Biography

BIOGRAPHY

Marquez Stevenson was born March 26, 1998, in Shreveport, Louisiana. 

Stevenson attended Northwood High School in Shreveport, Louisiana. He committed to the University of Houston to play college football. As a true freshman at Houston in 2016, Stevenson played in two games and did not record a reception but did have 36 receiving yards off a hook-and-ladder play. He missed the 2017 season, due to a torn ACL. He returned from the injury in 2018 to lead the team with 75 receptions for 1,019 yards and nine touchdowns. Stevenson again led the team with 52 receptions for 907 yards and nine touchdowns his junior year in 2019. He returned to Houston for his senior season in 2020, rather than enter the 2020 NFL Draft. At the conclusion of his senior season, he participated in the 2021 Senior Bowl. Stevenson was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the sixth round (203rd overall) of the 2021 NFL Draft.

Stevenson joined the Carolina Panthers in 2023.