Five-Star Running Back Recruit Zach Evans Signs With TCU

Zach Evans’ recruitment by college football programs across the country has been a long process, but it has finally come to a conclusion, as he has decided to sign with TCU and play his college career there.

Evans is the number one running back in ESPN’s Class of 2020, and was ranked as the 16th overall recruit. He was a highly sought after player, receiving offers from around 40 schools. The Houston, Texas native ultimately picked TCU over Texas A&M, Ole Miss, Tennessee and defending champion LSU (the other four schools he made official visits to).

Evans had originally signed a letter of intent to play at Georgia back in December, but rescinded the letter in early January and was released by the program, which allowed Evans to sign with another program, and remained unsigned up until yesterday.

Despite being suspended from his high school team at North Shore High School in Houston for violating team rules, Evans still was named the MVP of the Under Armour All-America Game in early January. 

Since Evans signed a financial aid agreement with TCU, it almost guarantees that Evans will suit up for the team in the fall, if games are played given the Covid-19 lockdown. Evans has also reportedly started taking classes at TCU. 

Evans is the highest recruit the Horned Frogs have signed this year, and is the first five-star recruit since ESPN started their rankings in 2009.