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Jersey Number 18
Reddy Steward
- Position:
- CB
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 173
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Decatur, Ala.
- High School:
- Austin HS
Bio
2023 All-Sun Belt First Team
2022 All-Sun Belt First Team
2021 All-Sun Belt (Honorable Mention)
2023 (Senior): Named to the All-Sun Belt First Team after leading the Trojans and the Sun Belt with four interceptions … Intercepted the first play of the season and returned it 45 yards for a touchdown; the third INT return for a TD in his career … Became just the seventh Troy player since 2000 to have multiple interceptions in the first two games of a season … Opponents only completed 60 percent of passes in which he was targeted … Ranked 40th nationally per PFF (min 400 coverage snaps) with a 72.9 coverage grade and 17th allowed just 10.4 yards per catch … Interceptions against Kansas State, South Alabama, Texas State and Stephen F. Austin … No. 15 rated cornerback in the Group of Five
2022 (Junior): Named to the All-Sun Belt First Team … Top-rated cornerback in the Sun Belt per PFF, second-rated corner in the G5 and in the country with an overall 90.7 grade ... Ranked second nationally holding opponents to 8.7 yards after the catch and his NFL Passer Rating Against is the ninth best nationally ... Returned an interception 67 yards for a touchdown at Arkansas State and added another pick late in the fourth quarter to lock in Troy's Sun Belt West Title ... Other interception came in Troy's critical victory at South Alabama ... Finished season with 65 tackles, a tackle for loss, 12 pass break ups and a pair of quarterback hurries … Critical PBU as Troy made a goal-line stand in the fourth quarter of Cure Bowl victory over nationally-ranked UTSA … Finished with a season-high four break ups against the Roadrunners and added a season-high seven tackles … Also had seven tackles plus a half TFL in Troy's win over Marshall … Six stops and a half TFL in "Battle for the Belt" victory over South Alabama
2021 (Sophomore): Named to the All-Sun Belt Team after finishing the season as one of the top cover corners in the country … Ranked second nationally (min. 25 targets) holding opponents to a 28.6 reception percentage (8-of-28) … Among players with 20 or more targets, allowed the fewest receiving yards on the year with just 81 on the eight catches against him … Allowed just 37 yards after the catch … Finished the year with an NFL Passer Rating Against of 24.7, the fifth-best in the country among cornerbacks with at least 200 coverage snaps (Steward played 223) … Intercepted a pass at Coastal Carolina; one of just three on the year by Grayson McCall … Season-high nine tackles in Troy’s “Battle for the Belt” victory over South Alabama … Pass break ups against South Carolina, Georgia Southern, Coastal, Louisiana and Georgia State … Finished the season with 26 tackles and five pass break ups
2020 (Sophomore): Started six games at corner and played in all 11 … Troy’s top-rated coverage corner per Pro Football Focus with a 70.0 grade … Posted 26 tackles, four tackles for loss, a pair of sacks, an interception and five pass break ups on the year … Broke up two passes in Troy’s season-opening victory at Middle Tennessee … Followed with a sack, two tackles for loss and four tackles the next week at BYU … Season-high seven tackles at Georgia Southern … Intercepted a pass and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown against Georgia State
2019 (Freshman): Played in seven total games – played the first three and the last four games … Rated as one of Troy’s top tacklers on the team per Pro Football Focus
… Finished the year with 16 total tackles – 12 solo … Credited with a pass break up in the season opener against Campbell and posted a season-best four tackles at Louisiana … Had multiple tackles in each of the final five games of the season
High School: Earned back-to-back Alabama Sports Writers Association First Team All-State honors at Austin High School … Represented Alabama in the Alabama-Mississippi All Star Game … Recorded 36 tackles and three interceptions as a senior to go along with 276 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on just 49 carries … Recorded 75 tackles and an interception as a junior helping lead Austin to the Alabama 7A quarterfinals … As a sophomore, led Austin to the semifinals of the Alabama 7A Playoffs and finished with 80 tackles, 10 pass break ups and an interception … Rated by 247Sports as a top 65 cornerback in the country and top 26 player in the state of Alabama … Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals … Also played basketball for the Black Bears
Personal: Full name is Reddrick Stefon Steward … Son of Gina and Rodrick Steward … Born May 4, 2001, in Sheffield, Ala. … Has two brothers, Roderick and Rorrick ... Majoring in sport management
2022 All-Sun Belt First Team
2021 All-Sun Belt (Honorable Mention)
2023 (Senior): Named to the All-Sun Belt First Team after leading the Trojans and the Sun Belt with four interceptions … Intercepted the first play of the season and returned it 45 yards for a touchdown; the third INT return for a TD in his career … Became just the seventh Troy player since 2000 to have multiple interceptions in the first two games of a season … Opponents only completed 60 percent of passes in which he was targeted … Ranked 40th nationally per PFF (min 400 coverage snaps) with a 72.9 coverage grade and 17th allowed just 10.4 yards per catch … Interceptions against Kansas State, South Alabama, Texas State and Stephen F. Austin … No. 15 rated cornerback in the Group of Five
2022 (Junior): Named to the All-Sun Belt First Team … Top-rated cornerback in the Sun Belt per PFF, second-rated corner in the G5 and in the country with an overall 90.7 grade ... Ranked second nationally holding opponents to 8.7 yards after the catch and his NFL Passer Rating Against is the ninth best nationally ... Returned an interception 67 yards for a touchdown at Arkansas State and added another pick late in the fourth quarter to lock in Troy's Sun Belt West Title ... Other interception came in Troy's critical victory at South Alabama ... Finished season with 65 tackles, a tackle for loss, 12 pass break ups and a pair of quarterback hurries … Critical PBU as Troy made a goal-line stand in the fourth quarter of Cure Bowl victory over nationally-ranked UTSA … Finished with a season-high four break ups against the Roadrunners and added a season-high seven tackles … Also had seven tackles plus a half TFL in Troy's win over Marshall … Six stops and a half TFL in "Battle for the Belt" victory over South Alabama
2021 (Sophomore): Named to the All-Sun Belt Team after finishing the season as one of the top cover corners in the country … Ranked second nationally (min. 25 targets) holding opponents to a 28.6 reception percentage (8-of-28) … Among players with 20 or more targets, allowed the fewest receiving yards on the year with just 81 on the eight catches against him … Allowed just 37 yards after the catch … Finished the year with an NFL Passer Rating Against of 24.7, the fifth-best in the country among cornerbacks with at least 200 coverage snaps (Steward played 223) … Intercepted a pass at Coastal Carolina; one of just three on the year by Grayson McCall … Season-high nine tackles in Troy’s “Battle for the Belt” victory over South Alabama … Pass break ups against South Carolina, Georgia Southern, Coastal, Louisiana and Georgia State … Finished the season with 26 tackles and five pass break ups
2020 (Sophomore): Started six games at corner and played in all 11 … Troy’s top-rated coverage corner per Pro Football Focus with a 70.0 grade … Posted 26 tackles, four tackles for loss, a pair of sacks, an interception and five pass break ups on the year … Broke up two passes in Troy’s season-opening victory at Middle Tennessee … Followed with a sack, two tackles for loss and four tackles the next week at BYU … Season-high seven tackles at Georgia Southern … Intercepted a pass and returned it 35 yards for a touchdown against Georgia State
2019 (Freshman): Played in seven total games – played the first three and the last four games … Rated as one of Troy’s top tacklers on the team per Pro Football Focus
… Finished the year with 16 total tackles – 12 solo … Credited with a pass break up in the season opener against Campbell and posted a season-best four tackles at Louisiana … Had multiple tackles in each of the final five games of the season
High School: Earned back-to-back Alabama Sports Writers Association First Team All-State honors at Austin High School … Represented Alabama in the Alabama-Mississippi All Star Game … Recorded 36 tackles and three interceptions as a senior to go along with 276 rushing yards and seven touchdowns on just 49 carries … Recorded 75 tackles and an interception as a junior helping lead Austin to the Alabama 7A quarterfinals … As a sophomore, led Austin to the semifinals of the Alabama 7A Playoffs and finished with 80 tackles, 10 pass break ups and an interception … Rated by 247Sports as a top 65 cornerback in the country and top 26 player in the state of Alabama … Three-star recruit by 247Sports, ESPN and Rivals … Also played basketball for the Black Bears
Personal: Full name is Reddrick Stefon Steward … Son of Gina and Rodrick Steward … Born May 4, 2001, in Sheffield, Ala. … Has two brothers, Roderick and Rorrick ... Majoring in sport management
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