Running back, Samford (from Austin Peay, Tennessee State), 2020–25
C.J. Evans Jr.
- Number
- No. 0
- Height
- 5′8″
- Weight
- 180 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Mobile, AL
C.J. Evans Jr. played running back at Austin Peay (2020–23), Tennessee State (2024) and Samford (2025).
Career highs
104rushing yards, career highvs. Presbyterian, 20222rushing touchdowns, career highthree times; last vs. Murray State, 20226catches, career highvs. Southeast Missouri State, 2024107receiving yards, career highvs. Southeast Missouri State, 2024Team titles: Atlantic Sun champions, 2022; United Athletic champions, 2023; Big South–OVC Football Association champions, 2024
Rushing
| Season | Team | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Austin Peay | 16 | 92 | 5.8 | 2 | 64 |
| 2021 | Austin Peay | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 1 | 40 |
| 2022 | Austin Peay | 132 | 647 | 4.9 | 6 | 62 |
| 2023 | Austin Peay | 29 | 153 | 5.3 | 1 | 48 |
| 2024 | Tennessee State | 72 | 289 | 4.0 | 2 | 38 |
| 2025 | Samford | 90 | 243 | 2.7 | 2 | 32 |
| Career | 346 | 1,498 | 4.3 | 14 | 64 | |
Returns
| Season | Team | KR | Yds | TD | PR | Yds | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Austin Peay | 3 | 46 | 0 | – | – | – |
| 2024 | Tennessee State | 19 | 614 | 2 | 12 | 115 | 0 |
| 2025 | Samford | 7 | 185 | 0 | 8 | 59 | 0 |
| Career | 29 | 845 | 2 | 20 | 174 | 0 | |
Receiving
| Season | Team | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Austin Peay | 6 | 16 | 2.7 | 0 | 9 |
| 2021 | Austin Peay | 4 | 31 | 7.8 | 0 | 18 |
| 2022 | Austin Peay | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 0 | 25 |
| 2023 | Austin Peay | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | 22 |
| 2024 | Tennessee State | 23 | 302 | 13.1 | 3 | 74 |
| 2025 | Samford | 22 | 142 | 6.5 | 2 | 27 |
| Career | 64 | 565 | 8.8 | 5 | 74 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Austin Peay | 0 | RB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2021 | Austin Peay | 0 | RB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2022 | Austin Peay | 0 | RB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2023 | Austin Peay | 0 | RB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2024 | Tennessee State | 0 | RB | Yr 5 | ||
| 2025 | Samford | 0 | RB | Sr. (Yr 6) | 5′8″ | 180 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Per play
| Season | Team | Plays | EPA/play | Pctile | Median | Total | Usage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Austin Peay (FCS) | 23 | 0.20 | – | – | 4.5 | 18% |
| 2022 | Austin Peay (FCS) | 94 | 0.10 | 35th (n=470) | 0.14 | 9.5 | 16% |
| 2023 | Austin Peay (FCS) | 32 | 0.08 | – | – | 2.6 | 16% |
| 2025 | Samford (FCS) | 107 | -0.17 | 1st (n=576) | 0.10 | -18.8 | 15% |
Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.
Game by game
2025 Samford 11 games, 243 rushing yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | vs. | L 3–34 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 2 |
| Sep 6 | vs. | L 13–40 | 7 | 31 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Sep 13 | at | L 7–42 | 13 | 53 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 20 | at | L 35–50 | 15 | 56 | 1 | 2 | 48 | – |
| Sep 27 | vs. | L 13–31 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 2 |
| Oct 4 | at | L 21–45 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 30 | – |
| Oct 25 | vs. | L 13–49 | 7 | 21 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 1 | at | L 16–26 | 4 | 12 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 8 | vs. | L 14–38 | 7 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 2 |
| Nov 15 | at | L 16–30 | 13 | 6 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 22 | at | L 0–48 | 9 | 10 | 0 | – | – | – |
2024 Tennessee State 12 games, 289 rushing yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7 | at | L 3–52 | 4 | 22 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 14 | vs. | W 41–28 | 5 | 52 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 21 | at | L 14–24 | 6 | 14 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 28 | vs. | W 13–9 | 8 | 31 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 5 | at | W 24–20 | 4 | 8 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Oct 12 | vs. | W 41–17 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 2 |
| Oct 19 | at | W 27–14 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 150 | 2 |
| Nov 2 | vs. | L 21–28 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 140 | 2 |
| Nov 9 | at | W 45–20 | 9 | 39 | 1 | 3 | 81 | 1 |
| Nov 16 | at | W 23–20 | 7 | 25 | 0 | – | – | 1 |
| Nov 23 | vs. | W 28–21 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 2 |
| Nov 30 | at | L 27–41 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 90 | – |
2023 Austin Peay 3 games, 153 rushing yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at | L 23–49 | 8 | 30 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Sep 9 | at | L 13–30 | 7 | 21 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 16 | vs. | W 63–3 | 14 | 102 | 0 | – | – | – |
2022 Austin Peay 11 games, 647 rushing yards, 6 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | at | L 27–38 | 9 | 46 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 3 | vs. | W 63–0 | 15 | 104 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Sep 10 | vs. | W 41–0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 17 | at | W 28–3 | 18 | 76 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 24 | vs. | W 31–20 | 17 | 75 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 1 | at | L 20–49 | 8 | 6 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Oct 15 | vs. | W 52–17 | 7 | 89 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Oct 29 | vs. | L 16–40 | 12 | 71 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 5 | at | W 38–35 | 15 | 87 | 1 | – | – | – |
| Nov 12 | at | W 31–14 | 9 | 32 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Nov 19 | at | L 0–34 | 14 | 51 | 0 | – | – | – |
2021 Austin Peay 1 game, 74 rushing yards, 1 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11 | at | L 17–54 | 7 | 74 | 1 | – | – | – |
No box score in the source for Sep 2 at Chattanooga, so that game is not listed.
2020 Austin Peay 2 games, 92 rushing yards, 2 TD
| Date | Opponent | Result | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | KR | Yds | PR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | at | L 0–55 | 4 | 4 | 0 | – | – | – |
| Sep 19 | at | L 20–55 | 12 | 88 | 2 | 3 | 46 | – |
No box score in the source for Aug 30 at Central Arkansas; Feb 21 at Tennessee Tech; Feb 28 vs. Tennessee State; Mar 14 at Southeast Missouri State; Mar 21 vs. UT Martin; Mar 28 at Jacksonville State; Apr 3 vs. Murray State, so those games are not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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