Honors: Enters final season ... team captain ... looking to return to form after knee injury ... always a deep threat, he consistently wins battles for the ball and can gain yards after catches ... excellent speed and hands ... the No. 11 receiver in the nation heading into the 2003 season according to The Sporting News ... honorable mention preseason All-American according to collegefootballnews.com ... depending on his health, he would be considered a legitimate Heisman Trophy, Biletnikoff Award and All-America candidate ... already Wisconsin’s career receiving yards leader (2,255 yards) after just three seasons ... enters 2003 season needing 1,056 yards to become Big Ten’s all-time leader in receiving yardage ... needs 21 receptions and 10 touchdown catches to become school’s career leader in those categories

2002: redshirted after sustaining left knee injury while making a catch in 2002 spring game ... he had surgery on May 22 and again on Nov. 22 ... a preseason second-team All-American and the No. 4 receiver in the nation heading into the 2002 season according to The Sporting News

2001: earned third varsity letter … started all 12 games … one of three finalists for the Biletnikoff Award (given to the nation’s top receiver) … one of 15 finalists for Football News’ National Offensive Player of the Year Award … first-team All-America choice by Football News, ABC Sports Online and collegefootballnews.com … second-team All-American by Associated Press and The Sporting News … honorable mention All-America pick of CNNSI.com … consensus (coaches and media) first-team All-Big Ten selection … voted team’s MVP, he was UW’s offensive player of the week seven times … set Big Ten record for receiving yards in a season with 1,545, which ranked No. 3 nationally … his yardage total was 15th-highest in a season in NCAA history … led Big Ten and ranked No. 4 in nation in receiving yards per game with 128.8 … his 20.6 yards-per-catch average were 0.7 yards per grab from school record … set school records for receptions in a season (75), touchdown receptions in a season (tied with nine) and 100-yard receiving games in a season (eight) … eclipsed school’s previous season receiving yardage mark by a remarkable 625 yards … became school’s career leader in receiving yardage (2,255), surpassing former NFL standout Al Toon’s 17-year-old record … team’s second-leading scorer with 54 points … caught at least one pass in all 12 games, extending his school-record streak to 25 consecutive games with at least one reception … was on receiving end of team’s two-longest plays from scrimmage (78-yard TD pass from Jim Sorgi vs. Virginia and a 70-yard TD strike from Matt Schabert vs. Michigan State) … caught 15 passes of at least 35 yards, including six for touchdowns … registered at least one 30-yard reception in nine different games … named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week and Nissan Frontier National Athlete of the Week after his four-catch, 135-yard, two-TD performance in season-opener vs. Virginia … made career high-tying nine catches four times (vs. Indiana, at Illinois, vs. Michigan State and at Minnesota) … recorded the second-, fifth- and sixth-highest single-game receiving yardage totals in school history with 228 yards vs. Michigan State, 182 vs. Fresno State and 175 vs. Iowa … joined Pat Richter and Al Toon as only players in school history to record three straight 100-yard receiving games (Evans did it twic