Zach Evans

STATS

YEAR (GP/GS)    CAR    YDS       AVG    TD         REC     YDS    AVG    TD

2020: (9/3)         54       418        7.7      4            8          76       9.5      0

2021: (6/5)         92       648        7.0      5            10       130      13.0    1

2022: (12/8)       144     936        6.5      9            12       119       9.9      1

Total: (27/16)    290     2,002    6.9      18          30       325           10.8    2

HISTORY — from college profile

2022 (jr): Earned third team All-SEC accolades from Pro Football Focus ... Appeared in 12 contests with eight starts at running back ... Finished the season with 936 rushing yards on 144 carries and nine touchdowns ... Also hauled in 12 catches on the season for 119 yards and one TD ... His 6.5 yards per carry led the SEC and ranked No. 10 nationally ... vs. Troy (9/3/22): Ended his Ole Miss debut with 152 all-purpose yards, running for 133 on 20 carries while catching an additional two passes for 22 yards ... vs. Central Arkansas (9/10/22): Served as the team’s starting running back, getting 11 attempts to run for 53 yards and his first touchdown as a Rebel ... at Georgia Tech (9/17/22): Netted his second 100-yard game of the season with a 134-yard performance against the Yellow Jackets on 18 total carries, running for a pair of touchdowns as well ... vs. Tulsa (9/24/22): Ran for 48 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries as the team’s starting back ... vs. Kentucky (10/1/22): Netted 24 total yards rushing on nine attempts along with a touchdown ... at Vanderbilt (10/8/22): Finished with a team-high 80 yards rushing and one touchdown on 11 carries ... vs. Auburn (10/15/22): Started at tailback for the Rebels, accounting for 21 carries, 136 yards and a touchdown on the ground along with bringing in a 23-yard touchdown reception out of the backfield ... at Texas A&M (10/29/22): Rotated into the Rebel backfield to rush for 75 yards on eight attempts, while also bringing in two receptions for 30 yards receiving ... vs. Alabama (11/12/22): Ran for 12 yards on 6 carries for the Rebels ... at Arkansas (11/19/22): Ripped off a career-high 207 rushing yards on 17 total carries, along with having a 48-yard touchdown scamper … Marks the fourth time this year that he has eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark in a game … His performance ranks as the No. 12 single-game rushing total in Ole Miss history ... vs. Mississippi State (11/24/22): Finished his day with five carries for zero yards ... vs. Texas Tech (12/28/22): Earned the start and running back and tallied 37 rushing yards on eight carries with a touchdown ... Also registered four catches for 26 yards ... Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Watch List ... Preseason All-America third team (PFF) ... Preseason All-SEC second team (Lindy’s) ... Preseason All-SEC third team (Athlon) ... Preseason All-SEC Fourth Team (Phil Steele) ... Rated as the No. 2 running back and No. 8 overall player in the transfer portal this offseason by 247Sports.

—at Texas Christian University (TCU)—

Saw action in 15 career games for the Horned Frogs, with eight starts at running back ... Averaged 7.3 yards per carry on nearly 150 rushing attempts ... Since 2020, leads all Power Five running backs in yards after contact per attempt (4.8) ... Led the Horned Frogs in rushing yards (648) in 2021 despite only playing in six games ... Averaged 7.0 yards per rush with five touchdowns before sidelined for most of the remaining portion of the season due to injury in 2021 ... His 7.7 yards per carry ranked second for a season in TCU history and second nationally for a true freshman (minimum 50 rushes) in the FBS in 2020 ... It was the second-best in the Big 12 for a true freshman dating back to 2008 ... The 7.7 average was fourth nationally by a true freshman in a Power Five Conference over the last six seasons ... Placed third on the Horned Frogs with 415 yards rushing as a true freshman while tying for second with four rushing touchdowns ... Totaled eight catches for 76 yards in 2020.

High school: Attended North Shore High School (Houston, TX) ... Rated by ESPN as the nation’s No. 16 overall prospect ... Ranked by 247Sports.com as the No. 2 running back nationally, No. 16 overall player in the country and the top recruit in Texas ... Selected to the Under Armour All-America Game ... Closed his high school career with nearly 5,000 yards rushing and 76 touchdowns ... Leading rusher as a senior for a North Shore team that won its second consecutive Texas 6A Division I state championship ... Named 6A first-team all-state by the Texas Sports Writers Association ... Shared MaxPreps Junior National Player of the Year honors after leading the Mustangs to a 16-0 record and the state title in 2018 ... North Shore became the first team from Texas to finish the year ranked No. 1 nationally since Katy in 2015 ... Rushed for more than 1,700 yards and 29 touchdowns as a junior, averaging more than 10 yards per carry ... Named the Houston Chronicle Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore ... Named the District 21-6A Newcomer of the Year.

PERSONAL

Son of Antoinette Evans ... Born May 30, 2001 ... 2021 Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 while at TCU ... 2021-22 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team at TCU ... Multi-disciplinary studies major.