1. Jahri Divine Evans was born on August 22,1983 and is an American football coach and former football guard who played in the National Football League.
30 Facts About Jahri Evans
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Jahri Evans currently serves as an offensive assistant for the New Orleans Saints.
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Jahri Evans has been a member of the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers.
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Unusual for an NFL player, Jahri Evans did not play football until high school.
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Jahri Evans attended Frankford High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was an All-Public League selection as a junior.
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Jahri Evans did not attend Bloomsburg on an athletic scholarship, but rather an academic scholarship.
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Jahri Evans attended Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, where he played for the Bloomsburg Huskies football team.
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Jahri Evans was heavily motivated to make the starting lineup, battling Kyle Miller for the position who had played with Pennsylvania's Lakeland High School Chiefs.
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Jahri Evans was awarded All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference honors in each of those seasons, while earning Division II "Little All-American" selections in his junior and senior years.
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Jahri Evans was a finalist for the Division II Gene Upshaw Offensive Player of the Year Award in each of final two seasons.
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Jahri Evans pledged the Alpha Eta chapter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
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Jahri Evans was evaluated as an early seventh round pick by Sports Illustrated.
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Jahri Evans was selected in the fourth round by the Saints, after they had traded their early fourth-round pick in the draft to the Philadelphia Eagles for veteran defensive tackle Hollis Thomas and the Eagles' mid-fourth-round pick.
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Jahri Evans was the first Bloomsburg player drafted since Eric Jonassen went 140th overall to the San Diego Chargers in the 1992 NFL draft.
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Jahri Evans was signed to a three-year contract by the Saints on July 25,2006.
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Jahri Evans was named to the Pro Football Weekly All-Rookie team.
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Jahri Evans was ranked 34th by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2011.
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On September 7,2016, Jahri Evans returned to the Saints, signing a one-year deal.
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Also in 2016, Jahri Evans was named to the Saints All-50th Team.
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In Week 8 of the 2016 season, Jahri Evans helped pave the way for running backs Tim Hightower and Mark Ingram II as the pair ran for a combined 245 yards and two touchdowns.
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Jahri Evans helped the two backs again at home against the Los Angeles Rams in Week 11, rushing for a combined 197 yards and one touchdown.
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Jahri Evans was important in the success of a 21-yard screen pass from quarterback Drew Brees to Ingram, resulting in a touchdown that same week.
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Jahri Evans started 14 games at right guard for the Packers in 2017.
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Jahri Evans served as a preseason coaching intern in 2022 with the New Orleans Saints as part of the NFL's minority coach internship program.
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Jahri Evans joined the Saints full time staff as an offensive assistant during the 2023 season.
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Jahri Evans was inducted into the Saints Ring of Honor on July 31,2024.
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Jahri Evans graduated from Bloomsburg in May 2007 with a bachelor's degree in exercise science.
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Jahri Evans is a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity.
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In 2013, Jahri Evans married his girlfriend, Takia, in the Bahamas.
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Jahri Evans is currently serving as a preseason coaching intern with the New Orleans Saints as part of the NFL's minority coach internship program.