Mike Evans with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2014
With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 2014. Photo: Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Receiver, Texas A&M, 2011–⁠13

Mike Evans

Number
No. 13
Height
6′5″
Hometown
Galveston, TX
Born
Aug 21, 1993, in Galveston, Texas

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Mike Evans played receiver at Texas A&M (2011–⁠13). He was a consensus All‑American in 2013. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Evans in the first round, No. 7 overall in the 2014 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
1,394
Receiving yards, 2013 (Texas A&M, 9–⁠4)
Best game
279 yards
Vs. Alabama, week 3, 2013: No. 1 receiving game in FBS that week
Drafted
No. 7
Overall, 2014 NFL Draft (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Career highs

11catches, career highvs. Auburn, 2013287receiving yards, career highvs. Auburn, 20134receiving touchdowns, career highvs. Auburn, 2013

Honors

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2012Texas A&M821,10513.5575
2013Texas A&M691,39420.21295
Career1512,49916.51795

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2011Texas A&M13WR
2012Texas A&M13WR
2013Texas A&M13WR6′5″

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
2013Texas A&M571.2896th (n=341)0.8173.07%

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

2013 Texas A&M 13 games, 69 catches, 1,394 yards, 12 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Aug 31vs.RiceW 52–⁠31684226
Sep 7vs.Sam HoustonW 65–⁠287155042
Sep 14vs.AlabamaL 42–⁠497279195
Sep 21vs.SMUW 42–⁠13257046
Sep 28atArkansasW 45–⁠336116249
Oct 12atOle MissW 41–⁠38446026
Oct 19vs.AuburnL 41–⁠4511287464
Oct 26vs.VanderbiltW 56–⁠24577243
Nov 2vs.UTEPW 57–⁠7446126
Nov 9vs.Mississippi StateW 51–⁠415116075
Nov 23atLSUL 10–⁠34451038
Nov 30atMissouriL 21–⁠2848010
Dec 31 ✦vs.DukeW 52–⁠48472026
2012 Texas A&M 13 games, 82 catches, 1,105 yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLong
Sep 8vs.FloridaL 17–⁠20760027
Sep 15atSMUW 48–⁠36123038
Sep 22vs.South Carolina StateW 70–⁠14541018
Sep 29vs.ArkansasW 58–⁠10683126
Oct 6atOle MissW 30–⁠278105032
Oct 13atLouisiana TechW 59–⁠574137175
Oct 20vs.LSUL 19–⁠24676021
Oct 27atAuburnW 63–⁠21580028
Nov 3atMississippi StateW 38–⁠13997032
Nov 10atAlabamaW 29–⁠24540015
Nov 17vs.Sam HoustonW 47–⁠28681233
Nov 24vs.MissouriW 59–⁠29899130
Jan 4 ✦vs.OklahomaW 41–⁠13783020

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2014
Height6′4¾″
Weight231 lb
Arm length35⅛″
Hand size9⅝″
Wingspan82¼″W
40-yard dash4.53 s
10-yard split1.60 sW
Vertical jump37″
Bench press12 reps
3-cone drill7.08 s
20-yard shuttle4.26 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

13 seasons, 181 games with a stat; latest team: San Francisco 49ers.

Pro Bowls: 6 (2016, 2018–⁠19, 2021, 2023–⁠24) · Second-team All-Pro (AP): 2 (2016, 2023)

All-Pro teams: AP second team 2016, 2023.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2014Tampa Bay Buccaneers15681,05112
2015Tampa Bay Buccaneers15741,2063
2016Tampa Bay Buccaneers16961,32112
2017Tampa Bay Buccaneers15711,0015
2018Tampa Bay Buccaneers16861,5248
2019Tampa Bay Buccaneers13671,1578
2020Tampa Bay Buccaneers16701,00613
2021Tampa Bay Buccaneers16741,03514
2022Tampa Bay Buccaneers15771,1246
2023Tampa Bay Buccaneers17791,25513
2024Tampa Bay Buccaneers14741,00411
2025Tampa Bay Buccaneers8303683
2026 (so far)San Francisco 49ers5243263
NFL career18189013,378111

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. Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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