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Updated: July 18, 2017

2016 ACC Newcomer of the Year (AP)

2016-17: ACC Newcomer of the Year (Athlon Sports) ... Started all 14 games for the Hokies ... Threw for 3,546 yards and 29 touchdowns ... Ran for 846 yards and 12 touchdowns on the season ... Completed 21 passes for 243 yards and two touchdowns against Arkansas in the Belk Bowl, also running for 87 yards and two scores ... Threw for 264 yards and one score against Clemson in the ACC Championship, ran for 46 yards and two touchdowns ... Ran 11 times for 38 yards and one touchdown and threw for 253 and two scores against Virginia ... Tossed two touchdown passes and ran for one more against Notre Dame ... Completed 32 passes for 316 yards and ran for 75 against Gerogia Tech ... Completed 15 passes for 192 yards and ran 18 times for 83 yards and a score against Duke ... Threw for a season-best 406 yards and two touchdowns against Pitt ... Recorded 259 passing yards and two scores, ran 13 times for 98 yards and one touchdown against Miami ... Threw for 307 yards and two touchdowns and ran the ball 11 times for 61 yards against Syracuse ... Completed seven passes against North Carolina including two scores, ran the ball 21 times for 49 yards and one touchdown ... Recorded four total touchdowns against ECU (three passing, one rushing) ... Connected on 16 passes including five touchdowns, totalling 253 yards against Boston College ... Had 208 yards passing and 18 rushing yards against Tennessee ... Recorded 221 yards through the air including four scores and ran the ball five times for 46 yards against Liberty.

Trinity Valley: Coached by Brad Smiley at Trinity Valley CC … Rated as a 4-star recruit by 247Sports and the fourth-best player in the country, the best player at his position, nationally, and the best player in his state … ESPN Football Recruiting listed Evans as the third-best player at his position … Scout ranks him a 4-star recruit and the No. 10 player on its JUCO Top 100 list for this year … Led the conference in passing yards per game (395.5) and touchdowns (38) while landing in the top five in four other categories (completions, attempts, completion percentage, total yards).

Personal: Jerod X. Evans … Born Jan. 16, 1994 in Dallas, Texas … Son of Efrem and Kimberly Evans … Is one of nine children, includes two sisters, Rebekah and Naomi, and six brothers, Trey, Lance, Caleb, Simeon, Titus, Nathaniel … Majoring in sociology.