Deshawn Stevens

Deshawn Stevens (born June 9, 1997) is a Canadian football defensive lineman with the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League (CFL).

College career
After using a redshirt season in 2016, Stevens played college football for the Maine Black Bears from 2017 to 2020. He played in 29 games where he had 211 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 11.5 sacks, one interception, three fumble recoveries, and a forced fumble.

Stevens then transferred to the University of West Virginia in 2021 to play for the Mountaineers, where he played in 12 games and had 12 total tackles.

Professional career
Stevens was ranked as the 20th best player in the Canadian Football League's Amateur Scouting Bureau final rankings for players eligible in the 2021 CFL Draft. He was then drafted in the first round, sixth overall, by the Ottawa Redblacks. However, he played out his final year of college eligibility in 2021. Thereafter, he signed with the Redblacks on May 6, 2022. Following training camp in 2022, he made the team's opening day roster and played in his first professional game on June 10, 2022, against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He played in all 18 regular season games where he recorded seven defensive tackles and six special teams tackles.

In 2023, Stevens played in 12 games and recorded one defensive tackle and four special teams tackles.

Personal life
Stevens was born to parents Selvin Stevens and Andrea Anderson and he has four brothers and five sisters.