Troy Evans (American football)

Troy Evans
No. 54
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1977-12-03) December 3, 1977 (age 47)
Bay City, Michigan, U.S.
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:243 lb (110 kg)
Career information
High school:West Chester (OH) Lakota
College:Cincinnati
Undrafted:2001
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Total tackles:137
Fumble recoveries:3
Pass deflections:4
Interceptions:1
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Troy Evans (born December 3, 1977) is a former American football linebacker. Evans previously played for the St. Louis Rams, Houston Texans, and New Orleans Saints, winning a Super Bowl ring with the Saints in 2009 against the Indianapolis Colts.

Early life

Born in Bay City, Michigan, Evans moved to Cincinnati, Ohio when he was 11, and attended Lakota High School in West Chester Township, north of Cincinnati, where he won All-State honors in both football and basketball.[1]

College career

Evans was a four-year letterman and two-year starter at outside linebacker for the University of Cincinnati. As a senior, he was a second-team All-Conference USA selection and posted 4.5 sacks and 107 tackles. As a junior, he made 96 tackles. He graduated from Cincinnati in 2000 with a business finance degree.[2]

Professional career

Signed as an undrafted free agent, Evans played on the practice squad of the 2001-2002 St. Louis Rams, who lost Super Bowl XXXVI to the New England Patriots.

The following year, Evans was signed as free agent by the Texans. He remained with the team until the 2007 season, when he signed a two-year deal with the New Orleans Saints. He has been used as a special teams player during his career. Evans was selected as Saints special teams captain in 2008 and 2009.[3] As one of the Saints' team captains, Evans was the player who called the pregame coin toss before the Saints' victory in Super Bowl XLIV.[2][4]

The Saints released Evans on August 24, 2010.[5]

In June 2011, Evans told his home town school board that he was starting a private school bus service for students who were losing their school service due to budget cuts.[6]

NFL career statistics

Legend
Bold Career high

Regular season

Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
GP GS Cmb Solo Ast Sck TFL Int Yds TD Lng PD FF FR Yds TD
2002 HOU 12 0 14 9 5 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2003 HOU 15 0 13 9 4 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 HOU 13 0 9 8 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 HOU 16 0 27 22 5 0.0 0 1 3 0 3 3 0 1 0 0
2006 HOU 16 0 14 11 3 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 NOR 16 0 17 15 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 NOR 15 0 14 13 1 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
2009 NOR 16 2 29 25 4 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
119 2 137 112 25 0.0 3 1 3 0 3 4 0 3 3 0

Playoffs

Year Team Games Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
GP GS Cmb Solo Ast Sck TFL Int Yds TD Lng PD FF FR Yds TD
2009 NOR 3 0 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 0 2 2 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

  1. ^ Erich Doerr, "Bay City native Troy Evans marches into Super Bowl as special teams captain for Saints", The Bay City Times, February 4, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Garrett Sabelhaus, "Troy Evans: alum wins Super Bowl with Saints", The News Record (University of Cincinnati), February 16, 2010.
  3. ^ Jordan Godwin, "Familiar faces, different places: After spending five seasons with the Texans, Saints linebacker Troy Evans likes what he sees in his old team." Houston Chronicle, August 19, 2010.
  4. ^ Steven Matthews, "Lakota grad Evans reflects on Super Bowl win" Archived 2011-06-22 at the Wayback Machine, JournalNews (Hamilton, Ohio), February 11, 2010.
  5. ^ Mike Triplett, "New Orleans Saints make early roster cuts, release linebacker Troy Evans among others", Times-Picayune, August 24, 2010.
  6. ^ Lindsey Hilty, "Super Bowl champ seeks to provide bussing to Lakota students", The Pulse-Journal (Mason, Ohio), June 14, 2011.