The Tampa Bay Buccaneers picked up the fifth-year option on WR Mike Evans, making him the third 2014 first-rounder to have his option exercised.
- Evans ranked second in both overall grade as a WR (93.3) and receiving grade (92.2) in 2016.
- He saw the most deep-pass (20-plus yards) targets in 2016 with 39 – second (T.Y. Hilton) had 33.
- Evans’ six deep-pass touchdown receptions and 2.28 yards per route run were each the second-highest totals of his career, falling just short of his career-highs (7 TD, 2.39 YPRR)
- Of the NFL’s top four WRs in deep-pass touchdown receptions, Evans’ yards per route run was first.