
The greatest offensive player in Bucs history will continue his assault on NFL record books this year.
Mike Evans has seen his rankings in NFL and Bucs record books steadily climb higher and higher as the years go on, and 2024 should lend a few more notches on his belt.
In the newly released NFL Record and Fact Book for this year, it noted several accomplishments that Evans can match or exceed with yet another strong performance. Most notably, Evans can continue his insane stretch of 1,000-yard seasons to begin a career, which is already an NFL record he comfortably holds at 10 years.
Not only would another year of surpassing the 1k mark bolster that record, but it would also match Jerry Rice for longest stretch of consecutive 1,000-yard seasons period (11 years, which Rice recorded between 1986-96).
If he overachieves and tallies at least 1,320 yards, he’ll become just the sixth player ever to record 13,000+ career yards in his first 11 seasons — joining Rice, Marvin Harrison, Torry Holt, Julio Jones, and Randy Moss. This mark will be tough to match, as Evans has eclipsed that target only twice in his career, once in 2016 and again in 2018.

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If Evans grabs 12 touchdowns this year, which he’s done five times already, he’d become only the fifth player ever with that many scores or more in 6+ seasons — once again joining Rice, Harrison, Moss, and Terrell Owens. On top of that, Evans needs just 6 touchdowns (he’s recorded fewer than that only twice) to reach 100 touchdowns for his career. He’d be the fifth player ever to accomplish the feat, joining — you guessed it — Rice, Moss, Harrison, and Owens.
Finally, Evans can match Tony Gonzalez for the longest streak of 65-catch seasons with 11.
I’m not expert or anything, but when your name is consistently mentioned with a bunch of Hall of Famers who are largely considered some of the best to ever do it, you’re doing pretty well for yourself.
No. 13 will have to enjoy a truly great season to hit all of these milestones, but the fact he’s even close should be heavily applauded and appreciated as he cements his legacy as quite arguably one of the top 25 wide receivers to ever play the sport.
