Last season’s SWAC Player of the Year, Jackson State guard Ken Evans, Jr, will continue his collegiate career at Florida Atlantic University as a graduate transfer, according to a post on his Instagram account.
The guard entered the portal in March, per On3Sports’ Jamie Shaw.
Jackson State grad transfer Ken Evans, Jr. has entered the transfer portal @On3sports has learned
The 6-4 guard earned SWAC Player of the Year honors after averaging 18.8 points on 39.2% 3P. Is originally from Mississippi.https://t.co/rrbfwWnEYu pic.twitter.com/0Voj6h88ju
— Jamie Shaw (@JamieShaw5) March 19, 2024
As a redshirt freshman, Evans appeared in 18 games, with four starts, averaging 4.6 points, 3.0 rebounds, and 1.4 assists in 19.2 minutes per contest. He took a step forward in his sophomore campaign, starting in 24 of the 29 games he participated in and upping his production to 7.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 2.0 assists.
Evans continued to improve his game in his third season, becoming the team’s third-leading scorer, putting up 11.3 points per contest. The Jackson native put together a season in 2023-24 in which he not only led the team in scoring but also paced the entire Southwestern Athletic Conference with 18.8 points per game.
Evans’s play also garnered him SWAC Player of the Week twice this year. He topped the 1,000-point mark in JSU’s 73-64 win over Texas Southern on January 22. He poured in a career-high 37 points in an 89-84 win against Arkansas-Pine Bluff on March 7.
Evans joins a Florida Atlantic program coming off a season in which the Owls recorded a 25-9 overall record and 14-4 in the American Athletic Conference and also appeared in the NCAA Tournament.
