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Position | Defensive end |
Class | Senior |
Major | Enterprise Leadership |
Personal information | |
Born: | June 29, 1999 |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Weight | 252 lb (114 kg) |
Career history | |
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High school | Ames (Ames, Iowa) |
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Joe Evans (born June 29, 1999) is an American football defensive end for the Iowa Hawkeyes.
Evans attended high school at Ames. In Evans junior season after being forced to play quarterback after injuries to the starter, he completed 106 of his 178 passes for 1,276 yards and 17 touchdowns, while also adding 439 yards and five touchdowns on the ground.[1] Coming out of high school, Evans decided to walk-on to play college football for the Iowa Hawkeyes.[2][3]
In Evans true freshman season in 2018, he did not appear in any games and would redshirt.[4] In the 2019 season, Evans posted seven tackles with four being for a loss, and four sacks.[5] During the 2020 season, Evans was put on scholarship by the Hawkeyes.[6] In the covid shortened 2020 season, Evans tallied seven tackles with two going for a loss, a sack, and a pass deflection.[7] In 2021, Evans would breakout notching 33 tackles with seven being for a loss, seven sacks, a pass deflection, and a forced fumble.[8] In week one of the 2022 season, Evans tallied two sacks, and a safety as he helped Iowa to a 7-3 win over South Dakota State.[9] In week eight, Evans sacked quarterback C. J. Stroud, while also forcing a fumble which he returned 12 yards for his first career touchdown against #2 Ohio State.[10] In the 2022 season, Evans totaled 41 tackles with eight and a half going for a loss, six and a half sacks, and two forced fumbles.[11] For his performance in the 2022 season, Evans was named second team all Big-10.[12] In week 12 of the 2023 season, Evans notched four tackles with one and a half going for a loss, a sack, a safety, and three pass deflections, as he helped the Hawkeyes beat Illinois 15-13.[13] In the 2024 Citrus Bowl, Evans notched a career-high four sacks in a loss to Tennessee.[14] In Evans final season in 2023, he made 46 tackles with 13.5 going for a loss, nine and a half sacks, four pass deflections, and a forced fumbles.[15]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 1+3⁄8 in (1.86 m) |
246 lb (112 kg) |
30+1⁄2 in (0.77 m) |
9+1⁄4 in (0.23 m) |
4.67 s | 1.61 s | 2.72 s | 4.40 s | 7.10 s | 41.5 in (1.05 m) |
9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
24 reps | |
All values from Pro Day[16][17] |