![]() It was the first time Texas A&M had two top 7 picks in the same draft since 1941. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Evans with the seventh overall pick, one pick after college teammate Jake Matthews. He was ranked as one of the top two wide receivers in the draft by every media outlet. He was projected to be a consensus top-ten pick and a first-round draft selection was a guarantee. ![]() ![]() On January 2, 2014, Evans announced that he would forgo the final two seasons of his collegiate eligibility and enter the 2014 NFL Draft. Evans finished the season with 69 receptions for 1,394 yards and twelve touchdowns. Evans was selected to the 2013 All-America Team, First-team on December 17, 2013. In the 2013 game against #1 Alabama, Evans caught seven passes for a school-record 279 yards, then went on to break the record after compiling 11 receptions for 287 yards and four touchdowns. He received freshman All-SEC honors for his performance. After being redshirted as a freshman in 2011, he had 82 receptions for 1,105 yards and five touchdowns in 2012. He played for the team from 2011 to 2013. He earned second-team District 24-4A honors and was eventually recruited by Texas A&M as a wide receiver and signed on to play for the Aggies. His experience with football started relatively late, in his senior year, and as a result, he wasn’t the most heavily recruited. He was a solid basketball player, averaging 18.3 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 5.2 assists as a senior. He played basketball, and football, and ran track for the Tors Athletic team of his Ball High School that he attended in Galveston, Texas. He won his first Super Bowl championship on February 7, 2021, in a victory over the Kansas City Chiefs.Įvans was multi-talented in the athletic field. Evans is the only player in NFL history to start his career with eight consecutive seasons with at least 1,000 receiving yards. Evans holds nearly every major Buccaneers franchise receiving record including, career receptions, yards, and touchdowns. He has been selected to the Pro Bowl four times and was a Second-team All-Pro in 2016. Evans played college football at Texas A&M, where he earned consensus first-team All-American honors after recording a school record of 1,394 receiving yards on 69 receptions, and was drafted by the Buccaneers in the first round with the seventh overall pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. Michael Lynn Evans III is an American football wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL).
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