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Mike Evans

Mike Evans is a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers. Injury status: Out. Depth chart: WR1.

Scouting report

Mike Evans: the full picture

Written automatically from Gridiron Value model data · updated October 20, 2026

Mike Evans at a glance

Mike Evans is a 33-year-old wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers, listed at 6'5" and 231 pounds. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted Evans 7th overall in the first round in 2014, out of Texas A&M; this is year 13 in the league.

2026 projection

Our season projection has Evans at 158.2 PPR points for 2026, which ranks WR39 at the position and works out to 11.3 points per game over 17.0 projected games.

2026 season so far

Through 6 games of 2026, Evans has scored 89.0 PPR points, or 14.8 per game. That is 56.2% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Evans would finish with about 252 points, ahead of the 158.2 projected. The best week so far is 26.3 points in Week 5 against SEA, the WR6 finish that week. Evans has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable WR start in 5 of 6 games, a 83% consistency rate.

Percentile profile

Measured against the 91 qualified wide receivers of 2026, Evans ranks in the 88th percentile in yards per target, the 86th percentile in receiving yards and the 84th percentile in receiving TDs. Five of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 2nd percentile in average separation.

Career track record

By season-long PPR scoring, Evans has finished as WR11 in 2020, WR9 in 2021, WR17 in 2022, WR7 in 2023, WR14 in 2024 and WR75 in 2025. Five of those 12 seasons ended inside the top twelve. The high-water mark is 304.1 PPR points in 2016. Across 182 regular-season games on record, the totals read 893 receptions, 13,472 receiving yards and 111 receiving touchdowns.

Mike Evans by the numbers

Evans has been the highest-scoring wide receiver of the week 5 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 27 times and finished in the top twelve 61 times. The career high is 48.7 PPR points, set in Week 17 of 2022 against CAR, the top WR score of that week. The game log also shows 13 games of 30 or more PPR points, 40 100-yard receiving games and 3 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Evans has reached 20 points in 53 games, 29% of career appearances.

How the production happens

In 2026, Evans drew 7.0 targets per game at an average depth of 13.9 air yards. 34% of those targets were deep (15 or more air yards), and 7 targets came in the red zone.

Contract

Evans is playing on a three-year, $42.5 million contract signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 2026, an average of $14.2 million per year with $14.3 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2028 season.

2026 projected stat line

Projected PPR
158.2
PPR / game
11.3

Week 2 projection

Mike Evans is projected for 10.2 PPR points at home against MIA in week 2, with a likely range of 0.0 to 25.9.

Trade value

Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 2.0 since the previous model run (stable).

Redraft
56.6
Dynasty
31.3
Superflex redraft
65.6
Superflex dynasty
44.5
TE premium dynasty
18.8

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Career stats

SeasonTeamGTgtRecRec ydsRec TDCarRush ydsPPR
2026SF6392742030089.0
2025TB8623036830084.8
2024TB14110741,0041100240.4
2023TB17136791,2551300282.5
2022TB15127771,124600225.4
2021TB16114741,03514110262.5
2020TB16109701,0061300248.6
2019TB13118671,157800232.7
2018TB16138861,524800284.4
2017TB15136711,001500203.1

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