Aycen Stevens holds the RDE · Starter spot in Virginia Tech Hokies’s edge room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Aycen Stevens is a 6'5", 260-pound left defensive end for Virginia Tech, wearing No. 42. The Indianapolis native was a four-year letterman at Decatur Central High School, where he served as team captain during his junior and senior seasons and recorded 160 career tackles. Rated a 3-star recruit in the 2023 class, Stevens redshirted in 2023. He appeared in all 13 games in 2024, tallying three tackles and a sack while adding a pass breakup and quarterback hurry. In 2025, Stevens played in 12 games and registered 14 total tackles (3 solo), 0.5 tackles for loss, and one quarterback hurry. A returning redshirt junior, he is pursuing a degree in kinesiology.