Shame he gets added after the fact, but it is what it is.
The National Football League today announced that Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evanswas named to the 2025 Pro Bowl Games, replacing Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb, who is unable to participate due to injury. It marks the sixth career Pro Bowl honor for Evans (2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024), tying him for the third-most selections by a Buccaneer in franchise history, trailing only Pro Football Hall of Famers Derrick Brooks (11) and Warren Sapp (seven). Evans and Mike Alstott are tied for the most selections among all offensive players in team history, with six.
In 2024, Evans extended his historic streak of 1,000-yard receiving seasons to 11 – every season of his career – finishing with 74 receptions for 1,004 yards and 11 touchdowns in 14 games played. In the process, he tied Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice for the most consecutive 1,000-yard seasons in NFL history (11) and surpassed Pro Football Hall of Famer Randy Moss (10) for the second-most total 1,000-yard seasons in league history, trailing only Rice (14). It marked Evans’ sixth season with 1,000+ receiving yards and 10+ receiving touchdowns – the fifth-most such seasons in NFL history, trailing only Pro Football Hall of Famers Rice (9), Marvin Harrison (8), Moss (8) and Terrell Owens (8).
Across his 11 seasons with Tampa Bay, Evans has appeared in 168 career games, making 167 starts, and amassing 836 receptions for 12,684 receiving yards and 105 receiving touchdowns. All-time in league history, Evans ranks ninth in receiving touchdowns, 24th in receiving yards and 35th in receptions. He is 1-of-4 players with 12,000+ receiving yards and 100+ touchdown receptions through 11 career seasons, along with a trio of Hall of Famers in Harrison, Moss and Rice. Evans’ 105 touchdown receptions rank fifth and his 12,684 receiving yards stand sixth among all NFL players through their first 11 seasons. Evans remains Tampa Bay’s all-time leader in points scored (644), receptions, receiving yards, receiving touchdowns, total touchdowns (106) and scrimmage yards (12,694).
A captain in each of the past eight seasons for the Buccaneers, Evans is a four-time Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee.
Evans will join teammates Vita Vea and Tristan Wirfs, who were originally selected to the Pro Bowl on January 2. The 2025 Pro Bowl Games are set to take place January 30 through February 2 in Orlando and will be broadcasted on ESPN.
(Courtesy of the Buccaneers Communications Department.)