Araf Evans

Araf Evans

Player Profile

Class:
RS Senior
Hometown:
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
High School:
Jefferson
Height / Weight:
5-9 / 220
Position:
OLB
Experience:
3L

Araf Evans-Sykes

Araf Evans-Sykes
Panther Point: Will look to return to the starting lineup at linebacker after suffering a serious elbow injury midway through last season.

2006: Played in six games and drew three starting assignments ... was coming into his own at a starting linebacker slot before suffering a spiral fracture of his left humerus bone while trying to make a tackle at Indiana State (10/14) ... notched eight tackles and recovered a fumble in his first collegiate start at Iowa State (9/30) ... tallied six stops against the Sycamores before leaving the game with his injury.

2005: Saw action in seven games ... recorded eight total tackles (coaches' film) ... notched five tackles in the Panthers' home-opening win over Drake (9/1).

2004: Played in just two games, against Minnesota State and Missouri State, recording one solo tackle.

2003: Redshirted.

High School: Two-way starter for former UNI player, Jim Womochil ... only played in five games due to broken ribs his senior season ... first-team all-state in the 4x100 relay, all-conference in 100m dash, 200m dash and 4x100.

Personal: Son of Alice Evans ... born in Iowa City, Iowa ... general studies major ... also recruited by Iowa State, Iowa and Wyoming.

Evans Career Defensive Stats

Year	G-GS	UT	AT	Total	TFL	Sacks	INT	FF	FR	PBU
2004	2-0	2	0	2	0	0.0	0-0	0	0	0
2005	7-0	4	4	8	0	0.0	0-0	0	0	0
2006	6-3	12	6	18	2	0.0	0-0	0	1	1
Totals	15-3	18	10	28	2	0.0	0-0	0	1	1

Evans Game-by-Game Tackle Stats (Solo-Ast)

2004
@Iowa State	DNP
Minnesota State	1-0
Stephen F. Austin	DNP
@Southern Illinois	DNP
Western Kentucky	DNP
@Youngstown State	DNP
Western Illinois	DNP
Missouri State	1-0
@Indiana State	DNP
Illinois State	DNP
@Northern Arizona	DNP

2005
Drake	2-3
Minnesota-Duluth	1-0
@Iowa	DNP
@Western Illinois	0-0
@Missouri State 	1-0
Indiana State 	0-0
@Illinois State	0-0
Youngstown State	DNP
@Western Kentucky	DNP
Southern Illinois	DNP
Northern Arizona	1-0
Eastern Washington	DNP
@New Hampshire	DNP
@Texas State	DNP
Appalachian State	DNP

2006
@Drake	0-0
North Dakota	0-1
South Dakota State	4-0
@Iowa State	4-4
Missouri State	0-0
@Indiana State	4-2
@Youngstown State	DNP
Western Illinois	DNP
Western Kentucky	DNP
@Southern Illinois	DNP
Illinois State	DNP
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