University of Colorado Athletics
Stevie Joe Dorman
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HIGH SCHOOL-Ranked the No. 77 quarterback in the country by Scout.com, as the No. 15 quarterback from Texas on that list. He is ranked the No. 108 quarterback by ESPN and is the No. 16 quarterback from Texas on that list. He earned 3A Region IV District 27 offensive most valuable player accolades both his junior and senior season and was the Newcomer of the Year for the district as a sophomore. He also earned second-team All-San Antonio Area as a senior. In his career, he set a San Antonio Area record for career passing with 9,253 yards, and he completed 597-of-1,017 passes with 94 touchdowns and 39 interceptions for a quarterback rating of 158.0. He had nine games with 300-plus yards, one game over 400 yards in his career and he had 21 games with three or more passing touchdowns. His senior year he completed 189-of-312 passes (60.6 percent) for 3,291 yards, 40 touchdowns and 10 interceptions for a quarterback rating of 185.1. He had 143 yards rushing with five touchdowns. He had eight games with three or more touchdown passes and had five touchdown passes on four occasions. As a junior, he completed 190-of-318 passes (59.7 percent) for 2,827 yards with 28 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. He had seven games with three or more touchdown passes and four games with 300-plus yards. He had one rushing touchdown. As a sophomore, he was 174-of-303 passing (57.4 percent) for 2,507 yards and 23 touchdowns with 14 interceptions with a quarterback rating of 142.7. That season he had six games with three or more touchdowns and three games with 300-plus passing yards. His freshman season, he completed 44-of-84 passes (52.4 percent) for 628 yards with three touchdowns and two interceptions. Top games including a 25-24 win over Canyon Lake in the third round of the Texas state playoffs, advancing Somerset further than the school had ever been before. He completed 18-of-28 passes for a season-high 321 yards and four touchdowns in the game. Down 24-6 at half, Dorman led the second-half comeback with 210 yards and three touchdowns, including a 69-yard toss in the third quarter and a 41-yard toss that proved to be the game winner in the fourth quarter. In the round before against La Vernia, he threw for 228 yards and a score and ran for two more touchdowns. He had one other 300-yard passing game, against Holy Cross when he completed 18-of-25 passes for 305 yards and five touchdowns. He threw five touchdowns on two other occasions, in a 54-7 win over St. Anthony when he completed 8-of-9 passes for 222 yards and the following week against Lytle, when he completed 12-of-15 passes for 255 yards. Against Crystal City, in a 63-6 victory he completed 6-of-6 passes for 217 yards (36.2 yards per attempt) and four touchdowns for a quarterback rating of 623.8. Top games his junior season include hitting 35-of-46 passes for 432 yards, all career highs, against Luling in a 28-27 loss. He completed 19-of-28 passes for 318 yards and three scores in a 20-14 victory over Dilley and in a 34-27 win over Navarro, he completed 16-of-28 passes for 293 yards and five touchdowns with no interceptions. Top games his sophomore season include his first 300-yard passing game against Navarro when he completed 27-of-42 passes for 314 yards and three touchdowns. He completed 9-of-19 passes for 215 yards and four touchdowns in a 28-21 win over Marion. Under legendary high school coach Sonny Detmer, his grandfather, Somerset compiled a 23-11 record his final three years, 10-3 as a senior, 6-4 as a junior, 7-4 as a sophomore, improving upon a 2-8 record his freshman season before Detmer's arrival as coach. His senior season, Somerset won the 3A Region IV District 27 Championship, the Bi-District Championship and the San Antonio Area Championship advancing two games short of the state championship. He also played golf and ran track for four years, played basketball for two and will compete in his third baseball season this spring for Somerset.
ACADEMICS-He is undecided on a major at Colorado. He was named first-team Academic All-State as a senior by the Texas High School Coaches Association. That award is only given to seniors who maintain above a 92 grade point average.
PERSONAL-He was born May 8, 1992 in St. Charles, Mo. Hobbies include hunting and fishing. He is the nephew of former CU quarterback Koy Detmer, who was his quarterback cocah at Somerset this past season, and former BYU quarterback Ty Detmer, his mother's brothers. Koy threw for 5,390 yards and 40 touchdowns at Colorado, including 3,156 and 22 his senior year when he was an honorable mention All-American and unanimous first-team All-Big 12 the first year of the league's existence in 1996. Ty won the 1990 Heisman Trophy at BYU and finished his career with 59 NCAA records and his 15,031 passing yards still ranks second most in NCAA history. His grandfather, Sonny Detmer, was his high school coach the last three seasons and played semi-pro football in the old Continental League. His step-father, Johan Dinkelmann, played football at Cincinnati and his step uncle, Frans Dinkelmann, played football at New Mexico. Another uncle, Frans Stein, played basketball at Oklahoma State and Southwest Baptist University before playing professionally in Syria, Lebanon, Puerto Rico, China and Holland. His high school teammate and childhood friend, Will Harlos, also signed with CU in this class.
