Desmond Evans: DL · North Carolina · #10.
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Desmond Evans
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The five seasons at North Carolina span two head coaches: Mack Brown and Freddie Kitchens. On tape: 8 tackles and 1 sack against Duke, Week 5, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
34 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 9.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
247Sports Nov 3
Syracuse.com Oct 22Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | North Carolina | 34 | 16 | 9.5 | 5.0 | 1 |
| 2023 | North Carolina | 33 | 18 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 5 |
| 2022 | North Carolina | 25 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2021 | North Carolina | 18 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | North Carolina | 10 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| Career | 120 | 54 | 20.0 | 9.0 | 6 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 45-10vs North Carolina Central | 4 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 4 | L 50-70vs James Madison | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-21@ Duke | 8 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 24-34vs Pittsburgh | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 34-41vs Georgia Tech | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 41-14@ Virginia | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-11@ Florida State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-24vs Wake Forest | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-41@ Boston College | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 30-35vs NC State | 5 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Total | 34 | 16 | 9.5 | 5.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
28%10 TFLSack rate
15%5 sacksHurry rate
26%9 hurries34 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 5 sacks.
5 seasons under Mack Brown — 37-28 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Freddie Kitchens
Pass share
44.2%
391 pass / 493 run
Plays / game
68.0
13 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
420 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #128 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at North Carolina, 9 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 46 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mack Brown.
