EMU: 2022: Second Team All-MAC…MAC West Division Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 19/Nov. 28)…MAC Male Scholar Athlete of the Week (Nov. 2/Nov. 16)…College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honoree…Named team MVP as well as capturing the James M. “Bingo” Brown Most Valuable Offensive Player Award and the ETOUGH Award…Listed on CSC Academic All-District team…Named an Academic All-MAC selection…Placed on Phil Steele’s All-MAC third team…Participated in 12 games…Completed a three-yard pass for a touchdown against the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Sept. 10)…Had 249 carries for 1,166-yards and 15 touchdowns (15 touchdowns was the most from any MAC rusher this season)…Caught 15 passes for a total of 93-yards…Returned two kicks for 21-yards…Set a career high for rush yards in a single game when he ran for 258 versus Arizona State University (Sept. 17)…Evans’ 258-yards against the Sun Devils went down as the third most in a single game in single-season history…Upon completion of the 2022 campaign, Evans ranks 16th in career rushing yards (1,684) and carries (373). Evans’ 1,166-yards rushed in 2022 sits as the eighth most in a single season in EMU football history, while his 249 carries rank sixth… 2021: Academic All-MAC selection...Appeared in 12 games for EMU, amassing 316 rushing yards on 83 attempts for 13 touchdowns and 19 receptions for 107 receiving yards while passing for three touchdowns...His 13 rushing touchdowns led the Eagles and finished third-best in the Mid-American Conference...Found paydirt multiple times in a contest four times for the Green and White...Finished second on the squad in passing touchdowns (3)...Rushed 13 times for 52 yards and a touchdown in the LendingTree Bowl versus Liberty (Dec. 18)...Racked up 47 rushing yards and a passing touchdown to defeat Western Michigan, Nov. 16...Tallied a pair of rushing touchdowns on eight carries for 62 yards versus Ohio (Nov. 9)...Combined for three touchdowns (two rushing and one passing) in a 52-49 road win over Toledo (Nov. 2)...Ran for 42 yards on eight carries, including a passing touchdown at Bowling Green (Oct. 23)...Tallied two rushing touchdowns on 10 carries in a victory over Texas State (Sept. 25)...Amassed a season-high three rushing touchdowns in a season-opening win over Saint Francis (Sept. 3)...2020: Played in five games for EMU, totalling 41 carries, 202 yards rushing, and one touchdown...Also caught six passes for 46 yards...Toted the rock 14 times for a season-best 80 yards at Ball State (Nov. 11)...Scored his first touchdown at Western Michigan (Dec. 5) to go along with 61 yards rushing on seven carries...Tallied 54 yards on seven carries in EMU’s victory over Northern Illinois (Dec. 12)...IOWA: Played under Head Coach Kurt Ferentz as a Hawkeye spending two seasons with the Big Ten Conference member...Was named an Academic All-Big Ten selection and earned the team leader award for special teams in 2019 after redshirting in 2018...HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year football letterman and one-time captain while playing quarterback, wide receiver, and linebacker, along with returning kicks and punts...Helped Prairie Ridge win back-to-back Illinois state titles (28-0) as a junior and senior...Holds school records for career rushing yards (6,386), career rushing touchdowns (111), career passing touchdowns (31), and career touchdowns (155)...Career rushing touchdowns ranks third best in state history...Rushed for 2,092 yards and 38 touchdowns as a senior and added two kick return touchdown...Rushed for 2,211 yards and 42 touchdowns as a junior, added 814 passing yards and 14 touchdowns as the quarterback, and also had two kick return touchdowns..Was named Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior...Was also named the Illinois Player of the Year by the Chicago Sun-Times, Champaign News-Gazette, and Northwest Herald as a senior...Earned first-team all-state and all-conference honors as a junior and senior...Named to Northwest Herald All-Area team three straight seasons...PERSONAL: Full Name: Samson Joseph Evans...Son of Matthew and Nancy Evans...Has two brothers, Shane and Carter, and one sister, Chandler...Brother, Carter, joined the EMU football team for the 2021 season...Business major.

Samson Evans