Running back, Kansas, 1941–47
Ray Evans
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Ray Evans played running back at Kansas (1941–42, 1946–47). The Chicago Bears took Evans in the first round, No. 9 overall in the 1944 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1964.
At a glance
Honors
Team titles: Big Eight champions, 1946 and 1947
All-America: AP first team 1947; Collier’s 1947; INS second team 1947; AP third team 1946; NEA third team 1947; Central Press third team 1947; FWAA third team 1947
The teams in those years
Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.
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