COLLEGE: 2011: Dismissed from the South Carolina football program on Oct. 11, 2011 six games into his senior season. Fifth-year senior quarterback... heading into the season, is third all-time at South Carolina in passing yards (6,753), completions (528), attempts (903) and passing touchdowns (43)... is just the third quarterback in Gamecock history with 6,000 career passing yards... is 17-13 as a starter, including a 13-3 mark at home... has started 28 consecutive games and has made a team-high 30 career starts overall entering the 2011 campaign... owns a degree in sociology. 2010: Eamed third-team All-SEC accolades from Phil Steele... started all 14 games... completed 64.2 percent of his passes, hitting on his 20 TD passes tied for the second most in Carolina history in a single-season... 224 completions (5th), 349 attempts (3rd) and 3,059 yards (3rd) all ranked in the top-five single season marks at SC... had what coach Steve Spurrier called "the best game of his career" when he was 17-for-20 for 201 yards and three touchdowns in leading the Gamecocks to a 35-21 win over No. 1 Alabama... earned national Offensive Player of the Week accolades by the Walter Camp Football Foundation, named the Davey O'Brien Quarterback of the Week, SEC Offensive Player of the Week and the ESPNU Impact Player of the Week for his performance... earned third-team Midseason All-SEC honors by Phil Steele and one of 10 quarterbacks added to the midseason Manning Award watch list... improved to 2-0 as a starter vs. Clemson with a 14-for-20, 227-yard, two-touchdown performance, becoming the first Gamecock quarterback since Tommy Suggs (1968-69) to win his first two starts against the Tigers.
2009: Redshirt sophomore who took nearly every meaningful snap... started every game, the first Carolina quarterback to get the nod in every contest since Dondrial Pinkins in 2003... earned fourth-team All-SEC honors by Phil Steele... ranked second in the SEC with 220.2 yards passing per game... was third in total offense, averaging 234.5 yards per contest... logged four of the SEC's 14 300-yard passing games... was just the third Gamecock quarterback to log four 300-yard passing games in a season, joining Steve Taneyhill (6 in 1995) and Todd Ellis (5 in 1987)... recorded one of the top-five single seasons for a quarterback in Gamecock history, ranking fourth in yards (2,862), fourth in completions (239), tied for first in pass attempts (432) and tied for fifth in touchdown passes (17)... named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll. 2008: Saw action in eight games, including a trio of starts... got the starting nod in a loss to LSU, a win over Tennessee and an Outback Bowl loss to Iowa. 2007: Enrolled at Carolina in January but did not participate in spring drills... worked as the scout team quarterback in the fall while taking a redshirt season. HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Jefferson High School in Tampa, Fla., in December 2006... as a prep signal-caller while leading his team to the playoffs each season, including a spot in the championship game as a sophomore... graduated as the all-time county leader in passing yards, completions and touchdowns and third in the state for career passing yards and sixth in TD passes... earned all-state honors as a senior and lead his team to a 9-3 record... played in the Offense-Defense All-Star Game in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., following his senior season... coached by Mike Simmons and Mike Fenton.was regarded as the third-best quarterback at the Elite 11 camp in the summer prior to his senior season... two-year starter in basketball... was an honor roll student. PERSONAL: Stephen Glenn Garcia owns a degree in sociology... brothers, Brian and Gary, both played football at Harvard... hobbies are watching ancient war movies and collecting swords.