Evans holds nearly every major Buccaneers franchise receiving record, including career receptions, yards, and touchdowns.

Evans attended Ball High School in Galveston, Texas, where he played basketball, football, and ran track for the Tors athletic teams.

[20][21] On January 2, 2014, Evans announced that he would forgo his final two seasons of his collegiate eligibility and enter the 2014 NFL draft.

[22] The majority of analysts and scouts projected him to be a consensus top 10 pick and a first round draft selection.

[28] Evans made his professional regular season debut on September 7, 2014, in the Buccaneers' season-opener against the Carolina Panthers, logging five receptions for 37 yards.

[35] Evans was also the fifth rookie of the Super Bowl era to record 200 receiving yards and two touchdowns in a game, the first player to accomplish that feat since Anquan Boldin in 2003.

[36] He received National Football Conference (NFC) Offensive Player of the Week honors for his performance.

[42] On September 20, 2015, Evans appeared in his first game of the season against the New Orleans Saints after missing the season-opener with a hamstring injury.

[49] Evans started the Buccaneers' 2016 season opener, making five receptions for 99 yards and a touchdown in a 31–24 defeat of the Falcons.

[50] On September 25, 2016, Evans caught 10 passes for 132 receiving yards and a touchdown in a 37–32 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.

[51] Evans became the first player in the Buccaneers' history to catch a touchdown pass in three consecutive games to start a season.

[53] He caught a pass on the sidelines which was debated as the "catch of the year" at NFL.com and suffered a helmet-to-helmet hit on the play and was placed on concussion protocol.

On September 17, 2017, in his season debut in Week 2, Evans recorded seven receptions for 93 yards and a touchdown in the 29–7 victory over the Chicago Bears.

Not only was Evans held to 13 yards, he involved himself in a fight between Saints rookie Marshon Lattimore and injured teammate Jameis Winston.

[68] On September 8, Evans caught seven passes for 147 yards and a touchdown in a season-opening 48–40 win over defending the NFC South champion Saints.

[69] The next week, Evans caught ten passes for 83 yards and a touchdown in a 27–21 win over the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.

[79] As a result, Evans became the first Buccaneers wide receiver in franchise history to be selected to multiple Pro Bowls.

[83] After being held without a catch in Week 5 against the Saints, Evans had 96 yards and a two-point conversion in the 37–26 loss to the Panthers.

[84][85] During Week 8 against the Tennessee Titans, Evans finished with 198 receiving yards and two touchdowns in the 27–23 loss, joining Roger Carr (1976) as the only players with two 190-yard receiving games in the first eight weeks of a season since the merger as well as breaking the Buccaneers' franchise record for receptions in a career previously held by James Wilder.

[90] In the process, Evans joined Randy Moss as the only players in NFL history to begin their careers with six consecutive seasons of at least 1,000 yards receiving.

[91] In Week 14, during a 38–35 win over the Indianapolis Colts, Evans caught one pass for 61 yards and a touchdown but injured his hamstring during the play and left the game.

[96] In Week 1, during a 34–23 loss to the Saints, Evans only caught one pass for two yards and a touchdown while recovering from a hamstring injury, his first from new Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady.

[108] In the Divisional Round against the New Orleans Saints, Evans recorded one catch for a three-yard touchdown during the 30–20 win.

[109] In the NFC Championship against the Green Bay Packers, Evans recorded three catches for 51 yards and a touchdown during the 31–26 win.

[110] In Super Bowl LV, Evans caught one pass on one target for a 31-yard gain during the 31–9 win over the Kansas City Chiefs, as well as drawing four penalties.

[127] On January 26, 2022, Evans was named to his fourth career Pro Bowl as an injury replacement for Packers wide receiver Davante Adams.

[129] In Week 2 against the Saints, Evans was ejected after getting into a fight with Marshon Lattimore in the fourth quarter in the 20–10 win.

[139] Heading into the final year of his contract, Evans and his agent both publicly stated that he wanted an extension and gave the Buccaneers until September 9, the day before the team's season opener, to get it done.

[140] In a Week 2 matchup against the Bears, Evans caught 6 passes for a season-high 171 receiving yards, including a 70-yard touchdown.

[151] In Week 7 against the Baltimore Ravens, Evans caught his 100th career receiving touchdown on a 25-yard pass from Baker Mayfield.