Wingate's Evans Named D2Football National Special Teams Player of the Week

Wingate, N.C.----Wingate University senior kicker/punter Ethan Evans has added another huge honor to a list of his accolades, earning National Special Teams Player of the Week recognition from D2Football.com. Evans earns national honors for the first time in his career, after earning SAC Special Teams Player of the Week accolades each of the last two weeks. 

Evans played a huge role in Wingate's 27-10 win at Tusculum Saturday in the SAC opener as the 'Dogs moved to 3-0 on the season. The All-SAC honoree averaged 51 yards per punt on six punts, pinning four of them inside the Tusculum 10-yard line with three going at least 50 yards. He also hit all three PATs, added a 40-yard field goal and had four touchbacks on six kickoffs. His first punt went 60 yards and pinned Tusculum back inside its own 10. His next punt was a 41-yarder downed at the Tusculum one. That was followed by a 58-yard effort with a negative one-yard return that put the Pioneers at their own seven. He then had a 56-yarder that put the Pioneers at their own four.

Evans leads the nation with his average of 50.7 yards per punt, while ranking second nationally in net punting (44.1). Of his 18 punts this year, 10 have gone over 50 yards and eight have put the opponent inside the 20. He has also made all nine PATs on the year and has 10 touchbacks on 14 kickoffs.