Byron Evans

No. 56

Position:

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

Career history

Philadelphia Eagles (1987–1994)

Career highlights and awards

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

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at NFL.com

Player stats at PFR

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, Penn. Byron now resides in the Phoenix, Arizona. He has an 18-year-old son, 16-year-old daughter, and a 23-year-old daughter. Is a very active in the church and community. He currently is a middle school Physical Educational teacher at Arizona State University Preparatory Academy (A.S.U. Prep).

Pac-12 Player of the Year winners

Overall (1975–1982)	1975 Muncie 1976 Bell 1977 Benjamin and Moon 1978 White 1979 White 1980 Elway 1981 Allen 1982 Elway and Ramsey

Offensive (1983–present)	1983 Pelluer 1984 Mayes 1985 Mayes 1986 Muster 1987 Aikman 1988 Peete 1989 Broussard 1990 G. Lewis 1991 Pawlawski and M. Bailey 1992 Bledsoe 1993 Stokes 1994 Kaufman 1995 K. Johnson 1996 Plummer 1997 Leaf 1998 McNown and A. 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 2014 Mariota 2015 McCaffrey 2016 Browning

Defensive (1983–present)	1983 Hunley and Rivera 1984 Bickett 1985 Walen 1986 Evans 1987 Cecil 1988 Wells 1989 Seau 1990 Emtman and D. Lewis 1991 Emtman 1992 Hoffmann 1993 Waldrop 1994 Fields 1995 Bruschi 1996 Chorak 1997 Tillman 1998 Claiborne 1999 O'Neal 2000 Archuleta 2001 R. 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 2014 Wright 2015 Buckner 2016 Jackson

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

Freshman Offensive (2009–present)	2009 James 2010 Woods 2011 D. Thomas and Lee 2012 Mariota 2013 Jack 2014 Freeman 2015 Rosen 2016 Darnold

Freshman Defensive (2009–present)	2009 Burfict 2010 Onyeali 2011 D. Bailey 2012 L. Williams 2013 Jack 2014 Jackson 2015 C. Smith 2016 Rapp

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.)

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