Penn State, 2006–⁠10

Evan Royster

Number
No. 22
Height
6′1″
Hometown
Fairfax, VA
Born
Nov 26, 1987

Evan Royster played at Penn State (2006–⁠10). The Washington Redskins took Royster in round 6, No. 177 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,236
Rushing yards, 2008 (Penn State, 11–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 177
Round 6, 2011 NFL Draft (Washington Redskins)

Career highs

187rushing yards, best game on filevs. Temple, 20103rushing touchdowns, best game on filetwice; last vs. Oregon State, 2008

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2008

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2007*Penn State825136.3538
2008*Penn State1911,2366.51244
2009Penn State2051,1695.7669
2010*Penn State2081,0144.9650
On file (2007–⁠10)6863,9325.72969

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2007*Penn State3186.0016
2008*Penn State171559.1023
2009Penn State1618711.7249
2010*Penn State252028.1130
On file (2007–⁠10)615629.2349

Returns

SeasonTeamPRYdsTD
2009Penn State1180

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2007Penn State22
2008Penn State22
2009Penn State22
2010Penn State226′1″

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.

Game by game

2010 Penn State 13 games, 1,014 rushing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 4vs.Youngstown StateW 44–⁠141140013318
Sep 11atAlabamaL 3–⁠249320112−6
Sep 18vs.Kent StateW 24–⁠0113811517
Sep 25vs.TempleW 22–⁠132618705016
Oct 2atIowaL 3–⁠24105602628
Oct 9vs.IllinoisL 13–⁠33113508––
Oct 23atMinnesotaW 33–⁠211062129324
Oct 30vs.MichiganW 41–⁠312915022017
Nov 6vs.NorthwesternW 35–⁠2125134020445
Nov 13atOhio StateL 14–⁠3816490824
Nov 20vs.IndianaW 41–⁠241648111238
Nov 27vs.Michigan StateL 22–⁠281485111––
Jan 1 ✦vs.FloridaL 24–⁠372098023451
2009 Penn State 13 games, 1,169 rushing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 5vs.AkronW 31–⁠7146111226
Sep 12vs.SyracuseW 28–⁠71241112261
Sep 19vs.TempleW 31–⁠619134133––
Sep 26vs.IowaL 10–⁠21176901818
Oct 3atIllinoisW 35–⁠1717105120116
Oct 10vs.Eastern IllinoisW 52–⁠3894026––
Oct 17vs.MinnesotaW 20–⁠023137026223
Oct 24atMichiganW 35–⁠1020100041224
Oct 31atNorthwesternW 34–⁠131511816917
Nov 7vs.Ohio StateL 7–⁠2413360813
Nov 14vs.IndianaW 31–⁠201795118439
Nov 21atMichigan StateW 42–⁠1413114030––
Jan 1 ✦vs.LSUW 19–⁠171765017––
2008 Penn State 13 games, 1,236 rushing yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 30vs.Coastal CarolinaW 66–⁠1086432215
Sep 6vs.Oregon StateW 45–⁠1417141334––
Sep 13atSyracuseW 55–⁠1313101031––
Sep 20vs.TempleW 45–⁠397313217
Sep 27vs.IllinoisW 38–⁠2419139037223
Oct 4atPurdueW 20–⁠618141126453
Oct 11atWisconsinW 48–⁠7146019––
Oct 18vs.MichiganW 46–⁠1718174144313
Oct 25atOhio StateW 13–⁠61977010320
Nov 8atIowaL 23–⁠242690113––
Nov 15vs.IndianaW 34–⁠71263119––
Nov 22vs.Michigan StateW 49–⁠181279023334
Jan 1 ✦vs.USCL 24–⁠38634015––
2007 Penn State 10 games, 513 rushing yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 1vs.Florida InternationalW 59–⁠0870120––
Sep 22atMichiganL 9–⁠141101––
Oct 6vs.IowaW 27–⁠71686017211
Oct 13vs.WisconsinW 38–⁠7868119––
Oct 20atIndianaW 36–⁠311268112––
Oct 27vs.Ohio StateL 17–⁠3741608––
Nov 3vs.PurdueW 26–⁠192112613317
Nov 10atTempleW 31–⁠01505––
Nov 17atMichigan StateL 31–⁠352805––
Dec 29 ✦vs.Texas A&MW 24–⁠17965138––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2011Combine or pro day 2011
Height5′11⅝″
Weight212 lb
Arm length30¾″
Hand size9¼″
Wingspan73⅛″W
40-yard dash4.73 s
10-yard split1.69 s
Vertical jump34″
Broad jump9′5″
Bench press20 reps
3-cone drill7.07 s
20-yard shuttle4.18 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 25 games with a stat; latest team: Washington Redskins.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2011Washington Redskins6–00
2012Washington Redskins15–00
2013Washington Redskins4400
NFL career25400

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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