Tackles: 16 Weight 120 kg CFL status: International Height 1.91 m | Roster status: Active Role American football player Undrafted: 2011 Name DeQuin Evans Positions Lineman | |
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Date of birth: (1987-05-17) May 17, 1987 (age 28) College Kentucky Wildcats football Profiles | ||
Place of birth: Long Beach, California | ||
Dequin evans on the joker show
DeQuin Evans (born May 17, 1987) is an American professional Canadian football defensive lineman for the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Los Angeles Harbor College and Kentucky. He is married to Nova Scotian Olympic runner Jenna Martin-Evans.
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- Dequin evans on the joker show
- Cincinnati bengal dequin evans visits student group princeton high school
- Early life
- College career
- Professional career
- Other media
- References
Cincinnati bengal dequin evans visits student group princeton high school
Early life
Evans grew up in Compton, California; many of his friends were gang members. He spent time in Camp Kilpatrick, a juvenile detention facility. While watching Gridiron Gang, a film based on Camp Kilpatrick, Evans saw his bed. Later, he worked at Albertsons, bagging groceries. His cousin, Hershel Dennis, a running back at USC, was instrumental in obtaining permission for Evans sit in on classes.
College career
Evans enrolled at Los Angeles Harbor College and played there in 2007 and 2008. He transferred to Kentucky. Childhood friend and LAHC teammate Chris Matthews also transferred to Kentucky. He played for Kentucky in 2009 and 2010. He was a captain for Kentucky in 2010.
Professional career
After going undrafted in the 2011 NFL draft, Evans signed with the Cincinnati Bengals. In November 2011, Evans was suspended for four games. On August 30, 2013, Evans was suspended for eight games. Cincinnati released Evans in November 2013.
Evans signed with the Calgary Stampeders in May 2014. He played in nine games (seven starts) during the 2014 campaign and was a part of the 102nd Grey Cup championship team
He signed with the Montreal Alouettes on February 15, 2016 but suffered a torn foot tendon near the end of training camp and dressed for just five games that season.
He signed with the BC Lions on February 16, 2017.
Other media
On the November 7, 2013, episode of Impact Wrestling, Evans and Bengals teammate and former TNA World Tag Team Champion Adam Jones, were sitting front row, and got into an "altercation" with Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian), who pushed both players, leading them to jump the guardrail and bodyslam both wrestlers in the ring.