He mainly played rugby league as a junior, before he met his wife Whitney.
[1] Stephenson has been a member of four VFL premiership teams:[2] three with North Ballarat in 2008, 2009 and 2010, and one with Geelong in 2012; he won the Norm Goss Medal as the best player on the ground in the 2009 Grand Final.
Stephenson was selected by Geelong in the 2011 AFL national draft, to replace the retiring Brad Ottens.
He played his first AFL game against Fremantle in round one of 2012 due to injuries to Nathan Vardy and Dawson Simpson.
[6] Stephenson is married to his high school sweetheart Whitney with whom he shares two daughters and a son.