Stenstrom attended Stanford University where he was a member of Sigma Nu fraternity.
Stenstrom was the starting quarterback at Stanford University from 1991 to 1994, and still holds many of Stanford's passing records:[2] Stenstrom was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fourth round of the 1995 NFL draft.
[3] Stenstrom played in five NFL seasons from 1996 to 1999 for the Chicago Bears and San Francisco 49ers.
He spent a partial season with the Detroit Lions in 2000 and then signed on with the Denver Broncos in the spring of 2001 where he retired from the NFL shortly thereafter.
Following his football career, Stenstrom returned to Stanford University to lead the Cardinal Life Christian ministry for athletes and along with his wife, Lori, established a program in the San Francisco Bay Area called 2nd Mile.