Shaquelle Evans

American gridiron football player (born 1991)

"Shaquelle" redirects here. For other uses, see Shaquille (disambiguation).

American football player

Shaquelle Evans

Evans with the Roughriders in 2018.

No. 1 – Saskatchewan Roughriders
Position:| Wide receiver
Personal information
Born:|  (1991-03-07) March 7, 1991 (age 31)
Inglewood, California
Height:| 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:| 210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school:| Inglewood (CA)
College:| UCLA
NFL Draft:| 2014 / Round: 4 / Pick: 115
Career history

* New York Jets (2014)
* Jacksonville Jaguars (2015–2016)*
* New England Patriots (2016)*
* Dallas Cowboys (2016–2017)*
* Saskatchewan Roughriders (2018–present)

* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status:| Active
CFL status:| American
Career highlights and awards

* CFL All-Star (2019)
* CFL West All-Star (2019)

Career NFL statistics

Career CFL statistics
| Receptions:| 157

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Receiving yards:| 2,528
Receiving touchdowns:| 5
Player stats at NFL.com · CFL.ca

Shaquelle "Shaq" Evans (born March 7, 1991) is an American football wide receiver for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was drafted by the New York Jets in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at UCLA.

## Contents

* 1 Early years
* 2 College career
* 3 Professional career
* 3.1 New York Jets
* 3.2 Jacksonville Jaguars
* 3.3 New England Patriots
* 3.4 Dallas Cowboys
* 3.5 Saskatchewan Roughriders
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Early years[edit]

Evans was selected and participated in the Hawaii Prep Football Classic.[1] He played in the U.S. Army All-American game.[1] He was selected to SuperPrep All-America team in high school.[1] He was named to the Western 100 by the Tacoma News-Tribune in high school.[1] He was selected to the all-state third team by CalHiSports.com following his senior year in high school.[1]

## College career[edit]

Evans with UCLA in 2012.

Evans originally attended Notre Dame, but decided to transfer to UCLA due to the proximity to home. Evans was on the watchlist for the Fred Biletnikoff Award prior to his senior year.[1] He was an all-conference honorable mention that season, helping the Bruins to a 10 win season.

## Professional career[edit]

### New York Jets[edit]

On May 10, 2014, he was drafted by the New York Jets in the fourth round, 115 overall of the 2014 NFL Draft. He signed a 4-year, $2.67 million contract on May 15, 2014.[2] Before he could appear in an NFL game, Evans was placed on injured reserve on August 19, 2014 with a shoulder injury.[3]

On September 5, 2015, the Jets waived Evans.

### Jacksonville Jaguars[edit]

Evans was signed to the Jacksonville Jaguars practice squad on September 29, 2015. On September 3, 2016, he was released by the Jaguars.[4] He was signed to the Jaguars' practice squad the next day.[5] He was released on September 13.

### New England Patriots[edit]

Evans was signed to the New England Patriots' practice squad on October 12, 2016.[6] On October 20, 2016, the Patriots released Evans from their practice squad.[7]

### Dallas Cowboys[edit]

On January 4, 2017, Evans was signed to the Cowboys' practice squad.[8] He signed a reserve/future contract with the Cowboys on January 16, 2017.[9]

On April 21, 2017, Evans was suspended the first four games of the 2017 season for violating the league’s drug policy.[10] On April 27, 2017, Evans was waived by the Cowboys.

### Saskatchewan Roughriders[edit]

On February 22, 2018, Evans signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He played in 17 regular season games in 2018 where he had 50 receptions for 785 yards. In 2019, Evans had 72 receptions and 1334 receiving yards and scored five touchdowns en route to being named a CFL All-Star. He signed a one-year contract extension with the team on December 24, 2020.[11] In his third season with the club Evans played in seven games, catching 25 passes for 244 yards. On January 18, 2022 Evans and the Riders agreed to a contract extension.[12] Evans was forced out of the Roughriders third game of the 2022 season with an ankle injury. It was later reported he would miss 6–8 weeks with a fractured ankle.[13] At the time he had caught 10 passes for 185 yards.

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f "UCLA Profile". uclabruins.com.
2. ^ Cimini, Rich (May 15, 2014). "Jets sign another two picks, including Boyd". ESPN.
3. ^ Jets place rookie receiver Shaq Evans on injured reserve
4. ^ Oehser, John (September 3, 2016). "Down to 53: LB Davis, OG Bernadeau released". Jaguars.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2017.
5. ^ Oehser, John (September 4, 2016). "Jaguars claim LB Brown, S Huff". Jaguars.com. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017.
6. ^ "Patriots make practice squad moves". Patriots.com. October 12, 2016.
7. ^ "Patriots sign LB Trevor Reilly to the practice squad; release WR Shaquelle Evans from the practice squad". Patriots.com. October 20, 2016.
8. ^ "Report: Cowboys cut OG Ryan Seymour, sign WR Shaquelle Evans". CBSSports.com. January 4, 2017.
9. ^ Eatman, Nick (January 16, 2017). "Showers, Rod Smith Among 12 Players Signed To Cowboys Offseason Roster". DallasCowboys.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2017.
10. ^ Gantt, Darin (April 21, 2017). "Cowboys wideout Shaquelle Evans suspended four games for drugs". ProFootballTalk.NBCSports.com.
11. ^ "Remaining in Riderville: All-star Shaq Evans inks extension". CFL.ca. December 24, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
12. ^ TSN ca Staff (2022-01-18). "Roughriders sign WR Evans to extension - TSN.ca". TSN. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
13. ^ TSN ca Staff (2022-06-24). "Roughriders' Evans out minimum 6-8 weeks with fractured ankle - TSN.ca". TSN. Retrieved 2022-06-28.

## External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shaquelle Evans.

* Saskatchewan Roughriders bio
* UCLA Bruins bio

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New York Jets 2014 NFL draft selections

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* Jalen Saunders
* Shaquelle Evans
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* Brandon Dixon
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Saskatchewan Roughriders current roster

Active roster|

* 0 Rolan Milligan
* 2 Mario Alford
* 3 Nick Marshall
* 5 Duke Williams
* 6 A.C. Leonard
* 7 Cody Fajardo
* 8 Mason Fine
* 11 Larry Dean
* 12 Brett Lauther
* 14 Tevin Jones
* 15 Mike Edem
* 16 Amari Henderson
* 18 Justin McInnis
* 19 Samuel Emilus
* 20 Frankie Hickson
* 21 Nelson Lokombo
* 25 Jamal Morrow
* 27 Kienan LaFrance
* 32 A. J. Allen
* 37 Jeremy Clark
* 38 Jayden Dalke
* 41 Albert Awachie
* 42 Derrick Moncrief
* 45 Pete Robertson
* 46 Jorgen Hus
* 48 Gary Johnson Jr.
* 49 James Tuck
* 54 Darnell Sankey
* 58 Justin Herdman-Reed
* 59 Josiah St. John
* 61 Jamal Campbell
* 62 Andrew Lauderdale
* 63 Logan Ferland
* 64 Evan Johnson
* 69 Logan Bandy
* 70 Kaare Vedvik
* 83 Jake Harty
* 84 Jakob Prall
* 85 Wesley Lewis
* 87 Bruno LaBelle
* 89 Kian Schaffer-Baker
* 91 Anthony Lanier
* 92 Garrett Marino
* 94 DeMarcus Christmas
* 97 Keion Adams
* 99 Charbel Dabire

1-game injured list|

* 1 Shaq Evans
* 9 Jake Dolegala
* 30 Tommy Bringi
* 39 Charleston Hughes
* 65 Terran Vaughn
* 81 Mitchell Picton
* 90 Miles Brown
* 98 David Kenney

6-game injured list|

* 4 Kyran Moore
* 26 Godfrey Onyeka
* 43 Micah Teitz
* 52 Nigel Harris
* 67 Dan Clark
* 96 Nick Dheilly

Practice roster|

* 17 Jester Weah
* 24 Jordan Beaulieu
* 28 Blace Brown
* 31 Kosi Onyeka
* 33 Justin Rice
* 54 Diego Alatorre Montoya
* 50 Jordan Herdman-Reed
* 66 Kooper Richardson
* 71 Henry Nell
* 79 Riley Schick

Suspended|

* 57 Brendon LaBatte
* 66 Seantrel Henderson
* 70 Maceo Beard
* 72 Jamal Custis
* 84 Sammie Coates

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