Player Dossier

2011-2011

Western Kentucky

John Evans

RB • 5'11" • Sarasota, FL, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

John Evans leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.6 efficiency.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

5

Developing production for a back

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Reliability

2

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
Western Kentucky
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic

Player Story

John Evans built his college career in 2011 as a running back from Sarasota, FL wearing No. 26, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of John Evans' career was his return-game role: 674 return yards...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.7433

Riverview · Sarasota, FL

Committed To
Western Kentucky
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

John Evans, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2011 Regular Season · Western Kentucky. John Evans leans balanced backfield option traits and 42.6 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
47
Rushing yards
43
Receiving yards
4
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

John Evans quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Kentucky · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
47
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 1 entries · 10 games
Best season
2011 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
Top game
Florida Atlantic
Recruit profile
2-star · Riverview · Western Kentucky
High school pipeline
Riverview · 16 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 26 · Class 2011
2011 Scrimmage yards rank
47 scrimmage yards · RB 380th (top 82%) · Sun Belt 112th (top 68%) · National 1,479th (top 70%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2011 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky1047434141

Related Context

John Evans played RB for Western Kentucky. Across 1 tracked season, John Evans recorded 43 rushing yards, 4 receiving yards, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Western Kentucky.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2011 Regular Season

Western Kentucky paired 47 primary output with 42.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2011 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 42.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida Atlantic

Win with 22 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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2011 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

Games

10

Scrimmage Yards / G

4.7

Efficiency

42.6

Usage

1.5

Consistency

16.9

Best Game by takeover score

Florida Atlantic

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 0. Navy: -5. Arkansas State: 0. Middle Tennessee: 6. Florida Atlantic: 22. Louisiana: 0. UL Monroe: 19. Florida International: 1. North Texas: 0. Troy: 4

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Navy: 1 by 0. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 62.5. Florida Atlantic: 1 by 100. UL Monroe: 4 by 49.5. Florida International: 1 by 10.4. Troy: 1 by 33.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins7.4 · Games = 7 · +9.1 vs Losses
Losses-1.7 · Games = 3 · -9.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

Florida Atlantic

Best efficiency game

100 vs Florida Atlantic

Result
Sat 11/26vs TroyW 41-18144
Sun 11/20@ North TexasW 31-21
Sat 11/5vs Florida InternationalW 10-911101
Sat 10/29@ UL MonroeW 31-284194.8004.8
Sat 10/22vs LouisianaW 42-23
Sat 10/15@ Florida AtlanticW 20-012222022
Thu 10/6@ Middle TennesseeW 36-3316606
Sat 10/1vs Arkansas StateL 22-26
Sat 9/10vs NavyL 14-401-5-50-5
Fri 9/2vs KentuckyL 3-14

Player Story

John Evans story

John Evans built his college career in 2011 as a running back from Sarasota, FL wearing No. 26, spending time with Western Kentucky. The clearest part of John Evans' career was his return-game role: 674 return yards and 1 return touchdown across 10 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2011 with Western Kentucky. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 43 rushing yards and 4 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 10 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Western Kentucky.

The arc is straightforward: John Evans moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Western Kentucky

    2011

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2011
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2011 Regular SeasonWestern Kentucky4742.61.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Florida Atlantic

Week 7 · W 20-0 · Conference game

Win with 22 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

22

Scrimmage Yards

68.3 takeover

22 scrimmage yards and 1.7 usage.

#2

@ UL Monroe

Week 9 · W 31-28 · Conference game

19

Scrimmage Yards

51.8 takeover

Win with 19 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

19 scrimmage yards and 6.8 usage.

#3

@ Middle Tennessee

Week 6 · W 36-33 · Conference game

6

Scrimmage Yards

31.4 takeover

Win with 6 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

6 scrimmage yards and 1.5 usage.

#4

vs Troy

Week 13 · W 41-18 · Conference game

4

Scrimmage Yards

18.5 takeover

Win with 4 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

4 scrimmage yards and 1.4 usage.

#5

vs Florida International

Week 10 · W 10-9 · Conference game

1

Scrimmage Yards

6.7 takeover

Win with 1 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

1 scrimmage yards and 1.8 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2011 Regular Season · Western Kentucky

47 primary output · 42.6 efficiency · 1.5 usage

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Milestones

0

100+ rush yards

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150+ scrimmage yards

0

2+ TD games