Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans is expected to miss most of the rest of the regular season after suffering a broken collarbone during Monday’s game against the Detroit Lions, Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles revealed following the game.
“He’ll be out mostly toward the end of the year,” Bowles said. “We’ll see what happens.”
A broken collarbone generally takes athletes six to eight weeks to recover from, which would put Evans’ earliest possible return as being early December.
Evans was initially ruled out for the remainder of Monday’s 24-9 loss to the Lions after sustaining what was termed “a concussion and a shoulder” injury.
Attempting to catch a deep ball from Baker Mayfield in the second quarter, Evans’ right shoulder and the side of his head hit the ground and he appeared to lose consciousness. He lay on the turf for an extended period of time while he was attended to.
He eventually walked off the field under his own power before he was carted back to the locker room in visible pain.
Monday’s game was Evans’ return to action after missing the prior three games with a hamstring injury. He recorded no catches on four targets and has just 140 yards on 14 catches this year.
Evans has surpassed 1,000 receiving yards in each of his previous 11 seasons in Tampa Bay since he was selected seventh overall in the 2014 NFL Draft. That streak, of 11 straight seasons with 1,000 receiving yards, is tied for first all-time with Hall of Famer Jerry Rice.
–Field Level Media
