2020 Football Roster
Evans, Akayleb
Jersey Number 26
Akayleb Evans
- Position:
- Cornerback
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 188
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- McKinney, Texas
- High School:
- McKinney
Bio
TULSA – A two-year letterwinner … has played in 21 career games and has 14 starts … has 53 career stops, including 35 solos, and has eight pass break-ups … missed most of the 2019 season with an injury … named to the 2020 Wuerffel Trophy Watch List.
2019 – Earned a medical hardship in 2019 after suffering a season-ending shoulder injury … played in and started the first three games … missed the final nine games … totaled six tackles and two pass break-ups in his three starts … had three stops and one pass break-up at San Jose State.
2018 – Played in nine games and had five starts … had 21 tackles and four pass break-ups … missed the USF, Arkansas and Tulane games with an injury … returned vs. UConn … had a season-high six stops and added one pass break-ups at Memphis … had one tackle and two pass break-ups at Texas … tallied three tackles at Houston … also had three tackles against Temple, while adding one stop for -3 yards and one pass break-up.
2017 – Played in nine games and started the first six of those games as a true freshman … did not see his first action until the fourth game against New Mexico, while starting the game and totaling seven tackles, including six solos … had 26 tackles and two pass break-ups … tallied four stops against No. 21 Memphis … had three stops and his first career pass break-up at Tulane … had five stops, all solos, at SMU and also totaled five tackles and one pass break-up against Houston.
HIGH SCHOOL – Was a two-year letterwinner and starter at McKinney High School, where he played cornerback … tallied 48 tackles, five pass breakups and a fumble recovery in eight games as a cornerback his senior season … recorded 80 tackles as a junior … earned second-team all-District 10-6A accolades as a senior … totaled 128 career tackles, including 85 solos …high school coach was Jeff Smith.
PERSONAL – Favorite NFL team is the Dallas Cowboys … lists Patrick Peterson as his favorite NFL player … his favorite professional athlete is LeBron James … Friday is his favorite movie … favorite sports movie is Remember the Titans … the one word he uses to best describe himself is “ambitious” … favorite ice cream is cookie dough … favorite TV show is “Criminal Minds” … began playing football at age 9 … favorite book is he Bible …was presented with the NFF/Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame player of the year honor in June 2019 … member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) … serves as co-vice president of the Black Men’s Initiative (BMI) on campus … began the Akayleb Evans Foundation in 2017 in his hometown … made presentations at the Black Student-Athlete Summit at the University of Texas in the last two years … made a presentation at the American Athletic Conference Academic Consortium Symposium in March 2019 … involved in various community service projects at TU … has two older siblings … parents are Calvin and Nita Evans … majoring in organizational studies … born June 22, 1999 in Wyandanch, New York.
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