Steve attended University HS in Los Angeles, CA, where he was an All-California Interscholastic Football and All-Metro League choice. Steve graduated from the University of Utah in 2001, and made an immediate impact after being drafted in the third round by the Carolina Panthers.

Steve is married to Angie, and together they have a daughter named Baylee and two sons named Peyton and Boston. Steve coaches his son Peyton’s youth soccer team and plans to be a youth sports coach following his playing career. Along with his wife, Angie, founded the Posey Foundation. . .Named after his deceased junior college teammate, Demetrius Posey. . .The Foundation’s goal was to foster lifetime friendships. . .Provide recreational activities for families and financial support for selected charities. With the establishment of Athletes United for Youth, all of Steve’s philanthropic endeavors will now be towards establishing the mission, along with Dell Curry and Jay Bilas of that organization. Previously, Steve has been involved with securing and donating winter coats to youth and young adults who were in need of assistance during the winter season.

Steve's Pro Career

	COMBINED NET YARDS: Ranked second in the NFL among non-running backs with 1,900 combined net yards in 2003, trailing Kansas City’s Dante Hall, who totaled 2,446 yards...
	Since the NFL adopted a 16-game schedule in 1978, he is the only player to amass 1,900 combined net yards in each of his first three seasons after compiling a team-record 1,994 yards in 2001 and 1,909 yards in 2002...Joined Kansas City’s Priest Holmes as one of only two players in the NFL with 1,900 or more combined net yards in each season from 2001-03...5,803 combined net yards led all non-running backs in the NFL from 2001-03...Running backs he trailed were Holmes, who had 6,556 yards, San Diego’s LaDanian Tomlinson, who had 6,145 yards, and Green Bay’s Ahman Green, who had 5,864 yards...Responsible for three highest single-season totals in team history...Led all rookies and ranked fourth in NFL for combined net yards in 2001.
	AMONG PANTHERS ALL-TIME LEADERS: Ranks as the team’s all-time leader with six combined kick returns for a touchdown, four punt returns for a touchdown, 133 punt returns and 1,273 punt return yards...Ranks second all-time for combined kick returns, combined kick return yards, kickoff returns, kickoff return yards, kickoff return average, kickoff returns for touchdowns, punt returns and punt return average...Stands third for combined net yards...Responsible for the four highest single-game totals for combined net yards in team history with 313 yards versus Cincinnati (12/8/02), 269 yards at St. Louis (11/11/01), 232 yards versus Tennessee (10/19/03) and 217 yards versus New Orleans (10/14/01)...Tied for second all-time in 100-yard receiving games and ranks fourth in receptions and receiving yards...Tied for fifth in touchdown catches.
	PANTHERS TEAM RECORDS: 53-yard punt return for a touchdown versus the Giants (12/28/03) was the fourth of his career, a Carolina all-time record...Produced 100-yard receiving games in three consecutive contests in 2003, tying Muhsin Muhammad’s effort in 1999 for the second-longest streak in team history...Established single-season records as a rookie in 2001 with three combined kick returns for touchdowns and 1,795 combined kick return yards...Set single-game record with 252 kickoff return yards at St. Louis (11/11/01), including a 99-yarder for a touchdown that matched the second-longest kickoff return in team history, and also established a team mark with 267 combined kick return yards...206 combined kick return yards versus New Orleans (10/14/01) rank as second-highest total in team history and 70-yard punt return for a touchdown against Saints stands as the third longest punt return in team history...Set Panthers team record in first NFL contest with a 44.67 kickoff return average on three kick returns for 134 yards at Minnesota (9/9/01)...42.75 yard kickoff return average at New Orleans (12/2/01) is the second-highest in team annals.
	Six combined kickoff returns for touchdowns are primary reason why Carolina has recorded 15 combined kick returns for touchdowns and eight kickoff returns for scores, totals that rank second in the NFL behind Kansas City’s 17 combined kick returns for touchdowns and nine kickoff returns for scores since the Panthers inaugural season in 1995.
	Registered seven career 100-yard receiving games including the playoffs, posting a personal best of three during the 2003 regular season.
	Led NFL during the 2003 postseason with 18 catches for 404 receiving yards, collecting the most receiving yards by a player during the postseason since San Francisco’s Jerry Rice totaled 409 yards in 1988.
	Game-winning 69-yard touchdown in second overtime at St. Louis (1/10/04) during the NFC Divisional playoffs stands as the longest play to end a playoff game in League history and concluded a contest that ranked as the fifth-longest game in NFL history.
	Generated career highs of 88 catches, 1,110 receiving yards and seven touchdown catches in 2003, ranking fourth in the NFC in receptions and seventh in receiving yards.
	2003 average of 6.3 yards after the catch ranked second in the NFL behind Houston’s Andre Johnson, who averaged 6.7 yards.
	Earned first career NFC Special Teams Player of the Week award versus Cincinnati (12/6/02) after setting Panthers marks with 153 punt return yards and two punt returns for touchdowns, including an 87-yarder that stands as the longest punt return in team history.
	Became second player in NFL history to return two punts for touchdowns and catch a touchdown pass in the same game versus Cincinnati (12/6/02), amassing a team-record 313 combined net yards, a single-game total that ranked second in the NFL in 2002.
	Only rookie named All-Pro by The Associated Press, Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Weekly, Football Digest and The Sporting News in 2001.
	Only rookie elected to the 2001 Pro Bowl and first rookie named to the Pro Bowl as a kick returner or special teams player since returner Tyrone Hughes of the New Orleans Saints was chosen as the return man in 1993.
	Led NFC and ranked second in NFL with 25.6 kickoff return average in 2001.
	Only NFL player to return both a punt and kickoff for touchdown during the 2001 season, marking a first in Panthers history.
	Only player in the League to produce three combined kick returns for a touchdown in 2001, a total that tied for the second highest in NFL history.
	Returned first NFL kickoff 93 yards for a touchdown at Minnesota (9/9/01), a score that was the NFL’s first in 2001, making him the first player to return a season-opening kickoff for a touchdown since 1980.