‘It Just Feels Like Home’: OSU’s Longest-Tenured Cowboy Quinton Stewart Discusses His OSU Journey

STILLWATER — Quinton Stewart has seen a pandemic, the expansion of the transfer portal and the implementation of NIL throughout his time in Stillwater.

Stewart, a 6-foot-3, 250-pound tight end, is the longest-tenured Cowboy on Oklahoma State’s 2025 team. He’s the last remaining member from the Cowboys’ 2020 recruiting class now that guys like Brennan Presley, Korie Black and Rashod Owens finished out their college careers last season.

“I still feel like its my first few years here,” Stewart said. “Time really flew here. I still feel like it’s my first two or three fall camps. …

“Being the last guy left in my class, that is a little weird. But all the new guys we’ve brought in, we’ve all clicked. The tight end room, we’re all really close, so it’s not too big a deal.”

Stewart is entering his sixth season in Stillwater, possible because the 2020 season didn’t count against him. Then he played in only two games in 2021, maintaining his redshirt.

Across the past three seasons, Stewart has played in 37 of the Cowboys’ 39 games. He’s had one career catch — a 2-yard touchdown reception in 2022 against Oklahoma.

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Being around all that time has its advantages. Stewart was an early enrollee in 2020, where he got his first taste of Rob Glass’ winter workouts. He called that time the toughest winter of his life.

Stewart said he’s asked around to some of his friends who have transferred, and they’ve told him there aren’t workouts as tough as what Glass puts the Cowboys through. But now entering Year 6, Stewart at least has an idea of what he’s getting into.

“When you see a new guy coming in and they don’t really know how Coach Glass’ workouts are,” Stewart said, “you’re just kinda like, ‘Yeah, it’s gonna get pretty tough. Wait, he’s got something for you.'”

Stewart has a lot of new teammates this year. OSU had to hit the portal hard this offseason. Between transfers, incoming freshmen and junior college players joining the program, there are more than 60 players on OSU’s 2025 roster who weren’t on the 2024 roster.

Stewart’s tight end room alone has gone through a substantial overhaul. Stewart and Josh Ford are the only returning tight ends on the roster, and Ford was a true freshman last year. OSU added Grayson Brousseau (Utah State), Oscar Hammond (North Texas), Will Monney (Utah State) and Carson Su’esu’e (BYU) via the portal and brought in freshman Jordan Vyborny.

The room is also under new leadership in DJ Tialavea, who Stewart spoke highly of Saturday.

“It feels like I’m getting coached by my big bro,” Stewart said. “He’s really like one of the guys in the room, but he’ll hold everyone accountable and push us to be the best we can be, but he keeps it fun.”

With all that turnover or the fact that he hasn’t had a ton of balls thrown his way since he’s been a Cowboy, it wouldn’t have been out of the question for a player in Stewart’s position to look elsewhere for his college football journey. I’ll let him explain why he continues to wear orange and black.

“It just feels like home,” Stewart said. “Spending so much time here, I just love the program. I love Coach Glass. I love Coach (Mike) Gundy. Coach DJ has came in, and he’s been great.”