The University of Tulsa's Dane Evans is among 30 of the nation's top college quarterbacks named to the preseason watch list for the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award, it was announced today.
The senior quarterback enters the 2016 season needing 31 passing TDs, 2,604 passing yards and 3,169 total yards to tie the school records in each of those categories. Evans has completed 56-percent of his passes for 8,332 career yards and 52 TDs to rank fourth on both the school's all-time lists for passing yards and TD passes.
Evans, from Sanger, Texas, has been Tulsa's starting quarterback in the last 29 games, dating back to the final four games of the 2013 campaign.