{{Short description|American football player (born 1965)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | number = 83 | position = [[Wide receiver]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|04|10}} | birth_place = [[Bunnell, Florida]], U.S. | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lb = 161 | high_school = [[Flagler Palm Coast High School|Flagler Palm Coast (FL)]] | college = [[Lenoir–Rhyne Bears football|Lenoir–Rhyne]] (1983–1986) | undraftedyear = 1987 | pastteams = * [[Dallas Cowboys]] ({{NFL Year|1987}}) | highlights = * 3× [[South Atlantic Conference|All-SAC]] (1984, 1985, 1986) * 3× NAIA [[All-American]] (1984, 1985, 1986) }}
'''Terence Steward''' (born April 10, 1965) is an American former [[American football|football]] [[wide receiver]] in the [[National Football League]] for the [[Dallas Cowboys]]. He played [[college football]] at [[Lenoir–Rhyne University]].
==Early years== Steward attended [[Flagler Palm Coast High School]]. As a junior, he was the starting [[quarterback]] and received All-conference honors. As a senior, he received All-conference and All-state honors.<ref>{{cite news| title=Football Standout Hopes For Professional Career |newspaper=The Charlotte Observer | date=December 10, 1986 | page=10}}</ref>
==College career== He accepted a football scholarship from [[Lenoir-Rhyne College]]. As a freshman, he was converted into a [[wide receiver]] and was named a starter, collecting 29 receptions for 434 yards.
As a sophomore in 1984, he led the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] with 1,040 receiving yards, while also making 65 catches.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/190672706/ | title=South Atlantic Conference | newspaper=The Greenville News | date=August 18, 1985 | access-date=February 15, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Lenoir-Rhyne's Steward On All-America team |newspaper=The Charlotte Observer | date=January 10, 1985 | page=11}}</ref> He had 8 receptions for 179 yards against [[Guilford College]]. As a junior in 1985, he posted 75 receptions for 1,052 yards.
As a senior in 1986, he broke his own school single-season record, registering 78 receptions for 1,105 receiving yards. He set a Conference and school single-game records with 18 receptions for 266 yards against [[Mars Hill College]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://lrbears.com/hof.aspx?hof=133 | title=Terence Steward Hall of Fame bio | access-date=February 15, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title=Regional |newspaper=The Chapel Hill News | date=November 11, 1986 | page=2B}}</ref> He also made 9 receptions for 180 yards against [[Davidson College]].
At the time, he finished his college career with 247 receptions (school record and 3rd in [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] history), 3,631 receiving yards (school record and 1st in [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] history) and 18 receiving touchdowns (second in school history).<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.naia.org/sports/fball/2005-06/releases/20050912filcs | title=NAIA Football Records | date=September 12, 2005 | access-date=February 15, 2023}}</ref>
In 1998, he was inducted into the Lenoir-Rhyne Sports Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://lrbears.com/news/2009/1/1/ID_6_131249098050639556_131249098050639556.aspx?path=anews | title=LR Sports Hall Of Fame | date=January 2009 | access-date=February 15, 2023}}</ref> In 2001, he was inducted into the [[South Atlantic Conference]] Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://thesac.com/about/halloffame?dec=printer-decoratorTodd | title=SAC Hall of Fame | access-date=February 15, 2023}}</ref>
==Professional career== Steward was signed as an [[undrafted free agent]] by the [[Dallas Cowboys]] after the [[1987 NFL draft]] on April 29.<ref>{{cite news| title=Colleges |newspaper=The Charlotte Observer | date=April 30, 1987 | page=6B}}</ref> He was waived on August 31.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/01/sports/transactions-606387.html | title=Transactions | newspaper= The New York Times | date= September 1, 1987 | access-date=February 15, 2023}}</ref>
After the [[NFLPA]] strike was declared on the third week of the [[1987 NFL season|1987 season]], Steward was re-signed to be a part of the [[Dallas Cowboys]] replacement team.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/211478371/ | title=The 'darkest hour' in Dallas; No SMU; Cowboys on hold | newspaper=The Times from Shreveport | date=October 4, 1987 | access-date=February 15, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Who's playing today and for whom|newspaper=Lakeland Ledger|date=October 4, 1987}}</ref> He was a third-string [[wide receiver]] in the first 2 replacement games. He suffered a knee injury while practicing for the third game and chose to rehabilitate instead of surgery. In October, he was placed on the [[injured reserve list]] and was not re-signed at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://lrbears.com/honors/hall-of-fame/terence-steward/133|title=Lenoir–Rhyne Hall of Fame|access-date=February 15, 2023}}</ref>
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