Dez Stewart

On May 2, 2016, Stewart was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent.^[2] He was waived on May 12, 2016.^[3]

On July 18, 2016, Stewart was signed by the Washington Redskins.^[4] He was waived on August 27, 2016.^[5]

On October 24, 2016, Stewart was signed to the Green Bay Packers' practice squad.^[6] He was released on December 2, 2016.^[7]

On January 24, 2017, Stewart was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers to a reserve/future contract.^[8] He was waived/injured on May 5, 2017 and placed on injured reserve.^[9] On May 11, he was waived with an injury settlement.^[10]

On August 8, 2017, Stewart signed with the Detroit Lions.^[11] He was waived/injured on September 1, 2017 and placed on injured reserve.^[12] He was released on September 8, 2017.

On March 4, 2019, Stewart was assigned to the Albany Empire. He was placed on recallable reassignment on April 12, 2019, and became a free agent.

In April, 2019, Stewart signed with the Arizona Rattlers of the Indoor Football League (IFL). Stewart finished the season with the Rattlers; they competed in the 2019 Indoor Football League Championship game against the Sioux Falls Storm. Stewart recovered a fumble during the game.^[13]

On January 27, 2022, Stewart signed with the Green Bay Blizzard of the IFL.^[14] On October 12, 2022, Stewart was released by the Blizzard.^[15]

On October 19, 2022, Stewart signed with the San Diego Strike Force of the IFL.

Stewart's cousin Bo Smith, played a few seasons in the NFL and the CFL as a cornerback.^[16] Along with professional sports, Dez is an entrepreneur, owning a digital media business (Unorthodoxs Media, LLC), a clothing line (Humalien Clothing), and a social networking app he built and published (Fonebook App).^[17] He also writes and publishes music for the well known TikTok artist TuFou XoMu.^[18]