Jerton Evans Class: Senior Hometown: Lynchburg, Va. High School: Jefferson Forest H.S. Height / Weight: 5-11 / 200 Position: S Experience: 3L

WORTH NOTING: Hard-hitting safety who plays with a linbacker’s mentality … three-year starter … has started 32 games in his career, the most among returning Cavaliers and tied for third among UVa safeties since 1986 … leading tackler among team’s defensive backs last fall with a career-high 83 stops, which shouldn’t be a surprise since he’s led the team’s defensive backs the last two seasons … his 83 tackles are the most by a Cavalier defensive back since safety Anthony Poindexter had 98 in 1996 … is Virginia’s second-leading returning tackler behind linebacker Angelo Crowell … burst upon the scene with an outstanding rookie season in 1999 … freshman All-American … his 44 tackles in 1999 are the most by a true freshman defensive back in school history.

HONORS: 2002— Received the Virginia Student Aid Foundation’s Mark and Anne Sternheimer Endowed Football Scholarship. 1999—First-team Freshman All-America by Football News … second-team All-Freshman by The Sporting News … ACC Rookie of the Week following UVa’s game against Brigham Young (Sept. 25) … ECAC/Budget Rookie of the Week following UVa’s game against BYU.

AT VIRGINIA: 2001— Played in all 12 games, starting the last 11 … fourth overall on the team in tackling with an average of 6.9 tackles per game … tied for 29th in the ACC in tackling, eighth among league defensive backs … four tackles for loss, second among the team’s defensive backs and tops among safeties … intercepted two passes and broke up four more … led team with two fumble recoveries … averaged 7.7 tackles vs. ranked teams … had four tackles in a reserve role in the opener against Wisconsin … one of his tackles was his first tackle for loss of his career … moved into the starting line-up for Richmond and made eight tackles … played a key role in the upset win over Clemson at Death Valley … made a career-high 15 tackles and broke up a season-best two passes to help spearhead the defensive effort … eight tackles vs. Maryland … also broke up a pass … had his first interception of the season against North Carolina to go along with four tackles … 10 tackles vs. Florida State ties for the second-highest total of his career … nine tackles and a fumble recovery vs. N.C. State and eight stops and another recovery against Wake Forest … seven tackles in the upset of Georgia Tech … four tackles and a key interception in season-ending win over Penn State … his leaping interception deep in Penn State territory late in the first half helped set up an important field goal to end the half … received his third letter. 2000—Started all 10 regular season games in which he played and in the Jeep O’ahu Bowl … did not play in the Georgia Tech game due to a back injury suffered early in the win over North Carolina … led the team’s defensive backs with 50 tackles, a career high … tied for the team lead with two fumbles caused ... made six tackles and caused a fumble against Brigham Young in the opener … seven tackles against Richmond in the second game … also caused a fumble in that game … in on seven tackles against Florida State and two against North Carolina before getting injured in the game’s opening drive and missing the rest of the contest … made five tackles upon his return against N.C. State … season-high nine tackles against Virginia Tech in the final regular season game ... led Virginia with nine tackles, including three for lost yardage, and broke up a pass against Georgia in the Jeep O’ahu Bowl ... lettered. 1999—Had an outstanding rookie campaign … impact player on the defense despite being a true freshman … one of two freshmen who formed Virginia’s safety tandem … played in all 12 games and started the last 10, including the Micronpc.com Bowl vs. Illinois … eighth on the team with 44 tackles … second among UVa’s defensive backs in tackles … led team with four interceptions, the most by a UVa true freshman in 13 years … tied for eighth in the ACC in interceptions (tops among ACC rookies) … first true freshman to lead team since 1991 … intercepted the first pass of his career vs. Clemson in the second game of his career … added two tackles vs. the Tigers … intercepted two passes in upset win at Brigham Young … made a leaping interception of a Kevin Feterik pass late in the first quarter to set up UVa’s third touchdown … his second pickoff came in the end zone with 1:37 to play and BYU in the red zone … was named ACC Rookie of the Week for that performance … led the team with a career-high 10 tackles against Duke … broke up two passes and had four tackles in an important road win at N.C. State … had a nifty interception against Florida State as he stepped in front of Peter Warrick to make a diving pickoff … also had five tackles vs. the top-ranked Seminoles … made seven tackles in upset win over #7 Georgia Tech … added eight tackles the next week against Buffalo to share team honors … five tackles against Illinois in the bowl game ... lettered.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter winner at Jefferson Forest High School for Ed Landis … played free safety and quarterback, earning All-State recognition for three years (three times on defense and once on offense) ... three-year All-Region performer (three times on defense, twice on offense) ... PrepStar All-Region selection on defense his junior and senior seasons ... four-year All-District and All-Area selection on both offense and defense ... two-year team captain ... as a quarterback, he threw for 2398 career yards and rushed for 2206 yards and 33 touchdowns …as a senior, was 44 of 95 for 557 yards passing and gained 630 yards rushing … scored eight touchdowns in his senior season … as a junior, was 45 of 90 for 878 yards passing ... rushed for 655 yards and 13 touchdowns … as a free safety, recorded 245 tackles, 10 interceptions, seven forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries for his career … had 145 tackles and four interceptions his senior year … had 66 tackles and five interceptions as a junior … selected to Charlottesville Daily Progress “Gold List” … rated as the No. 13 prospect in Virginia by the Roanoke Times after his senior year … played point guard on the basketball team ... from same high school as UVa teammate Butch Jefferson and former two-time Cavalier All-America safety Anthony Poindexter.

PERSONAL: Jerton Paul Evans … born 11-25-80 in Fairmont, W.Va. … son of Jerome and Tanya Evans ... has a brother Micah McCauley (23) ... four-time Academic letter winner in high school ... coached recreation football ... likes to write poetry, read and draw … English major.

Evans Defensively

Year	GP	Plys	S	A	Tot.	TFL	QBS	FR	FC	PBU	Int	BlK
1999	11	549	24	20	44	0	0	0	0	3	4	0
2000	10	601	32	18	50	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
2001	12	804	56	27	83	4/-10	0	2	0	4	2	0
Career	33	1954	112	65	177	4/-10	0	2	2	7	6	0