Evan Foster

Senior defensive back on Syracuse's 2019 roster.

DB · Syracuse · Sr. · #9

6′0″ · 215 lb · West Bloomfield, MI

Syracuse 2019 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1359 nationally · Signed with Syracuse

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back on Syracuse's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Syracuse in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Syracuse, 228 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20165 games

Signed with Syracuse3-star out of West Bloomfield

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1359 national

CFB

College

Syracuse

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Dino Babers

Syracuse

Played his entire career under Dino Babers.

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Dino Babers — 23-26 over that span.

2016Syracuse4-8HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Syracuse4-8HC: Dino Babers · Balanced, fast tempo

2018Syracuse10-3HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2019Syracuse5-7HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (91st percentile). Strength: passes defended (83rd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#245 / 2688 · 91st pct

Passes defended#379 / 2688 · 83rd pct

Solo tackles#535 / 2688 · 80th pct

Sacks#857 / 2688 · 61st pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#78 / 721 · 45th pct

Tackles for loss#1413 / 2688 · 43rd pct

2.0

QB hurries#1337 / 2688 · 25th 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

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.3	0.2	0.0	0.2
Road6g	7.0	0.2	0.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.7	0.3	0.2	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	6.7	0.0	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Fran Brown

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Syracuse	74	34	2.0	1.0	4	--	--
2018	Syracuse	82	53	5.5	2.0	3	1	--
2017	Syracuse	64	48	1.5	0.0	4	1	--
2016	Syracuse	8	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		228	136	9.0	3.0	11	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2019

W 39–30

vs Wake Forest

2 TOT · 2 SOLO

Edged out Wake Forest at home in a shootout.

With S. Hofrichter — 45 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG · C. Welch — 234 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · 19 rush yds (9 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week