Arico Evans

Senior linebacker for TCU. 2018: 73 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks.

LB · TCU · Sr. · #7

6′2″ · 206 lb · Dallas, TX

TCU 2018 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for TCU. 2018: 73 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at TCU, 109 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

TCU

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Gary Patterson

TCU

Played his entire career under Gary Patterson.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Gary Patterson — 24-16 over that span.

2016TCU6-7HC: Gary Patterson · Balanced, fast tempo

2017TCU11-3HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

2018TCU7-6HC: Gary Patterson · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (93rd percentile). Strength: tackles (91st percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#168 / 2662 · 93rd pct

Tackles#243 / 2662 · 91st pct

Sacks#416 / 2662 · 83rd pct

2.5

Tackles for loss#693 / 2662 · 72nd pct

4.5

Passes defended#744 / 2662 · 66th pct

QB hurries#730 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.5	0.2	0.2	0.2
Road5g	9.2	0.7	0.3	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.7	0.5	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	7.8	0.3	0.2	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Sonny Dykes

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	TCU	73	47	4.5	2.5	2	--	--
2017	TCU	33	15	0.0	0.0	2	--	--
2016	TCU	3	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		109	63	4.5	2.5	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2018

W 31–24

vs Oklahoma State

10 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. Reagor — 121 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · A. Nunez — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 56 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week