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Johnny Evans (American football)

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American football player (born 1956)

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American football player
Johnny Evans
No. 8
Position:Punter
Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1956-02-18) February 18, 1956 (age 68)
High Point, North Carolina, U.S.
Height:6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight:197 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school:T.W. Andrews
(High Point, North Carolina)
College:NC State
NFL draft:1978 / round: 2 / pick: 39
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Punts:214
Punt yards:8,463
Longest punt:65
Stats at Pro Football Reference

John Albert Evans Jr. (born February 18, 1956) is a former professional American and Canadian football punter and quarterback and current radio sportscaster for the North Carolina State Wolfpack football team. He is also the Eastern NC Director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He played his college football career for NC State where he led the team to an 8–4 record his senior season, and was named MVP of the 1977 Peach Bowl. He completed 3 years in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns and 4 years in the CFL for the Montreal Alouettes/Concordes and the Edmonton Eskimos. Since 1996 he has been the radio color commentator for NC State football. He is the father of quadruplets, two of whom played football for NC State.

References

NC State Wolfpack starting quarterbacks
  • Gurley (1917–1920)
  • Adams (1928–1930)
  • Mooney (1950)
  • Webster (1951)
  • Frantz (1952)
  • West (1953–1955)
  • Franklin (1956)
  • Katich (1957)
  • Cackovic (1958)
  • Gabriel (1959–1961)
  • Rossi (1962–1963)
  • Skosnik (1964)
  • Noggle (1965)
  • Donnan (1966–1967)
  • Klebe (1968)
  • Moody (1969)
  • Korsnick (1970)
  • Shaw (1971–1972)
  • Buckey (1973–1975)
  • J. Evans (1976–1977)
  • Smith (1978–1979)
  • Avery (1980–1982)
  • Laraway (1981)
  • Esposito (1983–1984)
  • Kramer (1985–1986)
  • Montgomery (1987–1989)
  • Poag (1987–1988)
  • Davenport (1990)
  • Jordan (1990–1992)
  • Bender (1991–1994)
  • Harvey (1991, 1993–1995)
  • Laureano (1995–1996)
  • Barnette (1996–1999)
  • Rivers (2000–2003)
  • Davis (2004–2005)
  • Stone (2005–2006)
  • D. Evans (2006–2008)
  • Beck (2007–2008)
  • Wilson (2008–2010)
  • Glennon (2011–2012)
  • Mitchell (2013)
  • Thomas (2013)
  • Brissett (2014–2015)
  • R. Finley (2016–2018)
  • McKay (2019)
  • Hockman (2019–2020)
  • Leary (2019–2022)
  • Chambers (2022)
  • Morris (2022–2023)
  • B. Finley (2022)
  • Armstrong (2023)
  • McCall (2024)
  • Bailey (2024)
Cleveland Browns 1978 NFL draft selections
Montreal Alouettes starting quarterbacks


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