Byron Evans

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Byron Evans

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Linebacker

Personal information

Date of birth: February 23, 1964

Place of birth: Phoenix, Arizona

Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight: 235 lb (107 kg)

Career information

High school: Phoenix (AZ) South Mountain

College: Arizona

NFL Draft: 1987 / Round: 4 / Pick: 93

Debuted in 1987 for the Philadelphia Eagles

Career history

Philadelphia Eagles (1987–1994)

Career highlights and awards

Pac-10 Conference Defensive Player of the Year (1986)

Career NFL statistics

Stats at NFL.com

Stats at pro-football-reference.com

Byron Nelson Evans (born February 23, 1964) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles defense of the late 1980s and early 1990s. He played college football at the University of Arizona and was drafted in the fourth round of the 1987 NFL Draft.

Evans was a middle linebacker for some of the Eagles best defenses. However he was often overshadowed by teammates on the famed "gang green" defenses of the Eagles such as Reggie White, Jerome Brown, Clyde Simmons and Seth Joyner.

Personal

On January 14, 2009, Byron was a phone guest on the WIP Radio show in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Byron now lives in the Phoenix, Arizona area. He has a 12-year-old son and is very active in the church and community. He currently is a school teacher at A.S.U. Preparatory Academy (P.E.).

v t e Pac-12 Player of the Year winners

Player of the Year	1975 Muncie 1976 Bell 1977 Benjamin 1978 White 1979 White 1980 Elway 1981 Allen 1982 Elway and Ramsey

Offensive PotY	1983 Pelluer 1984 Mayes 1985 Mayes 1986 Muster 1987 Aikman 1988 Peete 1989 Broussard 1990 Lewis 1991 Pawlawski and M. Bailey 1992 Bledsoe 1993 Stokes 1994 Kaufman 1995 K. Johnson 1996 Plummer 1997 Leaf 1998 McNown and Smith 1999 Walters 2000 Tuiasosopo 2001 Harrington 2002 Gesser and Palmer 2003 Leinart 2004 Bush and Leinart 2005 Bush 2006 Lynch 2007 Dixon 2008 Rodgers 2009 Gerhart 2010 Luck 2011 Luck 2012 Lee 2013 Carey

Pat Tillman Defensive PotY	1983 Hunley and Rivera 1984 Bickett 1985 Walen 1986 Evans 1987 Cecil 1988 Wells 1989 Seau 1990 Emtman and Lewis 1991 Emtman 1992 Hoffmann 1993 Waldrop 1994 Fields 1995 Bruschi 1996 Chorak 1997 Tillman 1998 Claiborne 1999 O'Neal 2000 Archuleta 2001 Thomas 2002 Suggs 2003 Ball 2004 Cody and Swancutt 2005 Ngata and Robinson 2006 Hughes 2007 Ellis 2008 Maualuga 2009 Price 2010 Paea 2011 Kendricks 2012 Sutton 2013 Sutton

Freshman PotY	1999 Kelly 2000 Suggs 2001 T. Johnson and R. Williams 2002 M. Williams 2003 Browner 2004 Miller 2005 Perry and Thomas 2006 Byrd, Mays and Verner 2007 Locker 2008 Rodgers

Freshman Offensive PotY	2009 James 2010 Woods 2011 Thomas and Lee 2012 Mariota 2013 Jack

Freshman Defensive PotY	2009 Burfict 2010 Onyeali 2011 D. Bailey 2012 L. Williams 2013 Jack

v t e Philadelphia Eagles 1987 NFL Draft selections

Jerome Brown Ben Tamburello Byron Evans David Alexander Ron Moten Chris Pike Brian Williams Ken Lambiotte Paul Carberry Bobby Morse Cris Carter (Supp.)

Draft years: 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 (AAFC) 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Persondata
Name	Evans, Byron
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	February 23, 1964
Place of birth	Phoenix, Arizona
Date of death
Place of death

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