Robby Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson (born February 7, 1976) is an American former college football player who was a punter and placekicker for the Florida Gators football team of the University of Florida.

Early life

Stevenson was born in Bradenton, Florida, and grew up playing soccer. Ironically, Stevenson wanted to play quarterback, but the Manatee High School Hurricanes needed a kicker more, and as a lifetime soccer player, he filled the need. The Hurricanes won the Florida Class 5A state football championship in 1992, in which Stevenson kicked a 47-yard field goal, and returned to the state final again in 1993. In 1995, the Tom Lemming Prep Football Report named Stevenson as the nation's best kicker.

College career

Stevenson accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, He earned the starting punter position as a true freshman in 1995, Although he initially hoped to take a medical redshirt in 1998 and return the following year, the diagnosis effectively ended his football career.

Life after football

Stevenson graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in health and human performance in 2001. He and his wife Holly live in Palmetto, Florida, and they have three daughters.