Cardinal Hall of Honor
John Evans, a four-year letterwinner on the Lamar University football team, graduated as the top passing quarterback in school history.
He set the LU single-season passing mark by throwing for 2,901 yards in 1989 and the career passing mark with 6,347 yards. He also set the LU career records for attempts (998), completions (533) and touchdown passes (40).
As a senior, Evans posted the school’s top three single-game total offense outputs with 421 yards vs. UTEP, 405 yards vs. Angelo State and 396 yards vs. McNeese State.
Evans was one of two Division I-AA quarterbacks selected to play against the Division I-A All-Stars in the Martin Luther King Classic following the 1989 season.
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