14 Derrick Evans
14 Derrick Evans
Height: 6-0
Weight: 190
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Macon, Ga.
High School: Macon Central
Position: QB
gp 11
yds 1460
td 8
yds/g 132.7

2017: Evans turned in a stellar season in his first campaign as Carson-Newman's starting quarterback.  Evans led the South Atlantic Conference in rushing touchdowns with 18.  He also rushed for 625 yards on 149 carries, including back-to-back 100-yard rushing performances to close out the year.  He topped out at 126 yards on the ground in the Eagles' regular season finale against UNC Pembroke.  His 18 rushing touchdowns are the seventh most for a single season in Carson-Newman history and the second most among quarterbacks at Carson-Newman.  Aerially, Evans completed 78-of-137 passes for 1,460 yards and eight scores.   He ranked fifth in the nation in yards per completion and 14th in the country in passing efficiency.  With a completion percentage rate of 56.9 percent, he has the third-most efficient season in Carson-Newman football history passing the pigskin.  His top effort through the air came at Wingate with 213 yards and two touchdowns.  His five rushing touchdown day against Lenoir-Rhyne registered as a school-record tying performance, matching Kenneth Tyson (1987 v. Elon) and Buck Wakefield (2009 v. Tusculum) for the most rushing touchdowns in one day.  He also has the two longest runs by a Carson-Newman quarterback for the last decade, wheeling off a 79-yard tote against UNC Pembroke and a 76-yarder against Lenoir-Rhyne.

HONORS: 

  • All-SAC Second Team

2016: Evans saw spot duty at quarterback with four appearances in his freshman season.  He completed 10-of-22 passes for 82 yards and a touchdown on the year.  He also rushed 22 times for 57 yards and two scores. He completed a 48-yard touchdown pass to New York Giant Kevin Snead against Saint Augustines (9/10).  He rushed for 38 yards and a score on eight carries against Brevard (10/8). 

HIGH SCHOOL: Derrick Evans is a quarterback from Macon Central High School in Macon, Ga. During his senior season with the Chargers, Evans threw for 2,127 yards, 23 touchdowns, 55 percent completion percentage and just one interception. He carried the ball 117 times for 360 yards and 10 scores. Evans was an All-Region, All-State and the Region Player of the Year. He was coached by Jessie Hicks.

PERSONAL: Evans is the son of Shermesa Saffold and will study Mass Communications

Recent Games
Oct 7 at Limestone W, 31-20
Oct 14 at Mars Hill W, 30-21
Oct 21 North Greenville L, 31-21
Oct 28 Tusculum W, 27-7
Nov 4 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 42-28
Nov 11 UNC Pembroke W, 45-10
Statistics category Overall Conf
Completions 78 54
Attempts 137 95
Completion % 56.9% 56.8%
Yards 1460 877
Yards per game 132.7 125.3
Yards per attempt 10.7 9.2
Touchdowns 8 5
Interceptions 3 1
Sacks 12 6
Yards lost 64 30
Pass Efficiency 161.3 149.7
Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Aug 31 Pikeville W, 48-7 4 6 66.7% 126 21.0 0 0 0 0
Sep 9 St. Augustine's W, 41-14 7 10 70.0% 188 18.8 2 0 3 8
Sep 16 at Wingate L, 31-27 11 24 45.8% 213 8.9 2 1 2 14
Sep 23 Newberry L, 25-21 11 20 55.0% 168 8.4 0 0 1 2
Sep 30 Catawba W, 31-18 2 6 33.3% 24 4.0 0 0 0 0
Oct 7 at Limestone W, 31-20 8 12 66.7% 178 14.8 1 0 0 0
Oct 14 at Mars Hill W, 30-21 10 16 62.5% 145 9.1 2 0 1 1
Oct 21 North Greenville L, 31-21 9 18 50.0% 177 9.8 1 0 3 26
Oct 28 Tusculum W, 27-7 0 1 .0% 0 0.0 0 0 1 7
Nov 4 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 42-28 12 16 75.0% 149 9.3 0 0 1 6
Nov 11 UNC Pembroke W, 45-10 4 8 50.0% 92 11.5 0 2 0 0
Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Aug 31 Pikeville W, 48-7 10 38 3.8 9 0 1 0
Sep 9 St. Augustine's W, 41-14 16 10 0.6 10 2 2 0
Sep 16 at Wingate L, 31-27 11 50 4.5 41 0 - -
Sep 23 Newberry L, 25-21 12 25 2.1 8 2 - -
Sep 30 Catawba W, 31-18 15 75 5.0 55 2 - -
Oct 7 at Limestone W, 31-20 12 20 1.7 8 2 2 0
Oct 14 at Mars Hill W, 30-21 10 99 9.9 42 0 1 1
Oct 21 North Greenville L, 31-21 14 8 0.6 9 2 1 1
Oct 28 Tusculum W, 27-7 20 65 3.3 17 2 4 0
Nov 4 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 42-28 18 109 6.1 76 5 3 2
Nov 11 UNC Pembroke W, 45-10 11 126 11.5 79 1 1 0
Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Aug 31 Pikeville W, 48-7 - - - - - 1 0
Sep 9 St. Augustine's W, 41-14 - - - - - 2 0
Sep 16 at Wingate L, 31-27 - - - - - - -
Sep 23 Newberry L, 25-21 - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Catawba W, 31-18 - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Limestone W, 31-20 - - - - - 2 0
Oct 14 at Mars Hill W, 30-21 - - - - - 1 1
Oct 21 North Greenville L, 31-21 - - - - - 1 1
Oct 28 Tusculum W, 27-7 - - - - - 4 0
Nov 4 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 42-28 - - - - - 3 2
Nov 11 UNC Pembroke W, 45-10 - - - - - 1 0
Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Aug 31 Pikeville W, 48-7 - - - - - 0
Sep 9 St. Augustine's W, 41-14 - - - - - 0
Sep 16 at Wingate L, 31-27 - - - - - 0
Sep 23 Newberry L, 25-21 - - - - - 0
Sep 30 Catawba W, 31-18 - - - - - 0
Oct 7 at Limestone W, 31-20 - - - - - 0
Oct 14 at Mars Hill W, 30-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 21 North Greenville L, 31-21 - - - - - 0
Oct 28 Tusculum W, 27-7 - - - - - 0
Nov 4 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 42-28 - - - - - 0
Nov 11 UNC Pembroke W, 45-10 - - - - - 0
Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Aug 31 Pikeville W, 48-7 - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 St. Augustine's W, 41-14 - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Wingate L, 31-27 - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 Newberry L, 25-21 - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Catawba W, 31-18 - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Limestone W, 31-20 - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at Mars Hill W, 30-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 North Greenville L, 31-21 - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Tusculum W, 27-7 - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 42-28 - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 UNC Pembroke W, 45-10 - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Aug 31 Pikeville W, 48-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 St. Augustine's W, 41-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Wingate L, 31-27 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 Newberry L, 25-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Catawba W, 31-18 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Limestone W, 31-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at Mars Hill W, 30-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 North Greenville L, 31-21 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Tusculum W, 27-7 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 42-28 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 UNC Pembroke W, 45-10 - - - - - - - - - -
Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Aug 31 Pikeville W, 48-7 1 38 - - - 38
Sep 9 St. Augustine's W, 41-14 1 10 - - - 10
Sep 16 at Wingate L, 31-27 1 50 - - - 50
Sep 23 Newberry L, 25-21 1 25 - - - 25
Sep 30 Catawba W, 31-18 1 75 - - - 75
Oct 7 at Limestone W, 31-20 1 20 - - - 20
Oct 14 at Mars Hill W, 30-21 1 99 - - - 99
Oct 21 North Greenville L, 31-21 1 8 - - - 8
Oct 28 Tusculum W, 27-7 1 65 - - - 65
Nov 4 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 42-28 1 109 - - - 109
Nov 11 UNC Pembroke W, 45-10 1 126 - - - 126
Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Aug 31 Pikeville W, 48-7 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 9 St. Augustine's W, 41-14 12 2 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 16 at Wingate L, 31-27 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 23 Newberry L, 25-21 12 2 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 30 Catawba W, 31-18 12 2 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 7 at Limestone W, 31-20 12 2 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 14 at Mars Hill W, 30-21 0 0 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 21 North Greenville L, 31-21 12 2 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 28 Tusculum W, 27-7 12 2 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 4 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 42-28 30 5 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 11 UNC Pembroke W, 45-10 6 1 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Aug 31 Pikeville W, 48-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 9 St. Augustine's W, 41-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 16 at Wingate L, 31-27 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 23 Newberry L, 25-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 30 Catawba W, 31-18 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 7 at Limestone W, 31-20 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 14 at Mars Hill W, 30-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 21 North Greenville L, 31-21 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 28 Tusculum W, 27-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 4 at Lenoir-Rhyne W, 42-28 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 11 UNC Pembroke W, 45-10 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2016-17 4 10 22 45.5% 82 20.5 3.7 1 1 48 82.7
2017-18 11 78 137 56.9% 1460 132.7 10.7 8 3 76 161.3
2018-19 11 45 91 49.5% 637 57.9 7.0 3 4 57 110.3
2019-20 9 59 106 55.7% 914 101.6 8.6 9 3 81 150.4
Total 35 192 356 53.9% 3093 88.4 8.7 21 11 81 140.2
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2016-17 4 22 57 14.3 2.6 2 17 1 1
2017-18 11 149 625 56.8 4.2 18 79 15 4
2018-19 11 131 439 39.9 3.4 6 55 4 4
2019-20 9 128 664 73.8 5.2 9 55 8 5
Total 35 430 1785 51.0 4.2 35 79 28 14
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2016-17 4 - - - - - - -
2017-18 11 - - - - - - -
2018-19 11 - - - - - - -
2019-20 9 - - - - - - -
Total 35 - - - - - - -
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2016-17 4 - - - - - - - 0
2017-18 11 - - - - - - - 0
2018-19 11 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2019-20 9 - - - - - - - 0
Total 35 - - - - 0 0 - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2016-17 4 - - - - - - - -
2017-18 11 - - - - - - - -
2018-19 11 - - - - - - - -
2019-20 9 - - - - - - - -
Total 35 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2016-17 - - - - - - - - - -
2017-18 - - - - - - - - - -
2018-19 - - - - - - - - - -
2019-20 - - - - - - - - - -
Total - - - - - - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2016-17 4 57 - - - 57 14.3
2017-18 11 625 - - - 625 56.8
2018-19 11 439 - - - 439 39.9
2019-20 9 664 - - - 664 73.8
Total 35 1785 - - - 1785 51.0
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2016-17 12 3.0 2 - - - - - - - - 0
2017-18 108 9.8 18 - - - - - - - - 0
2018-19 36 3.3 6 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
2019-20 54 6.0 9 - - - - - - - - 0
Total 210 6.0 35 - - - - - 0 - 0 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2016-17 4 1 0 1.0 .3 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2017-18 11 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2018-19 11 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
2019-20 9 1 0 1.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Total 35 2 0 2.0 .1 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Total 11 78 137 56.9% 1460 132.7 10.7 8 3 76 161.3
Conference 7 54 95 56.8% 877 125.3 9.2 5 1 70 149.7
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Home 7 37 69 53.6% 775 110.7 11.2 3 2 76 156.5
Away 4 41 68 60.3% 685 171.3 10.1 5 1 70 166.2
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
-
Wins 8 47 75 62.7% 902 112.8 12.0 5 2 66 180.4
Losses 3 31 62 50.0% 558 186.0 9.0 3 1 76 138.3
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August 1 4 6 66.7% 126 126.0 21.0 0 0 46 243.1
September 4 31 60 51.7% 593 148.3 9.9 4 1 70 153.4
October 4 27 47 57.4% 500 125.0 10.6 4 0 76 174.9
November 2 16 24 66.7% 241 120.5 10.0 0 2 59 134.3
  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Total 11 149 625 56.8 4.2 18 79 15 4
Conference 7 98 443 63.3 4.5 13 76 10 3
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 7 98 347 49.6 3.5 11 79 9 1
Away 4 51 278 69.5 5.5 7 76 6 3
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 8 112 542 67.8 4.8 14 79 14 3
Losses 3 37 83 27.7 2.2 4 41 1 1
-
August 1 10 38 38.0 3.8 0 9 1 0
September 4 54 160 40.0 3.0 6 55 2 0
October 4 56 192 48.0 3.4 6 42 8 2
November 2 29 235 117.5 8.1 6 79 4 2
  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Total 11 - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
-
Home 7 - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 8 - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - -
-
August 1 - - - - - - -
September 4 - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - -
  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Total 11 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 7 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 7 - - - - - - - 0
Away 4 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 8 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 3 - - - - - - - 0
-
August 1 - - - - - - - 0
September 4 - - - - - - - 0
October 4 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0
  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Total 11 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
-
Home 7 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 8 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - - - - - - -
-
August 1 - - - - - - - -
September 4 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -
  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Total - - - - - - - - - -
Conference - - - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
-
Home - - - - - - - - - -
Away - - - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
-
Wins - - - - - - - - - -
Losses - - - - - - - - - -
-
August - - - - - - - - - -
September - - - - - - - - - -
October - - - - - - - - - -
November - - - - - - - - - -
  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Total 11 625 - - - 625 56.8
Conference 7 443 - - - 443 63.3
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
-
Home 7 347 - - - 347 49.6
Away 4 278 - - - 278 69.5
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
-
Wins 8 542 - - - 542 67.8
Losses 3 83 - - - 83 27.7
-
August 1 38 - - - 38 38.0
September 4 160 - - - 160 40.0
October 4 192 - - - 192 48.0
November 2 235 - - - 235 117.5
  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Total 108 9.8 18 - - - - - - - - 0
Conference 78 11.1 13 - - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Home 66 9.4 11 - - - - - - - - 0
Away 42 10.5 7 - - - - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
-
Wins 84 10.5 14 - - - - - - - - 0
Losses 24 8.0 4 - - - - - - - - 0
-
August 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - - - 0
September 36 9.0 6 - - - - - - - - 0
October 36 9.0 6 - - - - - - - - 0
November 36 18.0 6 - - - - - - - - 0
  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Total 11 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Conference 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Home 7 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Away 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
Wins 8 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
-
August 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
September 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
October 4 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
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    Carson-Newman vs. Limestone
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    Carson-Newman vs. Limestone
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    Carson-Newman vs. Limestone
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    Carson-Newman vs. Limestone
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    Carson-Newman vs. Limestone
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    Carson-Newman vs. Limestone
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    Carson-Newman vs. Limestone
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    Carson-Newman vs. Limestone
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    Carson-Newman vs. Limestone
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    Carson-Newman vs. Limestone
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    Carson-Newman vs. Limestone
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    Carson-Newman vs. Limestone
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    Carson-Newman vs. Limestone
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    Carson-Newman vs. Limestone
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    Carson-Newman vs. Limestone
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    Carson-Newman vs. Limestone
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