Jordan Evans in the NFL
In the NFL. Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Oklahoma, 2013–⁠16

Jordan Evans

Number
No. 26
Height
6′2″
Hometown
Norman, OK
Born
Jan 27, 1995, in Norman, Oklahoma

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Jordan Evans played linebacker at Oklahoma (2013–⁠16). The Cincinnati Bengals took Evans in round 6, No. 193 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2016
First-team All-Big 12
Best game
9 tackles
Vs. Baylor, week 11, 2016: No. 3 defensive game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 193
Round 6, 2017 NFL Draft (Cincinnati Bengals)

Career highs

10tackles, career highfour times; last vs. Kansas, 20162sacks, career highvs. Baylor, 20162interceptions, career highvs. Baylor, 2016

Honors

Team titles: Big 12 champions, 2015 and 2016

Defense

SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2014Oklahoma––––1––
2016Oklahoma9855102.5483
Career9855102.5583

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.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLPBU
2013866120.51

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2013Oklahoma26LB
2014Oklahoma26LB
2015Oklahoma26LB
2016Oklahoma26LB6′2″

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

2016 Oklahoma 13 games, 98 tackles, 2.5 sacks, 4 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 3vs.HoustonL 23–⁠33851000
Sep 10vs.UL MonroeW 59–⁠171030.5002
Sep 17vs.Ohio StateL 24–⁠45630.5000
Oct 1atTCUW 52–⁠461062000
Oct 8vs.TexasW 45–⁠401051.50.500
Oct 15vs.Kansas StateW 38–⁠17310000
Oct 22atTexas TechW 66–⁠59740.5000
Oct 29vs.KansasW 56–⁠31050010
Nov 3atIowa StateW 34–⁠24310000
Nov 12vs.BaylorW 45–⁠24962222
Nov 19atWest VirginiaW 56–⁠28550011
Dec 3vs.Oklahoma StateW 38–⁠20851002
Jan 2 ✦vs.AuburnW 35–⁠19961001
2014 Oklahoma 1 game, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Oct 4atTCUL 33–⁠37––––1–

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

Before the draft

DrillPro day 2017
Height6′2⅞″
Weight232 lb
Arm length31″
Hand size8¾″
40-yard dash4.51 s
10-yard split1.56 sW
Vertical jump38½″
Broad jump9′11″
Bench press19 reps
3-cone drill7.01 s
20-yard shuttle4.18 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

5 seasons, 44 games with a stat; latest team: Cincinnati Bengals.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2017Cincinnati Bengals103800
2018Cincinnati Bengals13601.51
2019Cincinnati Bengals101200
2020Cincinnati Bengals81121
2021Cincinnati Bengals3500
NFL career441263.52

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.

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2023XFLSeattle Sea Dragons
2024UFLDC Defenders *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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