If you happen to open up a dictionary and shift by way of the pages to the phrase “consistency,” you may discover a image of present Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans, who, regardless of lacking three video games within the 2024 season, nonetheless managed to eclipse the 1,000-yard receiving mark for a record-tying eleventh consecutive season, ending with 1,004 yards.
The participant he is tied with? Some man named Jerry Rice or one thing. You might need heard of him.
And now because the NFL season draws nearer, the time arrives for the league’s Prime 100 Gamers, which is voted on by the gamers themselves, one other sliver of consistency that Evans may very well be synonymous with.
Although Evans dropped a good quantity from the place he ranked on the listing final 12 months at twenty sixth, the Canton-bound wideout nonetheless discovered himself ranked within the prime half of the Prime 100, this 12 months at quantity 44, larger than San Francisco 49ers offensive lineman Trent Williams and decrease than Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter, each considered among the finest at their respective positions.
The season was a little bit of a sluggish one for the Aggie legend, he nonetheless continued his streak of 1,000-yard seasons each to begin a profession and likewise 1,000-yard seasons on the whole, though he did not obtain his mark till his remaining reception of the season in Week 18 towards the New Orleans Saints, one other shut name and the bottom receiving complete for the A&M alum since 2017, when he simply barely reached the four-digit mark with 1,001 yards.
However how does this examine to the place Evans has been on earlier Prime 100 Gamers Lists?
After his phenomenal rookie marketing campaign that noticed him report 1,051 yards and 12 touchdowns, the latter a Bucs report, Evans discovered himself ranked reasonably excessive for a rookie on the listing, at 75, however after what he was in a position to do in his first NFL video games, this should not come as a shock.
Evans’ 2016 season, his third within the NFL, noticed him report 96 catches, which continues to be his profession excessive as of 2025. He additionally had 1,321 yards and a dozen receiving touchdowns.
The 2018 marketing campaign noticed Evans report a career-high 1,524 yards, which additionally nonetheless stands because the Aggie’s highest mark at the moment.
2019 noticed Evans sharing his receiving load after the breakout of fellow receiver Chris Godwin, however he nonetheless bought to 1,000 yards with little subject and nonetheless had eight touchdowns in quarterback Jameis Winston’s notorious 30-touchdown, 30-interception season.
His first season with the legendary Tom Brady throwing him the ball, Evans took full benefit of the large improve in quarterback productiveness, matching his jersey quantity with 13 touchdowns as Evans and the staff gained their first Tremendous Bowl in virtually 20 years, Brady’s historic seventh win within the huge sport.
The 2021 season noticed the connection between the longer term Corridor of Famers tighten drastically, with Evans placing up 1,035 yards and a career-high 14 touchdowns.
In his remaining season with Brady as his quarterback, Evans produced 1,124 receiving yards and 6 touchdowns. Regardless of the manufacturing, Evans noticed no motion on the annual listing.
His highest rating up to now, Evans was nonetheless WR1 in Baker Mayfield’s first season in Tampa Bay, with 1,255 receiving yards and a league-leading 13 touchdowns, which he shared with Miami Dolphins wideout Tyreek Hill, and one among his scores going for 75 yards.
