#88

Mitchell Evans

Former tight end at Notre Dame. 2024: 43 catches, 421 receiving yards, 3 TD.

TE · Notre Dame · Sr. · #88

6′5″ · 260 lb · Wadsworth, OH

CFB Index 58 · #29 of 135 TEsMedium-low confidenceCarolina — drafted 2025, Rd 5, Pick 27, #163 overall

Recruiting

3★

TE recruit

No. 493 nationally · Signed with Notre Dame

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former tight end at Notre Dame. 2024: 43 catches, 421 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Notre Dame in 2021.
Drafted round 5 by the Carolina in 2025.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Notre Dame, 903 receiving yards — drafted at #163 overall by Carolina.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 134 yds at Duke.Duke · W 21-142023

2021

Signed with Notre Dame3-star out of Wadsworth

2025

Drafted by Carolinaround 5, pick 163

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#493 national

CFB

College

Notre Dame

2021–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #163

Carolina · 2025

Coaching lineage · 2021–2024

2 coaches

2021

Brian Kelly

Notre Dame

2022–2024

Marcus Freeman

Notre Dame

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Brian Kelly → Marcus Freeman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

CarolinaEntering 2nd NFL season

#163Rd 5 · Pick 27

CarolinaEntering 2nd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Notre Dame11-2HC: Brian Kelly · Balanced

2022Notre Dame9-4HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-heavy

2023Notre Dame10-3HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2024Notre Dame14-2HC: Marcus Freeman · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the TE cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

58Quality starter #29 of 135?

Medium-low confidence11 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: receptions (89th percentile). Strength: rec yards (83rd percentile). Concern: explosive rate (18th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#177 / 610 · 71st pct

95.0%

TD rate#245 / 610 · 60th pct

7.5%

EPA / target#308 / 610 · 50th pct

0.87

Yards / catch#475 / 610 · 22nd pct

9.6

Explosive rate#498 / 610 · 18th pct

7.5%

Box-score rates (6)

Receptions#18 / 168 · 89th pct

Rec yards#29 / 168 · 83rd pct

421

Fumbles lost#1 / 47 · 72nd pct

Rec TDs#47 / 168 · 65th pct

Long catch#89 / 168 · 45th pct

Yards / catch#115 / 168 · 31st pct

9.8

Season trend

Last seasonThis season

EPA / target

93rd → 50th percentile

Explosive rate

89th → 18th percentile

Catch rate

56th → 71st percentile

TD rate

27th → 60th percentile

Yards / catch

78th → 22nd percentile

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2024 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	2.6	25.5	9.8	0.2
Road6g	3.7	36.2	9.8	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-78g	3.0	28.9	9.3	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	31.7	10.4	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Marcus Freeman

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #29 of 135 TEs

Three-star recruit. Now #29 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Notre Dame	43	421	9.8	3	--
2023	Notre Dame	29	422	14.6	1	--
2022	Notre Dame	3	39	13.0	1	--
2021	Notre Dame	2	21	10.5	0	--
Career		77	903	11.7	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 20 · 2024

W 27–24

at Penn State

5 rec · 58 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With R. Leonard — 223 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 80.3 · 35 rush yds (18 car) · 1 TD · J. Rendell — 39 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 44 LONG

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 14 · USC · 4&9 · Q2 · EPA +3.34Tyler Buchner pass complete to Mitchell Evans for 23 yds to the ND 49 for a 1ST down
Week 2 · Northern Illinois · 3&12 · Q1 · EPA +3.25Riley Leonard pass complete to Mitchell Evans for 14 yds to the NIU 39 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Ohio State · 2&6 · Q4 · EPA +2.83Riley Leonard pass complete to Mitchell Evans for 33 yds to the OSU 31 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · USC · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +2.66Riley Leonard pass complete to Mitchell Evans for 23 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 12 · Virginia · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.57Riley Leonard pass complete to Mitchell Evans for 16 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 11 · Florida State · 1&10 · Q2 · EPA +2.53Riley Leonard pass complete to Mitchell Evans for 12 yds for a TD (Mitch Jeter KICK)
Week 2 · Northern Illinois · 3&5 · Q2 · EPA +2.41Riley Leonard pass complete to Mitchell Evans for 12 yds to the ND 47 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Georgia · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.08Riley Leonard pass complete to Mitchell Evans for 11 yds to the ND 41 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Purdue · 3&6 · Q2 · EPA +1.98Riley Leonard pass complete to Mitchell Evans for 6 yds to the ND 42 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · Purdue · 3&11 · Q2 · EPA +1.88Riley Leonard pass complete to Mitchell Evans for 19 yds to the PUR 13 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 2	L 14-16vs Northern Illinois	2	26	13.0	0	14
Wk 3	W 66-7@ Purdue	3	27	9.0	0	19
Wk 4	W 28-3vs Miami (OH)	2	15	7.5	0	9
Wk 5	W 31-24vs Louisville	3	14	4.7	0	6
Wk 8	W 31-13@ Georgia Tech	4	26	6.5	0	10
Wk 9	W 51-14@ Navy	2	25	12.5	0	13
Wk 11	W 52-3vs Florida State	2	21	10.5	1	12
Wk 12	W 35-14vs Virginia	4	34	8.5	1	16
Wk 13	W 49-14vs Army	2	25	12.5	0	18
Wk 14	W 49-35@ USC	5	59	11.8	1	23	Season-high 59 yds
Bowl	W 27-17vs Indiana	2	17	8.5	0	9
Bowl	W 23-10@ Georgia	3	22	7.3	0	11
Bowl	W 27-24@ Penn State	5	58	11.6	0	32
Bowl	L 23-34vs Ohio State	4	52	13.0	0	33
Total		43	421	9.8	3	33

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Mitchell Evans

2021

2025

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

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