 Evans talking to press ahead of the 2025 CFP National Championship. | |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish–No. 88 | |
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| Position | Tight end |
| Class | Senior |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | March 18, 2003 Wadsworth, Ohio, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 258 lb (117 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| Bowl games | |
| High school | Wadsworth (Wadsworth, Ohio) |
Mitchell James Evans (born March 18, 2003) is an American college football tight end for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Evans attended Wadsworth High School in Wadsworth, Ohio. [1] He was the starting quarterback his senior year in high school in 2020, passing for 23 touchdowns and 2,132 yards. [2] As a tight end his junior year in 2019, he had 19 receptions for 306 yards and seven touchdowns. Evans committed to the University of Notre Dame to play college football. [3] [4]
Evans played in 20 games as a backup to Michael Mayer his first two years at Notre Dame and had five receptions for 60 yards and a touchdown total. [5] In 2023, he took over as the team's starting tight end. [6]
| Year | Team | Games | Receiving | Rushing | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | ||
| 2021 | Notre Dame | 13 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Notre Dame | 8 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 1.6 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | Notre Dame | 8 | 7 | 29 | 422 | 14.6 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | Notre Dame | 16 | 11 | 43 | 421 | 9.8 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 45 | 25 | 77 | 903 | 11.7 | 36 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 1.6 | 4 | 1 | |
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 ft 5+3⁄8 in (1.97 m) | 258 lb (117 kg) | 31+7⁄8 in (0.81 m) | 9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) | 4.74 s | 1.55 s | 4.40 s | 7.25 s | 31.0 in (0.79 m) | 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m) | |||
| All values from NFL Combine [7] [8] [9] | ||||||||||||
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