Desmond Steward Class: Junior Hometown: Douglasville, Ga. High School: Douglas County HS Height / Weight: 5-11 / 230 Position: LB

#16 Desmond Steward 5-11 / 230 / LB Junior Douglasville, Ga. Douglas County HS

PRESEASON 2010: Tabbed preseason first team All-Big South by Phil Steele's Magazine.

2009 (So.): Played in all 11 games, starting nine ... Tabbed second team All-Big South ... Led the Chants in tackles (60), while ranking 17th in the league (5.45 avg.) ... Was 12th among linebackers in tackles ... Posted 16 tackles at Towson, the second-best individual performance in the Big South for the season and second-highest single-game total in Coastal Carolina history ... Had 28 tackles in Big South action, including a high of eight with 1.5 tackles for loss in the home victory over Gardner-Webb ... Also had seven tackles in the home win over VMI ... Had five tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss and his first interception in the win over Presbyterian ... Posted six tackles at Clemson.

2008 (Fr.): Played all 12 games for the Chants, starting against North Carolina Central and at Gardner-Webb, to garner his first collegiate letter ... Had 10 solo and 28 total tackles on the year, including 1.5 tackles for loss ... Had a career-best game in the win over North Carolina Central, posting a team-high 11 tackles ... Had four tackles at VMI and three at North Carolina A&T ... Recorded a solo tackle for loss at Penn State in the season opener.

2007 (Fr.): Redshirted his true freshman season.

Prior to Coastal Carolina: Selected to play in the GACA North-South All-Star Game ... A three-year starter and four-year letterwinner for the Tigers, recording more than 300 tackles in his career ... Two-time Douglas County Defensive Player of the Year while also serving as captain his final two seasons ... Had 151 tackles his senior year after recording 140 as a junior ... Also played fullback for the Tigers his first three seasons.

Personal: Son of Robert and Deborah Miley.

Stewart's career Defensive Statistics
        GP-GS   Solo   Asst.  Total  TFL-YDS   Sack-YDS  Int-YDS  PBU  FR   FF  BLK
2008    12- 2    11     19     30    1.5- 2     0.0-0     0- 0     0   0-0   0   0
2009    11- 9    22     38     60    4.5- 8     0.5-2     1-16     1   0-0   0   0 
Total   23-11    33     57     90    6.0-10     0.5-2     1-16     1   0-0   0   0

CAREER GAME-BY-GAME TACKLES (solo-asst-tot)
2008: Penn State 1-0-1; Colgate 2-0-2; Monmouth 1-0-1; Towson 2-0-2; North Carolina A&T 1-2-3; Liberty 0-1-1; VMI 1-3-4; North Carolina Central 2-9-11; Stony Brook 0-0-0; Gardner-Webb 0-1-1; Presbyterian 0-0-0; Charleston Southern 1-3-4.
2009: Kent State 1-0-1; Monmouth 0-0-0; Towson 0-0-0; North Carolina A&T 0-1-1; VMI 0-0-0; Liberty 0-1-1; Stony Brook 0-1-1; Clemson 1-0-1; Gardner-Webb 0-0-0; Presbyterian 0-0-0; Charleston Southern 1-2-3.