Donald Evans (American football)

Donald Lee Evans (born March 14, 1964 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is a former American football defensive end who played eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Los Angeles Rams, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Steelers & New York Jets. He attended high school in Raleigh at Athens Drive High School, graduating in 1982.

Evans attended Athens Drive High School, where he played tailback and linebacker. Evans also participated in other sports; basketball (power forward) and track (100m and 200m sprint).

Following his outstanding athletic high school career, Evans accepted a football scholarship to be a student-athlete at Winston-Salem State University where he played under coach Bill Hayes.

After playing several positions in college (halfback, tight end, & linebacker), Evans was moved to defensive end his senior year, and he had 10 sacks and 65 tackles.

Donald Evans is a member of the Winston Salem State University Hall of Fame and the CIAA Hall of Fame.[1]

Evans was among the last round of player cuts six days prior to the start of a new season when he was waived by the Philadelphia Eagles on September 4, 1989.[2] While with the New York Jets, he was called for two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties and ejected after verbally abusing and making physical contact with referee Bernie Kukar at the end of a 28–25 loss to the Indianapolis Colts at the RCA Dome on October 30, 1994.[3] He was assessed a $10,000 fine by the NFL four days later on November 3.[4]