James Marcus Evans (August 17, 1963 – November 19, 2015) was an American professional football player. Evans was one of 21 children born to Maxine Cade Evans. He graduated from Mattie T. Blount High School and

Southern University Southern University and A&M College (Southern University, Southern, SUBR or SU) is a public historically black land-grant university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It is the largest historically black college or university (HBCU) in Louisiana, a ...

. He was selected by the

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in the tenth round of the

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and played two games that season. Evans later joined the

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before retiring from the NFL. Later, Evans wrote two books ''Power of Human Worth'' and ''I Have Worth…So Do You''. Evans was one of at least 345 NFL players to be diagnosed after death with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is caused by repeated hits to the head.

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1963 births 2015 deaths People from Prichard, Alabama American football running backs Kansas City Chiefs players Southern Jaguars football players Players of American football from Alabama {{Runningback-1960s-stub