Mitchell Evans with the Carolina Panthers, 2025
With the Carolina Panthers, 2025. Photo: Bobak Ha’Eri, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Tight end, Notre Dame, 2021–⁠24

Mitchell Evans

Number
No. 88
Height
6′5″
Weight
260 lb
Class (2024)
Senior
Hometown
Wadsworth, OH
Born
Mar 18, 2003

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Mitchell Evans played tight end at Notre Dame (2021–⁠24). The Carolina Panthers took Evans in round 5, No. 163 overall in the 2025 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
422
Receiving yards, 2023 (Notre Dame, 10–⁠3)
Drafted
No. 163
Round 5, 2025 NFL Draft (Carolina Panthers)

Career highs

7catches, career highvs. Ohio State, 2023134receiving yards, career highat Duke, 2023

Receiving

Receiving yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2021Notre Dame22110.5013
2022Notre Dame33913.0118
2023Notre Dame2942214.6136
2024Notre Dame434219.8333
Career7790311.7536

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2021Notre Dame88TEFr.
2022Notre Dame88TESo.
2023Notre Dame88TEJr.
2024Notre Dame88TESr.6′5″260

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
2021Notre Dame20.51––1.0–
2022Notre Dame91.09––9.8–
2023Notre Dame341.2593rd (n=681)0.8042.58%
2024Notre Dame480.8032nd (n=581)0.9238.26%

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

2024 Notre Dame 14 games, 43 catches, 421 yards, 3 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 7vs.Northern IllinoisL 14–⁠16226014–
Sep 14atPurdueW 66–⁠7327019–
Sep 21vs.Miami (OH)W 28–⁠321509–
Sep 28vs.LouisvilleW 31–⁠2431406–
Oct 19vs.Georgia TechW 31–⁠13426010–
Oct 26vs.NavyW 51–⁠14225013–
Nov 9vs.Florida StateW 52–⁠3221112–
Nov 16vs.VirginiaW 35–⁠14434116–
Nov 23vs.ArmyW 49–⁠14225018–
Nov 30atUSCW 49–⁠35559123–
Dec 20 ✦vs.IndianaW 27–⁠1721709–
Jan 2 ✦vs.GeorgiaW 23–⁠10322011–
Jan 9 ✦vs.Penn StateW 27–⁠24558032–
Jan 20 ✦vs.Ohio StateL 23–⁠34452033–
2023 Notre Dame 7 games, 29 catches, 422 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Sep 2vs.Tennessee StateW 56–⁠3461018–
Sep 9atNC StateW 45–⁠2412022
Sep 23vs.Ohio StateL 14–⁠17775025–
Sep 30atDukeW 21–⁠146134036–
Oct 7atLouisvilleL 20–⁠33471126–
Oct 14vs.USCW 48–⁠2021308–
Oct 28vs.PittsburghW 58–⁠7566022–
2022 Notre Dame 6 games, 3 catches, 39 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Oct 22vs.UNLVW 44–⁠21––––5
Oct 29atSyracuseW 41–⁠24––––2
Nov 12vs.NavyW 35–⁠32––––2
Nov 19vs.Boston CollegeW 44–⁠0––––2
Nov 26atUSCL 27–⁠38––––0
Dec 30 ✦vs.South CarolinaW 45–⁠38339118–
2021 Notre Dame 2 games, 2 catches, 21 yards
DateOpponentResultRecYdsTDLongRush
Nov 13atVirginiaW 28–⁠31808–
Nov 27atStanfordW 45–⁠14113013–

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

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2025Combine or pro day 2025
Height6′5⅜″
Weight258 lb
Arm length31⅞″
Hand size9½″
Wingspan77″
40-yard dash4.74 s
10-yard split1.55 s
Vertical jump31″
Broad jump9′7″
Bench press17 repsW
3-cone drill7.25 s
20-yard shuttle4.40 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

2 seasons, 18 games with a stat; latest team: Carolina Panthers.

SeasonTeamGRecYdsTD
2025Carolina Panthers14191712
2026 (so far)Carolina Panthers46660
NFL career18252372

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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