Drew Evans

Indiana State

Sep 12 (Fri)

6:30 p.m.

Position:
OL
Ht./Wt.:
6-4 / 309
Year:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Fort Atkinson, Wis.
High School:
Fort Atkinson
Prev School:
Wisconsin

Career Notes & Records
Started career at Wisconsin (2022) and transferred to Indiana prior to 2023 season. ... Started 10 career games ... Suffered a season-ending injury prior to Week 11 against Michigan (11/9) ... Made collegiate debut in the season opener versus FIU (8/31) ... Part of an offensive line that was named semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award.

2025 (Redshirt Junior Season)
Season: Started one game at left guard ... Returned from an Achilles injury suffered in Week 11 of the 2024 season.

Old Dominion (8/30): Blocked for 502 yards of total offense with 309 on the ground ... The 309 rushing yards were the most in a season opener since 2014 (455, Indiana State) and the most against an FBS opponent since 2016 (414, Maryland) ... Paved the way for Roman Hemby’s first 100-yard rushing game as a Hoosier and eighth of his career.

2024 (Sophomore Season)
Awards: Part of an offensive line that was named semifinalist for the Joe Moore Award ... Earned Academic All-Big Ten.

Season: Started nine games ... Suffered a season-ending injury prior to Week 11 against Michigan (11/9) ... Made collegiate debut in the season opener versus FIU (8/31) ... One of eight non-true freshmen to make collegiate debut in 2024 ... One of six Hoosiers to make first collegiate start in 2024 ... Part of an offensive line that didn’t allow a sack in back-to-back Big Ten games (Week 9, Washington; Week 10, at Michigan State) for the first time since a five-game streak in 2001 ... Paved the way for multiple rushing touchdowns in nine-straight games to start the season.

FIU (8/31): Made collegiate debut in a start at right guard ... Helped IU to 234 team rushing yards which were the most by a Hoosier backfield since 257 yards at Michigan State (11/19) in 2022. Western Illinois (9/6): Part of a program-record 701 yards of total offense ... Paved the way for 323 yards rushing and seven touchdowns on the ground ... The rushing total marked IU’s first 300-yard rushing game since 2016 (Maryland, 414) ... Helped the offense produce 300 yards rushing and passing in the same game for the first time since 2015 (Purdue). at UCLA (9/14): Helped IU gain 430 yards of total offense (123 rush, 307 pass) for its third-straight game of 400-plus yards ... The 29-point victory was the largest winning margin in a Big Ten road game for IU since 2001 at Wisconsin. Charlotte (9/21): Part of an offensive line that helped IU to 500-plus yards of total offense and 50-plus points for the second time in 2024 ... Cleared the way for six rushing touchdowns and 222 yards rushing ... The six rushing scores are the second time in 2024 IU scored six-or-more rushing touchdowns to mark the first time since at least 1996 to accomplish the feat in multiple games of a season. Maryland (9/28): Helped the offense gain 510 yards of total offense for the third time in 2024 ... Paved the way for 151 yards rushing and three touchdowns ... Protected Kurtis Rourke to the tune of 22-of-33 passing for 359 yards and three touchdown passes. at Northwestern (10/5): Protected Kurtis Rourke for a 380-yard passing games, which ranks No. 14 on the single-season charts and No. 9 in Big Ten-only games in program history ... Helped the team gain 529 yards of total offense for its fourth such game in 2024. Nebraska (10/19): Paved the way for the first 200-yard rushing game (215) against Nebraska defense since 2023 (Michigan) ... IU scored the first rushing touchdown on Nebraska as part of five touchdowns on the ground ... More than doubled NU’s season rushing yards allowed average entering the game (84.2 ypg). Washington (10/26): Part of an offensive line that did not allow a tackle for loss for the first time since 2013 (Navy) ... Led a rushing attack that ran the ball 52 times for the most rushing attempts by an IU backfield since 2016 (54; Purdue) ... Helped Justice Ellison to the first back-to-back 100-yard rushing effort since Stevie Scott III in 2019 with 123 yards. at Michigan State (11/2): Protected Kurtis Rourke to the tune of 263 yards and four touchdown passes ... Offensive line did not allow a sack for the second-straight game and posted the first back-to-back Big Ten games without a sack allowed since 2001.

2023 (Redshirt Freshman Season)
Did not see any game action.

2022 (Freshman Season - Wisconsin)
Did not see any game action and redshirted his initial collegiate season.

Prep/Personal
Offensive lineman for head coach Nick Nelson at Fort Atkinson High School ... Earned first-team All-Badger Small Football Conference as a senior ... Also lettered in basketball and track & field ... Second-team all-conference pick in basketball ... Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Division I state qualifier in the discus and shot put ... Broke a 55-year-old school record in the shot put with a throw of 54-10.5.