Football League … named Offense Second team Pioneer League 2022 All-Conference by Phil Steel College Football … recipient of the Stan Kurdziel Memorial Trophy for the second consecutive year … named to Academic All-District 5 team … member of the 2022 Fall PFL Academic Honor Roll. 2021 (RS Freshman): Appeared in nine games at tackles, including eight starts … Stan Kurdziel Memorial Trophy winner, given to the team’s top lineman … named All-PFL honorable mention … member of the 2021 PFL Academic Honor Roll. 2019 (Freshman): Redshirted season … member of the 2019 PFL Academic Honor Roll. High School & Personal: Played for Tom Grippa at Milford High School, winning their conference championship in 2017 … named First Team All-Eastern Cincinnati Conference … named Second Team All-Southwest District … had 71 tackles and five sacks on defense as a senior and averaged 39.5 yards per punt … son of Tom and Terri Stevens … has a brother, Michael, and sister, Christy … majored in health science at Dayton…pursuing a masters degree in Higher Education.