So in addition to re-sharing yesterday how his wife might have saved Bucs fandom from a deep depression, Mike Evans also talked about a great and painful lesson he learned working against former Bucs cornerback Mike Jenkins.
Evans was on NFL Network after practice with retired six-time Pro Bowl Bucs star Gerald McCoy and Sara Walsh from One Buc Palace. McCoy recalled his surprise to see that Evans was “fat” as a rookie arriving in Tampa.
McCoy recalled being stunned that a fat receiver was the same guy who tore up college football during the 2013 season.
Evans laughed and agreed with McCoy. Evans said he had money in his pocket as a new NFL player and loved to eat — and it caught up to him in a hurry.
Per Evans, at his first spring practice with the Bucs, in his first rep on the field, he ran a route against Jenkins and tore his hamstring “the worst I ever did in my whole career.” I was out like six or seven weeks.
“I learned to take care of my body after that,” Evans said.
Evans added that he was up over 240 pounds as a rookie. That was following weighing in at 231 at the NFL Scouting Combine.
