Jarvis Evans Season 2026

BEFORE PURDUE
• Three-year letterwinner in the Southeastern Conference, pitching 107 2/3 career innings for South Carolina (2025) and Georgia (2023-24)
• Quality start at Tennessee (6 IP, 4 H, 3 R, BB, 5 K) headlined his four SEC starts for South Carolina, working 47 1/3 innings across 13 appearances overall
• Also delivered quality starts for South Carolina in midweek outings vs. The Citadel (7 IP, 3 H, R, 2 BB, 6 K) and the College of Charleston (6 IP, 5 H, R, 2 BB, 5 K)
• 72 strikeouts vs. 54 hits allowed in 60 1/3 innings for Georgia, making 10 starts and pitching in a 2024 NCAA Regional final vs. NC State
• Posted a career-high nine strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings in an April 2024 win vs. Missouri
• Also struck out eight over five innings of two-hit ball in a March 2024 midweek starts at Georgia Southern
• Strikeout rate climbed to 10.8 K/9 as a sophomore at Georgia (47 K in 39 1/3 IP) while pitching in 16 games (8 starts)
• Pitched in 10 games for UGA as a freshman, registering 25 strikeouts and a .211 batting average against in 21 innings
• SEC Freshman Pitcher of the Week in May 2023 after recording seven strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball vs. No. 18 Tennessee
• Stats at South Carolina: 4-2, 13 App, 9 GS, 47 1/3 IP, 50 H, 17 BB, 41 K, 5.89 ERA
• Stats at Georgia: 5-2, 26 App, 10 GS, 60 1/3 IP, 54 H, 35 BB, 72 K, 5.22 ERA, .240 B/Avg
• Played summer ball in the MLB Draft League (West Virginia, 2022) and Valley League (Charlottesville, 2023; Purcellville, 2022)

HIGH SCHOOL
• Lettered for coach Gene Reynolds at Georgia Premier Academy in the Statesboro area
• Went 9-2 with a 0.78 ERA and 89 strikeouts vs. 28 walks in 62 2/3 innings over 12 starts as a senior, helping GPA win 30 games
• Earned three victories while posting a 2.10 ERA over 15 innings as a junior
• Perfect Game Underclassmen All-American Team in 2021
• Also lettered in football and basketball, playing football for coach Bryant Appling and helping GPA win consecutive state titles as an upperclassman
• Also pitched for the GBSA Rays travel ball team
• Pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays Scout Team at the 2021 WWBA World Championships

PERSONAL
• Major: American Studies
• Full name is Jarvis Tramaine Evans Jr.
• Born in Atlanta, Georgia
• Parents are Jarvis and Kim Evans
• Family also includes older siblings Ryan Simpson & Shelby Gray
• Father played football as a quarterback at Kentucky State