A 2017 sixth-round Bengals draft choice, Evans’ playing time increased as season progressed as a rookie, and he started four games late in the year after injuries hit Cincinnati’s starting LBs ... Noted for his speed, coverage skills and playmaking ability ... Played in 15 games as a rookie, seeing action on 27 percent of defensive snaps (311 of 1146) and 55 percent of special teams snaps (246 of 450) ... Totaled 33 tackles and two PDs on defense, along with five tackles on special teams ... As a senior at Oklahoma, served as a team captain and was a noted leader of Sooners’ defense ... Career totals in college were 286 tackles, including 22 TFLs, with 3.5 sacks, five INTs, four FFs, three FRs and 16 pass breakups (second in school history among LBs).

Career transactions: Selected by Cincinnati in sixth round of 2017 NFL Draft (193rd overall) ... Signed with Bengals on 5-15-17.

2017 highlights: Played in 15 games, with four starts ... Inactive on Oct. 1 at Cleveland with a hamstring injury ... All four starts came in last five weeks of season while filling in for various injured starters ... Led all rookies in tackles (33) and added two PDs ... Had five special teams tackles ... Had season-high 10 tackles on Dec. 10 vs. Chicago, including two TFLs ... Played in all four preseason games, and was team’s second-leading tackler (18).

College: Played four seasons (2013-16) at Oklahoma, and totaled 286 tackles, including 22 TFLs, with 3.5 sacks, five INTs, four FFs and three FRs ... As a senior, started all 13 games and was one of four team captains ... First-team all-Big 12 (coaches and AP) ... Totaled 98 tackles, including 10 TFLs, with 2.5 sacks, one FF, one FR and eight pass breakups ... Also had team-leading four INTs, including two returned for TDs ... Forced a fumble and returned an INT 80 yards for a TD in win at West Virginia ... Team-high nine tackles in win vs. Baylor, and became first Sooner ever to record two sacks and two INTs in a game ... Recorded 10 tackles and a 33-yard INT return for a TD in win vs. Kansas ... Played in 11 games as a junior, with 10 starts at inside linebacker ... Missed two games due to calf injury ... Named by coaches to All-Big 12 Second Team ... Totaled 83 tackles, including five TFLs, with a sack, FF, FR and four pass breakups ... In win vs. West Virginia, returned a fumble 41 yards for a TD, tallied two TFLs, with one sack, and added nine tackles ... As a sophomore, started all 13 games at inside linebacker, with 93 tackles, including nine TFLs, with an INT, FR, two FFs and three pass breakups ... Had career-high 14 tackles in win vs. Texas ... Played in eight games as freshman, with 12 tackles and one pass breakup.

Personal: Hometown is Norman, Okla. ... Attended Norman North High School in Norman, Okla. ... Totaled 94 tackles, nine sacks, two FFs and a FR as a HS senior ... Also excelled as a return specialist, with four career kickoff-return TDs and two punt-return TDs ... Majored in Arts and Sciences Planned Program at Oklahoma ... Named First-Team Academic All-Big 12 in 2014 and received second-team honors in ’15 ... Father, Scott, was three-time all-conference defensive tackle at Oklahoma (1988-90) ... Scott Evans also grew up in Cincinnati before moving to Oklahoma in middle school.