THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

Played in 35 career games with 20 starts for the Lions...138 career tackles and 53 tackles for loss.. UNA 2020: Started all four games at linebacker in 2020...Finished second on the team in tackles with 27 total, 15 solo and 12 assists...Had two tackles for loss of eight yards...Recovered one fumble..UNA 2019: Played in all 11 games in 2019 and started the first eight games of the season...Finished sixth on the team in tackles with 49 total (27 solo, 22 assists)...5.0 tackles for loss of 28 yards and 3.0 sacks for 21 yards...One pass break-up...Top game was eight tackles against Alabama A&M...UNA 2018: Played in all 10 games with seven starts...Finished as the team's fifth leading tackler with 39 total stops (22 solo, 17 assists)...Five tackles for loss of 15 yards and 2.5 sacks for 10 yards...Also broke-up two passes and forced two fumbles...Top games were seven tackles at North Dakota State and seven against Mississippi College...UNA 2017: Played in 10 games as a true freshman with one start...Earned Gulf South Conference Special Teams Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week honors for his performance in UNA's win over Florida Tech... With UNA trailing 7-3 in the third quarter, Evans blocked an FIT punt that the Lions returned for a touchdown and UNA then rolled to a 30-7 win over the Panthers, snapping a two-game losing skid...Evans also added one tackle in the game...Finished the season with 23 total tackles (14 solo, nine assists), 3.0 tackles for loss of 10 yards and 2.0 sacks for seven yards...Forced one fumble and blocked a punt... HIGH SCHOOL: Played linebacker, quarterback, and halfback under head coach Bo Culver at Haleyville High School…Helped lead the Lions to a regional championship in 2016 and state playoff appearances in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016…Named permanent team captain in 2015 and 2016 seasons, received the Hammer award and the Lion award in 2016, member of the Times Daily all-region team in 2015 and 2016 and member of the Northwest Alabamian All-Star team in 2014, 2015, and 2016…Also lettered in basketball and baseball…Member of National Honor Society, participant in Boys State and Hugh O’Brien Youth Leadership…PERSONAL: Full name is William Todd Evans…Son of Todd and Heather Evans and has three siblings…Major is Business / Finance.
 
Year     UT        AT         TT        TFL/YDS       SACKS
2017     14          9          23        3.0-10            2.0-7
2018     22        17          39        5.0-15            2.5-10
2019     27        22          49        5.0-28            3.0-21
2020     15        12          27        2.0-8              8.0-0
Career  78        60        138      15.0-61            7.5-38