Mike Evans Fantasy Football Profile, News and Stats

Mike Evans
WR
, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Age: 27
Weight: 231 lbs
Height: 6' 5"

ADP: 24
Depth Chart Ranking: 2

Pts	RecYds	RecTD	Rec	RuYds
164	1157	8	67	0

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Draft note

by John Paulsen

Evans finished as the No. 13 fantasy receiver (half-PPR) but he had the third-highest per game average in 2019. In 2018, he was the No. 8 fantasy receiver and he was No. 18 the year before. He’s dealing with a quarterback change (to Tom Brady), so there may be some growing pains there. He had the third-highest average depth of target of all the receivers with at least 80 targets, and Jameis Winston was slightly more accurate than Brady on his deep passing attempts, defined as attempts of 20 yards or more. Winston also attempted 2.3 more deep balls per game--leading the league in that metric--though Brady may push the ball downfield at a higher rate this season given the talent that he now has at receiver and Bruce Arians’ mentality of throwing the ball deep early and often.

Latest news

Tom Brady expected to sign with Buccaneers

Ian Rapoport

Mar 17 · 7:34 PM EDT

Brady announced earlier today that he was leaving the Patriots, and word broke later that the Chargers didn't feel that they were in the running anymore. The Bucs offer a good set of weapons -- Chris Godwin, Mike Evans and O.J. Howard, whose career may get a jumpstart with Brady under center -- so Brady could be very fantasy relevant in 2020. However, the Bucs were third in passing yards, seventh in completions and third in passing touchdowns, so Godwin and Evans will be hard-pressed to match their numbers from last year even if the overall efficiency of the Tampa offense improves. Jarrett Stidham currently sits atop the New England depth chart.

Scouting report

by Jordan Heck

· Jul 31 · 10:17 AM EDT

TB WR Mike Evans - 2020 Fantasy Football Outlook

Fantasy Upside
Mike Evans has played six years in the NFL and has produced six 1,000-yard seasons. He finished as the No. 3 wide receiver (half-PPR) in average fantasy points per game last year, trailing only Michael Thomas and his teammate Chris Godwin. Evans was also fairly consistent in 2019 finishing with 50+ yards in all but two games (and he was sick in one of those games). And despite logic having you believe Tom Brady’s arm can’t throw deep anymore, NFL.com’s Next-Gen stats had Brady as the fourth-best deep passer in 2019. Evans shines as a deep threat as his 17.3 ypc was fourth-highest among receivers with 50+ receptions.

Fantasy Downside
Evans has had some durability issues, only playing in two full seasons throughout his career. While he hasn’t ended up missing too many games, sometimes he plays hurt and struggles, which is almost worse than a straight inactive. Evans also has an issue with drops/catches. He ranked 169th out of eligible pass catchers (per Pro Football Reference) with a 56.8% catch percentage. If he maintains that catch percentage while seeing fewer targets, it’ll be an issue.

2020 Bottom Line
It’s hard to go wrong with Evans. He’s produced in six straight seasons, making him a fairly safe option moving forward. He turns 27 before the season starts, which is still when we see receivers in their peak. We project slightly fewer per-game averages from Evans in 2020, but nothing drastic. He’s still in WR1 territory, and we expect him to finish with his seventh 1,000-yard season.

2020 Strength of Schedule - TB

W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	W9	W10	W11	W12	W13	W14	W15	W16	W17
20 @NO	14 CAR	13 @DEN	4 LAC	3 @CHI	16 GB	27 @LV	30 @NYG	20 NO	14 @CAR	8 LAR	5 KC	BYE	26 MIN	21 @ATL	32 @DET	21 ATL

Schedule difficulty based on schedule-adjusted, positional defensive ranking. Top DEF = 1, bottom DEF = 32.

2019 Game Stats

Week	Opp	Rec	RecYds	RecTD	Tgts	YPR	RuAtt	RuYds	RuTD	Fum	YPC	STD	PPR	Snaps	%
1	SF	2	28	0	5	14.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.8	4.8	60/70	85.7%
2	@CAR	4	61	0	8	15.25	0	0	0	0	0.00	6.1	10.1	59/65	90.8%
3	NYG	8	190	3	15	23.75	0	0	0	0	0.00	37.0	45.0	68/77	88.3%
4	@LAR	4	89	1	7	22.25	0	0	0	0	0.00	14.9	18.9	67/74	90.5%
5	@NO	0	0	0	3	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0.0	57/59	96.6%
6	CAR	9	96	0	17	10.67	0	0	0	0	0.00	9.6	18.6	73/80	91.3%
7	BYE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
8	@TEN	11	198	2	12	18.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.8	42.8	76/83	91.6%
9	@SEA	12	180	1	16	15.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	24.0	36.0	68/79	86.1%
10	ARI	4	82	0	6	20.50	0	0	0	0	0.00	8.2	12.2	75/85	88.2%
11	NO	4	69	0	8	17.25	0	0	0	0	0.00	6.9	10.9	65/68	95.6%
12	@ATL	4	50	0	8	12.50	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.0	9.0	61/66	92.4%
13	@JAX	4	53	0	11	13.25	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.3	9.3	63/76	82.9%
14	IND	1	61	1	2	61.00	0	0	0	0	0.00	12.1	13.1	18/78	23.1%
15	@DET	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	HOU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	ATL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Per game		5.15	89.00	0.62	9.08	17.27	0	0	0	0	0.00	12.59	17.75	62.31/73.85	84.85%
Totals		67	1157	8	118	17.27	0	0	0	0	0.00	163.7	230.7	810/960	84.85%