Mike Evans

It was the first time Texas A&M had two Top 7 draft picks in the same draft since John Kimbrough and Jim Thomason in 1941.

He was the second wide receiver taken after Sammy Watkins was picked by the Buffalo Bills with the fourth overall pick.

Michael Lynn Evans III (born August 21, 1993) is an American football wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL).

Evans played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies, earning consensus All-American honors after recording a school record of 1,394 receiving yards on 69 receptions.

He became the first rookie receiver to have three consecutive games of 100 yards and at least one touchdown since Randy Moss in 1998.

He also became the youngest player in NFL history to catch for 200 or more yards in one game.

Evans was also the fifth rookie of the Super Bowl era to record 200 receiving yards and two touchdowns in a game, the first player to accomplish that feat since Anquan Boldin in 2003.

He received National Football Conference (NFC) Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance.

While attending Texas A&M University, Evans played for the Texas A&M Aggies football team from 2011 to 2013.

After being redshirted as a freshman in 2011, he had 82 receptions for 1,105 yards and five touchdowns in 2012.

On the year, he recorded three games with at least 100 receiving yards.

He received freshman All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) honors from the league's coaches.

In the 2013 game against #1 Alabama, Evans caught seven passes for a school-record 279 yards in the 49–42 loss.

During the game against #24 Auburn, he broke his own record after he compiled 11 receptions for 287 yards and four touchdowns.

As a sophomore in 2013, Evans was a first-team All-SEC selection.

On December 17, 2013, it was announced that Evans was selected to the 2013 Associated Press All-America Team, First-team.

Evans finished the 2013 season with 69 receptions for 1,394 yards and twelve touchdowns.

He was selected by the Buccaneers in the first round with the seventh overall pick in the 2014 NFL draft.

On January 2, 2014, Evans announced that he would forgo his final two seasons of his collegiate eligibility and enter the 2014 NFL draft.

The majority of analysts and scouts projected him to be a consensus top 10 pick and a first round draft selection.

He was ranked the top wide receiver in the draft by Sports Illustrated and the second best wide receiver by NFLDraftScout.com.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Evans with the seventh overall pick in the 2014 NFL draft, one pick after his college teammate Jake Matthews.

On June 12, 2014, Evans signed a four-year rookie contract worth $14.6 million, with an $8.96 million signing bonus.

Evans made his professional regular season debut on September 7, 2014, in the Buccaneers' season-opener against the Carolina Panthers, logging five receptions for 37 yards.

On September 28, 2014, Evans caught four passes for 65 receiving yards, including his first career touchdown on a 7-yard pass from Mike Glennon in a 27–24 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

In Week 9 against the Cleveland Browns, Evans caught seven passes for 124 receiving yards and two touchdowns in a 22–17 loss.

The following week, he had seven catches for 125 receiving yards and a touchdown in a 27–17 loss to the Atlanta Falcons.

On November 16, 2014, in a 27–7 victory over the Washington Redskins, Evans caught seven passes for 209 receiving yards and two touchdowns.

Evans has been selected to the Pro Bowl five times and was a second-team All-Pro in 2016 and 2023.

Evans holds nearly every major Buccaneers franchise receiving record, including career receptions, yards, and touchdowns.

He won a Super Bowl championship in Super Bowl LV over the Kansas City Chiefs.

He has a record ten 1,000-yard receiving seasons to start a career.

Evans attended Ball High School in Galveston, Texas, where he played basketball, football, and ran track for the Tors athletic teams.

In basketball, he averaged 18.3 points, 8.4 rebounds, and 5.2 assists as a senior.

He only played football during his senior year, and was thus not heavily recruited by college football programs.

As a senior, he earned second-team District 24-4A honors after making 25 receptions for 648 yards and seven touchdowns.

In track & field, Evans competed in the jumping events.

He got personal-best leaps of 14.11 meters in the triple jump and 6.28 meters in the long jump.

He also posted a 4.54 time in the 40-yard dash at football camp and was a member of the 4 × 100m and 4 × 200m relay squads.

He was recruited by Texas A&M as a wide receiver and eventually signed to play for the Aggies.