Jevons came through the youth academy at Premier League side Everton and was promoted to the club's first team squad in 1996.

The following season he joined Yeovil Town where he hit 42 goals in 84 appearances in a two-year spell before signing for Bristol City.

In 2012 following his release from the club he took his first step into non-League football by signing with newly promoted Conference National side Hyde.

[3] Despite his reputation for frequently scoring in the youth and reserve sides, he failed to break through into the first-team squad on a regular basis.

But, he made his first team debut on 10 March 1999 coming on as a 38th-minute substitute for Nick Barmby in a 2–1 Premier League victory over Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.

[4] He was handed his first start for the club on 22 September 1999 in a 1–0 home defeat in the League Cup by Oxford United, however he was replaced in the 46th minute by Francis Jeffers.

[7] Grimsby were playing in the Football League First Division, and Jevons was one of the first signings of the new campaign for manager Lennie Lawrence.

[7] He became an instant hit at Blundell Park and helped fire Grimsby to the top of the league within the first five games of the season, notably his partnership with young striker Jonathan Rowan had shown early promise.

[7] After three substitute appearances for Grimsby in the 2002–03 season, Jevons was placed on the transfer list due to financial reasons,[7] but was later removed and was sent out on a season-long loan to Humber derby rivals Hull City.

[7] He scored three goals in 26 games for Hull,[9] before returning to the Mariners in the summer of 2003 following Grimsby's relegation from the second tier of English football.

[7] Following the sacking of Paul Groves and the appointment of Nicky Law, Jevons struck up a good partnership with Isaiah Rankin, he scored four goals in a 6–1 victory over Barnsley on 28 February 2004.

[24] On 22 May 2006, Jevons joined Bristol City on a free transfer, signing a two-year contract following Gary Johnson to Ashton Gate.

[27] He went on to score a total of seventeen goals in the 2006–07 season, helping his side to promotion to the Football League Championship.

[31] On 1 December 2007, he scored his first two goals for the club in a 3–0 against his former team, Grimsby Town to send Huddersfield through to the third round of the FA Cup.

[49] He scored his first goal since joining Morecambe permanently on 24 August 2010 in a 3–1 Football League Cup defeat to Burnley.

[54] He was released at the end of the season, manager Jim Bentley stated that Jevons did not fit into his future plans.

[55] On 16 April he joined Wrexham on trial,[56] but on 12 June 2012 Jevons signed for newly promoted Conference National side Hyde.

Pete Green wrote "The Ballad of Phil Jevons" which appears on the B side of their first seven-inch single Everything I Do Is Gonna Be Sparkly (Atomic Beat Records, 2007 – ABR001).

[73] According to the songwriter: "To start with I just wrote the song to amuse my fellow Grimsby-supporting mates, and never intended it for public performance because I didn't think it'd mean anything to anyone.