Center High School. December 20, 2017 –
On Wednesday morning, Jaterious Evans signed a college letter of intent to play football, next year, for Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. The senior is looking forward to getting a shot at contributing to the team’s need at the safety position.
Evans played on offense, defense and special teams for the Center Roughriders during his high school career. His brother, Octavius Evans played for Boise State this season and travelled home for the signing.
Jaterious was a big part of Center’s upset win in basketball, on Tuesday night, when the Center Roughriders defeated #1 ranked Silsbee High School 76-74.
‘Riders Head Football Coach Barry Bowman was on hand for the ceremony and said, “ We are of proud Jaterious he is a great athlete and carries himself well, and is also a great person and student.”
Evans plans to major in business. He said, “ Im glad to take my talents to SFA. I like the University being close to home and I’m hoping to get a lot of playing time here!”
Evans had a great senior year in 2017 as a football player. He scored 12 touchdowns, had 32 tackles, 61 receptions for 1078 yards, and had 9 punt returns for 346 yards. He also made four 2-point conversions.
