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, 2024

Team titles: Atlantic Sun champions, 2022; United Athletic champions, 2023; Big South–OVC Football Association champions, 2024

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2020Austin Peay16925.8264
2021Austin Peay77410.6140
2022Austin Peay1326474.9662
2023Austin Peay291535.3148
2024Tennessee State722894.0238
2025Samford902432.7232
Career3461,4984.31464

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2020Austin Peay3460–––
2024Tennessee State196142121150
2025Samford718508590
Career298452201740

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2020Austin Peay6162.709
2021Austin Peay4317.8018
2022Austin Peay5459.0025
2023Austin Peay4297.3022
2024Tennessee State2330213.1374
2025Samford221426.5227
Career645658.8574

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

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2020Austin Peay0RBYr 1
2021Austin Peay0RBYr 2
2022Austin Peay0RBYr 3
2023Austin Peay0RBYr 4
2024Tennessee State0RBYr 5
2025Samford0RBSr. (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

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2020Austin Peay (FCS)230.20––4.518%
2022Austin Peay (FCS)940.1035th (n=470)0.149.516%
2023Austin Peay (FCS)320.08––2.616%
2025Samford (FCS)107-0.171st (n=576)0.10-18.815%

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
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Aug 28vs.West GeorgiaL 3–⁠3472302422
Sep 6vs.The CitadelL 13–⁠407311––1
Sep 13atBaylorL 7–⁠4213530–––
Sep 20atWestern CarolinaL 35–⁠5015561248–
Sep 27vs.FurmanL 13–⁠3171802652
Oct 4atMercerL 21–⁠45150130–
Oct 25vs.ChattanoogaL 13–⁠497210–––
Nov 1atWoffordL 16–⁠264120–––
Nov 8vs.East Tennessee StateL 14–⁠38780––2
Nov 15atAustin PeayL 16–⁠301360––1
Nov 22atTexas A&ML 0–⁠489100–––
2024 Tennessee State 12 games, 289 rushing yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 7atNorth Dakota StateL 3–⁠524220–––
Sep 14vs.Arkansas–Pine BluffW 41–⁠285521–––
Sep 21atTennessee TechL 14–⁠246140–––
Sep 28vs.Charleston SouthernW 13–⁠98310––1
Oct 5atLindenwoodW 24–⁠20480––1
Oct 12vs.Eastern IllinoisW 41–⁠1773702652
Oct 19atHowardW 27–⁠14520031502
Nov 2vs.UT MartinL 21–⁠2887031402
Nov 9atWestern IllinoisW 45–⁠2093913811
Nov 16atGardner-WebbW 23–⁠207250––1
Nov 23vs.Southeast Missouri StateW 28–⁠213803882
Nov 30atMontanaL 27–⁠416260590–
2023 Austin Peay 3 games, 153 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 2atSouthern IllinoisL 23–⁠498301–––
Sep 9atTennesseeL 13–⁠307210–––
Sep 16vs.East Tennessee StateW 63–⁠3141020–––
2022 Austin Peay 11 games, 647 rushing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Aug 27atWestern KentuckyL 27–⁠389460–––
Sep 3vs.PresbyterianW 63–⁠0151042–––
Sep 10vs.Mississippi Valley StateW 41–⁠08100–––
Sep 17atAlabama A&MW 28–⁠318760–––
Sep 24vs.Eastern KentuckyW 31–⁠2017750–––
Oct 1atCentral ArkansasL 20–⁠49860–––
Oct 15vs.Murray StateW 52–⁠177892–––
Oct 29vs.Jacksonville StateL 16–⁠4012711–––
Nov 5atNorth AlabamaW 38–⁠3515871–––
Nov 12atKennesaw StateW 31–⁠149320–––
Nov 19atAlabamaL 0–⁠3414510–––
2021 Austin Peay 1 game, 74 rushing yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 11atOle MissL 17–⁠547741–––

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
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 12atPittsburghL 0–⁠55440–––
Sep 19atCincinnatiL 20–⁠5512882346–

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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