AJ Steward | Oregon State University
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Team: Oregon State University
Organization: NCAA Football
Position: Running Backs Coach
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Organization: NCAA Football
Position: Running Backs Coach
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Biography
NOTABLES1,337 rush yards by B.J. Baylor in 2021, leading Pac-12, en route to All-Conference First Team and HM All-America
5.3 yards per rush by OSU in 2021, school best
4,226 combined yards by Darik Dillard and Jowan Davis at Rice, seventh and eighth all-time with the Owls
187 rush yards per game by Rice in 2017, the 38th-best mark in the nation
52 rushing touchdowns for BYU in his two seasons in Provo (2018, 2019)
2007 Scout Team Player of the Year at Kansas, the same season the Jayhawks won the Orange Bowl
37 games played at Kansas
OREGON STATE (2021-Present)
• Appointed running backs coach on Feb. 22, 2021
• B.J. Baylor became first OSU RB to lead conference in rushing since Steven Jackson in 2003. Totaled 1,337 and named All-Pac-12 First Team and honorable mention All-American
• OSU totaled full-season school-record with 5.3 yards per rush in 2021
• Helped OSU offense to OSU-record 6.4 yards per play in 2021
• “I’m excited to have AJ join the Oregon State family,” Oregon State head coach Jonathan Smith said. “He’s a veteran coach with a great reputation for developing running backs through his previous stops at Rice, BYU and Arizona. He knows the Pac-12 well and is a great addition to our coaching staff.”
ARIZONA (2020)
• Running backs coach
• Arizona rushed for just over 156 yards per game in the pandemic-shortened 2020 season
• Coached Gary Brightwell, a sixth-round selection by the New York Giants
BYU (2018-2019)
• Running backs coach
• The Cougars totaled 52 rushing touchdowns in his two seasons in Provo
• Had five different 100-yard rushers in two seasons
• BYU averaged just under 160 rushing yards per game in each of his two years
• Helped the team to two bowl games; the 2019 SoFi Hawai’i Bowl and 2018 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
• Coached Ty’son Williams, who signed as an UDFA with Baltimore
RICE (2012-2017)
• Served as the running backs coach from 2014-17
• Opened his coaching career as an offensive graduate assistant from 2012-13
• Mentored running backs Darik Dillard and Jowan Davis, who combined for 4,226 yards and 36 touchdowns in their Owl careers. They rank seventh and eighth, respectively, in the Rice record books
• In 2015, had four running backs tally at least one 100 yard rushing effort, a first in school history.
• Two of those backs, Samuel Stewart and Austin Walter, were named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team.
• Rice appeared in the 2012 Armed Forces Bowl, 2013 Liberty Bowl and 2014 Hawai’i Bowl during Steward’s tenure in Houston.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE (KANSAS)
• Kansas tight end (2007-11)
• Originally recruited as a quarterback. Moved to wide receiver then tight end
• 2007 Scout Team Player of the Year when Kansas when the Orange Bowl
• Played in 37 career games
• Made five receptions for 31 yards. Recorded three tackles
BOWL GAMES
2021 Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl
2019 SoFi Hawai’i Bowl
2018 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
2014 Hawai’i Bowl
2013 Liberty Bowl
2012 Armed Forces Bowl
2008 Insight Bowl (player)
2007 Orange Bowl (player)
Hometown: St. Louis, Mo.
Family: Wife Virginia
Education: Kansas, 2012 - bachelor’s degree in health and physical education
