Mike Evans was ejected from the field after he and New Orleans Saints CB Marshon Lattimore were involved in a brawl during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs New Orleans Saints game on Sunday. 

Who is Mike Evans?

Mike Evans is an American football wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). Born on August 21, 1993, he played college football at Texas A&M and was drafted No.7 overall by the Buccaneers in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft.

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 Evans is the first athlete in NFL history to have at least 1,000 receiving yards in each of his first eight seasons of play. He defeated the Kansas City Chiefs on February 7, 2021, to win his first Super Bowl title.

Evans declared on January 2, 2014, that he would skip his final two seasons of college eligibility and join the 2014 NFL Draft instead. Most analysts and scouts predicted that he would go in the first round of the draught and be a consensus top 10 pick. Sports Illustrated ranked him as the best wide receiver in the draught, and NFLDraftScout.com listed him as the second-best wide receiver. One selection after his college teammate Jake Matthews, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Evans with the seventh overall choice in the 2014 NFL Draft. Evans agreed to a four-year rookie deal worth $14.6 million with a $8.96 million signing bonus on June 12, 2014.

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With 68 receptions for 1,051 yards and 12 touchdowns in the final game of his rookie season, Evans shattered franchise records and joined veteran Vincent Jackson as the first Buccaneers receivers to surpass 1,000 yards in a single season. Evans extended his deal with the Buccaneers for five years and $82.5 million on March 9, 2018, with $55 million of that amount guaranteed. With 86 receptions for a career-high 1,524 yards and nine total touchdowns, Evans ended his sixth season. Evans was chosen to play in his second Pro Bowl as Julio Jones‘ injury replacement on January 7, 2019. Evans then became the first wide receiver in Buccaneers history to be selected to more than one Pro Bowl.

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In the 2020 postseason, Evans had three receptions for 51 yards and a score in the 31-26 victory over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship. Evans drew four penalties and caught one pass on one target for a 31-yard gain in Super Bowl LV’s 31-9 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. Evans won his first championship as an NFL player thanks to this win.