The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have signed quarterback Dane Evans to a contract extension through the 2021 season.
Evans dressed as a backup quarterback in all 18 regular season games for the Ticats in 2018, seeing action in four of those contests. He completed 26-of-42 passes (61.9 per cent) for 383 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions while adding 12 carries for 34 yards.
Both Evans’ CFL debut and first career start in Canada came against the Montreal Alouettes last year – August 3 in Montreal and November 3 in Hamilton. Evans threw for 315 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions on 22-of-37 passing in a two-point loss to the Als in Week 21, the final regular season game for the Ticats.
The six-foot-one, 218-pound native of Sanger, Texas, spent five years from 2012-2016 at the University of Tulsa, registering 904 pass completions on 1,577 attempts for 11,680 yards, 84 touchdowns and 47 interceptions in 46 career games for the Golden Hurricane.
Evans went unselected in the 2017 NFL Draft, but inked an undrafted free agent contract with the Philadelphia Eagles. He played in three NFL pre-season games, throwing for 243 yards while completing 23-of-43 passes, one touchdown and three interceptions. The 25-year-old was waived among the final training camp cuts in Philly and signed with the Ticats in October, spending the final month of the 2017 season on the practice roster.
