CB · Carolina Panthers · #29
Akayleb Evans
RCB2Out · Tricepswk 8 report- College
- Missouri
- Height
- 6'2"
- Weight
- 198 lb
- Experience
- 5th season
Passer rating allowed
119.3▼ 14.0 vs '25
77th of 86 CBs
Y/TGT
9.4▲ 2.4 vs '25
73rd of 86 CBs
Completion % allowed
67.7%▼ 7.3 vs '25
69th of 86 CBs
Passes defended
2▲ 2 vs '25
63rd of 86 CBs
Tackling
23 tkl
3 stops · 1 mtkl · 0 ff
Ranks compare against the 86 qualifying cornerbacks on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Targets allowed by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 2 @ ATLW | 16 | 22.9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 @ CLEL | 30 | 42.9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66.7 | 4.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 4 vs DETW | 71 | 100.0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 68.8 | 12.6 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 6 @ PHIW | 63 | 98.4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 62.5 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 vs TBL | 63 | 100.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66.7 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 243 | 71.9 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 67.7 | 9.4 | 0 | 2 |
How he compares
2026 cornerbacks who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2026 with Panthers
$1.4Mover 1 year
- Avg. per year
- $1.4M
- Guaranteed
- $599K 43%
- 2026 cap hit
- $1.3M 0.4% of the cap
- Signed
- 2026
- Runs through
- 2026
2026 · now
Year 1 of 1 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 5 | 243 | 71.9 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 119.3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 51 | 14.7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 133.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 6 | 32 | 14.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 75.3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 15 | 855 | 85.0 | 56 | 26 | 0 | 19.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 122.3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 162 | 38.8 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 110.8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | 42 | 1,343 | 57.5 | 118 | 37 | 2 | 14.6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 146 | 118.9 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 |