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#19 Stephen Dean III
Class RS SRFrom VMI (transfer)Ht / Wt 6'2" · 230 lbHometown Mineral, VA · Louisa County
Depth-chart placement
Stephen Dean III is on the Maryland Terrapins roster but is not placed on the maintained two-deep. Role and placement populate automatically once he appears on the published chart.
Transfer history
2026VMI→Maryland Terrapins
Background & career
Stephen Dean III is a 6'2", 230-pound linebacker from Mineral, Virginia who transferred to Maryland from Virginia Military Institute. At VMI, he appeared in 33 career games across four seasons with 22 starts. In 2025, his redshirt senior year, Dean started all 12 games and led both his team and the SoCon with 117 tackles, ranking 13th nationally. He recorded at least seven tackles in 10 games, including a career-high 17 against Chattanooga, and added 9.0 tackles for loss. As a redshirt junior in 2024, he played in 10 games with 8 starts and totaled 43 tackles.
VMIthrough 2025
Maryland2026 — presentPrevious schoolVMIOriginMineral, VA · Louisa County