2026 games, tackles for loss per game. W and L: the team’s results.
Carter Evans
Wins the gap play after play. Five seasons in the Eastern Michigan defensive front to date. On tape: 3 tackles against Akron, Week 6, 2026.
17 tackles · 0.5 sacks
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Eastern Michigan | 17 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | -- |
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan | 37 | 18 | 4.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2024 | Eastern Michigan | 15 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2022 | Eastern Michigan | 14 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 87 | 36 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 2 |
Last game (Wk 10): 2 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-17vs Sacramento State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 21-27vs San José State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-35@ Michigan State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-54@ Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 29-3vs Lindenwood | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-14@ Massachusetts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 25-23@ Akron | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-34vs Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-24@ Ohio | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-35vs Central Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Week 4 · 2026
W 29-3
vs Lindenwood
0.5 sacks · 0.5 tackles for loss · 1 tackle
Dominant 26-point win at home against Lindenwood.
Ratings of the games shown run from -29 to +9 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where the impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
6%1 TFLSack rate
3%0 sacksHurry rate
12%2 hurries17 tackles · 1 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
5 seasons under Chris Creighton — 29-31 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
55.5%
356 pass / 285 run
Plays / game
64.1
10 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
405 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #60 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #20 of 43 Mid-American DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 1,069 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Mid-American as a graduate.
2026 is in progress.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chris Creighton.
