Eastern Michigan Athletics
2026 Football Roster
Roster
Carter Evans
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Crystal Lake, Ill.
- High School:
- Prairie Ridge
EMU: 2025: Earned the Elton J. Rynearson Scholar Athlete Award…Played in all 12 games with 11 starts…Recorded 37 tackles, including 19 solo and 18 assisted…Added 5.5 tackles for loss for six yards…Forced one fumble…Posted seven quarterback hurries on the season…2024: Named an Academic All MAC selection…Played in all 12 games…Recorded 15 tackles with eight solo and seven assisted…Added 2.5 tackles for loss for eight yards and one sack for seven yards…Logged two quarterback hurries and one pass breakup against Saint Francis on Sept. 21…2023: Did not play due to injury…2022: Named a CSC Academic All District honoree…Earned Academic All MAC honors…Appeared in eight games…Recorded 14 total tackles…Notched his first career pass breakup against Western Michigan on Oct. 8…Set a career high with four tackles against Buffalo on Sept. 24…2021: Appeared in four games…Recorded four tackles while playing 50 total snaps…HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Prairie Ridge High School and played under Head Coach Chris Schremp…Rated a three star recruit by Rivals and 247Sports…Received more than 30 Division I offers as a tight end, linebacker, and defensive end…Helped lead Prairie Ridge to the 2017 Class 6A state championship and a runner up finish in 2019…Four year starter…Rushed for 922 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2019…Two time IHSFCA 6A All State honoree…Earned first team all conference and first team academic all state honors…PERSONAL: Full name Carter Jackson Evans…Son of Matthew and Nancy Evans…Has two brothers, Shane and Samson, and one sister, Chandler…Brother Samson is Eastern Michigan’s all time touchdown leader…Brother Shane played offensive line at Purdue and Northern Illinois…Finance major.
