Maurice Evans (American football)

While playing for Christ The King Regional High School,{{cite news | url = http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/giants/2009/05/10/2009-05-10_evans_has_giant_shot_at_dline.html | title = Christ the King product Maurice Evans has Giant shot with Big Blue | newspaper = Daily News | last = Vacchiano | first = Ralph | date = 2009-05-10}} Evans was a 4-star recruit by rivals.com and a First-team all state selection and was ranked the nations sixth best defensive end coming out of high school after recording 92 tackles, four sacks and four fumble recoveries as a senior. Evans was named an Army All-American as a senior and played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. He was heavily recruited by USC, Penn State, and Notre Dame.{{cite news | url = http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2009/05/undrafted_defensive_end_mauric.html | title = Undrafted defensive end Maurice Evans hopes detour drove him to destiny with New York Giants | newspaper = The Star-Ledger | last = Vrentas | first = Jenny | date = 2009-05-10}}

Evans was an immediate contributor in 2006 as a true freshman, seeing action in all 13 games. He recorded 12 tackles (7 solo), 3.5 tackles for loss and 1.5 sacks. He would be named to the First-team of the Sporting News's the All-Big Ten Freshman Team. In 2007—Evans' first starting season at defensive end—Evans recorded 12.5 sacks (including 3.5 against Indiana). He also had 54 tackles, with 21.5 tackles for loss, to go with the 12.5 sacks, broke up 3 passes in coverage, and forced 5 fumbles. He was a finalist for the Ted Hendricks Award as a sophomore.

By the start of the 2008 season Evans was had been named to numerous preseason All-American teams, including Phil Steele's All-American first-team. He was also on the 2008 Bednarik, Lombardi, and Nagurski award watchlists.

In 10 games in 2008, Evans recorded just 34 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, and 3 sacks. Evans elected to leave Penn State after to 2008 season and enter the NFL Draft.{{cite web | url = https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jCuAaMGqLF28k7HpU8zF83SjcubAD95OKC100 | title = Penn State DE Evans to enter NFL draft | accessdate = 2009-01-17 | publisher = AP}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} He trained for the NFL Scouting Combine at Power Train Sports Performance in Millersville, Pennsylvania.{{cite web | url = http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2009/01/23/features/penn_state_football/doc49792f050a56d750646010.txt | publisher = The Sentinel | title=PSU's Evans ready for NFL challenge | last = Thomas | first = Eric | date = 2009-01-22 | accessdate = 2009-01-23}}

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Evans was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New York Giants after not being taken in the 2009 NFL draft. He was waived during final cuts on September 4, 2009.

Evans was claimed off waivers by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on September 6, 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.buccaneers.com/team/roster.aspx|title=Tampa Bay Buccaneers}} He was waived on September 14.

Evans was signed to the Carolina Panthers practice squad on September 24. He was released on October 3 when defensive tackle Ra'Shon Harris was re-signed to the practice squad.

Evans was re-signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on October 7, 2009. He was waived on October 10, to make room for Tanard Jackson. Evans was signed to the Buccaneers' practice squad on October 28.

He was waived on June 14, 2010.

Evans signed with the Chicago Bears on August 4, 2010.

Evans was waived by the Bears on August 30, 2010.

Evans signed with the BC Lions on May 1, 2012.[http://www.bclions.com/article/lions-ink-defensive-line-duo-geathers-and-evans Lions ink defensive line duo Geathers and Evans] He was released by the Lions on May 24, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.bclions.com/page/transactions_bc |title=2012-06-22 |publisher=bclions.com |accessdate=August 31, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823000357/http://www.bclions.com/page/transactions_bc |archivedate=August 23, 2015 }}

Evans has one child (Amari) with Long time Partner and girlfriend Ieisha

Evans' father Michael Evans, was stabbed to death on Christmas Eve, 1988, near the family's home in East New York, Brooklyn,

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• [http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=evansmau001 Just Sports Stats]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130520072253/http://bclions.com/roster/show/id/5085 BC Lions bio]
• [http://www.panthers.com/team/roster/Maurice-Evans/26a75887-4a1b-4eba-9c78-6d65c3f04705 Carolina Panthers bio]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20090721134425/http://www.giants.com/team/player486.html New York Giants bio]
• [http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/evans_maurice00.html Penn State Nittany Lions bio]
• [http://buccaneers.com/team/playerdetail.aspx?player=Evans,Maurice,71 Tampa Bay Buccaneers bio]

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