Cooper Evans

Honors: Southland Conference Special Teams Player of the Week (Sept. 1, 2025) 2025 Season: Saw action in 11 games during his first season at NSU as punter and kickoff specialist…punted 37 times on the year with a 36.3 average, with three going for 50+ yards and placing four inside the 20-yard line…named SLC Special Teams Player of the Week following his first career game as a Demon after averaging 44.7 yards per punt, placing three inside the 20 and booming two 50-yarders against Alcorn State (Aug. 28)…also converted on two field goal attempts during the year, his first a 30-yarder against East Texas A&M (Oct. 4) and his second from 33 yards against Houston Christian (Oct. 11)…averaged 52.3 yards per kickoff with four touch backs. Prior to NSU: Redshirted one season at South Florida. High School: Four-year letterman for coach David Perno’s Gladiators ... named the all-region Special Teams Player of the Year as both a junior and as a senior ... second-team all-region selection as a sophomore ... helped lead Clarke Central to the second round of the playoffs as a senior and the third round as a junior ... was part of regional champion teams as a freshman and sophomore ... also lettered in golf for three years and bass fishing ... A-B Honor Roll student graduated with a 3.8 GPA. Personal: Born March 11, 2006 ... son of Katrina and Chris Evans ... has one sister, Delaney ... majoring in business administration ... life’s ambition is to be succesful.