Rashaan Evans
 Evans with the Tennessee Titans in 2019 | |||||||||||||
| No. 54 – Tennessee Titans | |||||||||||||
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| Position: | Linebacker | ||||||||||||
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| Born: | November 8, 1995 Auburn, Alabama | ||||||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 232 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||
| High school: | Auburn (Auburn, Alabama) | ||||||||||||
| College: | Alabama | ||||||||||||
| NFL draft: | 2018 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22 | ||||||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 12, 2019 | |||||||||||||
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Alan Rashaan Evans (born November 8, 1995) is an American football linebacker for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Titans in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft. He played college football at Alabama.
High school career
A native of Auburn, Alabama, Evans attended Auburn High School, where he was teammates with Reuben Foster.[1]
College career
In four seasons at Alabama, Evans appeared in 53 games with 14 starts and totaled 152 tackles, 15.0 sacks, 23.5 tackles for loss, five passes defended, 19 quarterback hurries, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. He started 14 games over his final two seasons and appeared in three CFP National Championship contests with two victories.
Evans graduated from Alabama in December 2017 with a degree in psychology.
Professional career
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | |||||
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| 6 ft 1+7⁄8 in (1.88 m) |
232 lb (105 kg) |
32+1⁄4 in (0.82 m) |
10 in (0.25 m) |
4.36 s | 6.95 s | 30 in (0.76 m) |
9 ft 8 in (2.95 m) | |||||
| All values from NFL Draft[2][3] | ||||||||||||
Evans was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the first round (22nd overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft.[4]
2018 season: Rookie year
On May 15, 2018, Evans signed a four-year deal worth $11.7 million with a $6.59 million signing bonus.[5] On September 23, 2018, Evans made his first career start, as well as his first career tackle, against the Jacksonville Jaguars in a 9-6 Week 3 victory. [6]
Evans finished his rookie year with 63 tackles, six quarterback pressures, two tackles for loss, and three passes defensed.
2019 season
In Week 4, Evans made 10 combined tackles and made his first NFL sack during a 24-10 road win at the Atlanta Falcons. Evans was credited with half a sack after he sacked Matt Ryan with teammate Isaiah Mack. During Week 10 against the Kansas City Chiefs, Evans recovered a fumble forced by teammate David Long Jr. on running back Damien Williams and returned it for a 53 yard touchdown in the 35–32 victory.[7]
NFL statistics
| Year | Team | Games | Tackling | Fumbles | Interceptions | ||||||||||||
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| GP | GS | Comb | Total | Ast | Sack | FF | FR | Yds | TD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | PD | ||
| 2018 | TEN | 15 | 7 | 53 | 33 | 20 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | TEN | 11 | 11 | 85 | 51 | 34 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 26 | 18 | 138 | 84 | 54 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Personal life
Evans is the second oldest of five children. He has one younger brother and three sisters. His father, Alan, was a running back at Auburn, and his mother, Chenavis, received four degrees from Auburn, including her doctorate. Evans' older sister was a cheerleader at Auburn, and, despite the family ties including his cousins attending Auburn, Evans chose to attend Alabama. Growing up in rural Alabama, Evans would chase wild horses to work on improving his speed and athleticism.
References
- ^ "Alabama teammates sometimes pick on Rashaan Evans, Reuben Foster for being from Auburn". July 15, 2015.
- ^ "NFL Draft Prospect Profile - Rashaan Evans". nfl.com. March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 1, 2018.
- ^ "Alabama OLB Rashaan Evans : 2018 NFL Draft Scout Player Profile". NFLDraftScout.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ^ Wyatt, Jim (April 26, 2018). "Titans Take Alabama LB Rashaan Evans in NFL Draft". TitansOnline.com.
- ^ "Titans sign Rashaan Evans". NFL. Retrieved May 15, 2018.
- ^ Wyatt, Jim (September 26, 2018). "Titans, Rookie Linebacker Rashaan Evans Seeing Progress". Titansonline.com. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
- ^ "Titans rally, spoil Mahomes' return beating Chiefs 35-32". www.espn.com. November 10, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
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