Mike Evans, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' star wide receiver, caught 71 passes for 1,001 yards and five touchdowns in 2017. That made him just the third player in NFL history to open his career with four consecutive 1,000-yard receiving seasons, as he joined an exclusive club previously only consisting of Randy Moss and A.J. Green.
Evans has yet to turn 25 and he already has 4,579 receiving yards and 32 touchdowns in his NFL career. That's outstanding production by any measure. Still, it's also true that his 1,001 yards last year were the fewest of any of his four seasons, and his five touchdowns were less than half of the 12 he had in 2016.