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Mike Evans injury: status, history and who gets his targets if he is out
San Francisco 49ers · Wide receiver · status this week: QUESTIONABLE (ESPN)
Over his 10 full seasons on record, Mike Evans played 146 of 165 regular-season games (88%), and 6 of 6 so far in 2026. Season by season.
The San Francisco 49ers room absorbs +5.33 receptions, and Jordan Watkins takes the largest single share at +0.92. The work stays overwhelmingly inside the wide receiver room.
Where the work goes
Change in projected receptions for every other player in the offense. The bars are small on purpose — a vacated role is shared out, and any tool showing one replacement absorbing a whole target load is telling you something the data does not support.
Every player in the room
| Player | Catches now | If he sits | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Evans WR · 50% snaps | 3.90 | — | OUT |
| George Kittle TE · 81% snaps | 4.60 | 4.75 | +0.15 |
| Christian McCaffrey RB · 75% snaps | 4.50 | 4.63 | +0.13 |
| Deebo Samuel Sr. WR · 62% snaps | 2.50 | 3.11 | +0.61 |
| Demarcus Robinson WR · 31% snaps | 2.00 | 2.51 | +0.51 |
| Brandin Cooks WR · 35% snaps | 1.40 | 1.89 | +0.49 |
| Jordan Watkins WR · 45% snaps | 0.90 | 1.82 | +0.92 |
| Malik Turner WR · 5% snaps | 0.80 | 1.44 | +0.64 |
| Jacob Cowing WR · 35% snaps | 0.50 | 1.18 | +0.68 |
| Kaelon Black RB · 23% snaps | 0.40 | 0.53 | +0.13 |
| Luke Farrell TE · 48% snaps | 0.30 | 0.45 | +0.15 |
| Jordan James RB · 15% snaps | 0.20 | 0.33 | +0.13 |
| Brayden Willis TE · 14% snaps | 0.10 | 0.25 | +0.15 |
| KhaDarel Hodge WR · 47% snaps | 0.10 | 0.74 | +0.64 |
Injury history
Over his 10 full seasons on record, Mike Evans played 146 of 165 regular-season games (88%), and 6 of 6 so far in 2026.
| Season | Team | Played | Missed | Listed out | Questionable | Injuries listed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | SF | 6 of 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Ribs, Hip |
| 2025 | TB | 8 of 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | Hamstring, Collarbone |
| 2024 | TB | 14 of 17 | 3 | 3 | 1 | Hamstring |
| 2023 | TB | 17 of 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2022 | TB | 15 of 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Calf |
| 2021 | TB | 16 of 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Hamstring |
| 2020 | TB | 16 of 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Ankle, Hamstring |
| 2019 | TB | 13 of 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | Hamstring, Illness |
| 2018 | TB | 16 of 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2017 | TB | 15 of 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2016 | TB | 16 of 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
What the data says happens
Measured across every regular-season game from 2018 onward, each beneficiary compared against his own trailing four-game form and net of what the same players do in weeks the room’s number one actually plays.
| Room | Receptions gained | n | t |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receivers | +0.584 | 1,537 | 11.16 |
| Tight ends | +0.175 | 1,080 | 3.33 |
| Backs | +0.113 | 1,011 | 2.00 |
The room total is predictable. Which player takes it is not. Every candidate predictor of who gains — pecking order, snap share, route depth, trailing targets — correlates at roughly r = 0.02. In any single week one player usually takes about 60% of what was vacated; it is simply not predictably the same one.
Mike Evans’s full stats and usageSnap share, target share, game log and this week’s projection