Evans, a fourth-round pick by the Saints in the 2006 NFL Draft, quickly became one of the great offensive linemen in the league, and in 2020 was named to the NFL’s 2010s All-Decade Team.
He played 169 games in total for New Orleans. Starting with the franchise’s lone Super Bowl season in 2009, he received first-team All-Pro honors four consecutive times and reached six straight Pro Bowls while serving as a premier pass blocker for quarterback Drew Brees on the interior of the O-line.
Evans left the Saints only briefly during his NFL career, as he played his 12th and final NFL season with the Green Bay Packers in 2017, but now he’s back with the black and gold for good.
He rose from humble beginnings as the pride of Division II’s Bloomsburg University, and now Evans is set to become the eighth member of the Saints Ring of Honor.
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