TE · Carolina Panthers · #84

Mitchell Evans

TE3

College: Notre Dame
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 258 lb
Experience: 2nd season

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Season

EPA / target

+0.42▲ 0.29 vs '25

6th of 22 TEs

Catch rate

80.0%▲ 4.0 vs '25

6th of 22 TEs

Yards / target

10.5▲ 3.7 vs '25

1st of 22 TEs

Target share

4.7%▼ 1.7 vs '25

22nd of 22 TEs

Receiving

105 yds+0.42 EPA/TGT

8 rec · 10 tgt · 0 td

Ranks compare against the 21 qualifying tight ends on the 2026 leaderboard plus Evans.

Week-by-week

EPA per target by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Receiving+4.2

Rushing+0.4

Net+4.6

Best game · Wk 7 vs TB

2/2

Rec/Tgt

Rec yds

+2.2

Rec EPA

+1.11

EPA/target

19.5

Yds/rec

2026 game log

	Receiving									Rushing
Game	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Yards per receptionReceiving yards per catch.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	Catch rateReceptions per target.	Average depth of targetAir yards per target.	Receiving EPAExpected points added on targets, including incompletions and interceptions.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.
Wk 1 vs CHIL	2	1	9	9.0	0	50.0	4.5	0.0	−0.01	0	0	0
Wk 2 @ ATLW	1	1	13	13.0	0	100.0	−1.0	0.0	+0.02	0	0	0
Wk 3 @ CLEL	3	3	36	12.0	0	100.0	5.7	+2.0	+0.67	0	0	0
Wk 4 vs DETW	1	1	8	8.0	0	100.0	8.0	+0.6	+0.55	0	0	0
Wk 6 @ PHIW	1	0	0	–	0	0.0	1.0	−0.5	−0.54	1	1	0
Wk 7 vs TBL	2	2	39	19.5	0	100.0	9.0	+2.2	+1.11	0	0	0
Season	10	8	105	13.1	0	80.0	5.2	+4.2	+0.42	1	1	0

How he compares

2026 tight ends who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

Rookie deal · signed 2025 with Panthers

$4.6Mover 4 years

Avg. per year: $1.1M
Guaranteed: $391K 9%
2026 cap hit: $1.1M 0.4% of the cap
Signed: 2025
Runs through: 2028

2025

2026 · now

2027

2028

Year 2 of 4

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall		Receiving									Rushing
Season	GamesGames played.	Total EPAExpected points added across dropbacks, runs and targets combined (each scramble counted once).	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	Catch rateReceptions per target.	Yards per receptionReceiving yards per catch.	Yards per targetReceiving yards per target, including incompletions.	Target shareShare of the team's targets, averaged across games.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.
2026	6	+4.6	10	8	105	0	80.0	13.1	10.5	4.7	+0.42	1	1	0
2025	17	+5.0	25	19	171	2	76.0	9.0	6.8	6.4	+0.13	1	1	0
Career	23	+9.6	35	27	276	2	77.1	10.2	7.9	5.9	+0.21	2	2	0