{{Short description|American gridiron football player (born 1987)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = DeQuin Evans | image = | caption = | current_team = | number = 94 | position = Defensive lineman | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|5|17}} | birth_place = Long Beach, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 253 | high_school = | college = Los Angeles Harbor (2007–2008)<br>Kentucky (2009–2010) | undraftedyear = 2011 | pastteams = * Cincinnati Bengals ({{NFL Year|2011}}–{{NFL Year|2013}})* * Calgary Stampeders ({{CFL Year|2014}}–{{CFL Year|2015}}) * Montreal Alouettes ({{CFL Year|2016}}) * BC Lions ({{CFL Year|2017}}) | status = | cflstatus = International | highlights = * Grey Cup champion (2014) | cflstatseason = | cflstatlabel1 = Total tackles | cflstatvalue1 = 31 | cflstatlabel2 = Sacks | cflstatvalue2 = 5.0 | cfl = dequin-evans/158447 <!--7205--> }}
'''DeQuin Lee Evans''' (born May 17, 1987) is an American former professional football defensive lineman. He played college football at Los Angeles Harbor College and Kentucky. He is married to Nova Scotian Olympic runner Jenna Martin-Evans.<ref name=Zurkowsky>{{cite news|last1=Zurkowsky|first1=Herb|title=Inside the CFL: B.C. Lions' DeQuin Evans finds salvation in football|url=https://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/inside-the-cfl-b-c-lions-dequin-evans-finds-salvation-in-football|access-date=13 July 2017|work=Montreal Gazette|date=7 July 2017}}</ref>
==Early life== Evans grew up in Compton, California; many of his friends were gang members. He spent time in Camp Kilpatrick, a juvenile detention facility.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kentucky.com/2011/08/12/1842348_ex-cat-evans-discusses-remarkable.html?rh=1 |title=Ex-Cat Evans discusses remarkable journey from juvenile detention to NFL's Bengals |work=Kentucky.com}}</ref> While watching ''Gridiron Gang'', a film based on Camp Kilpatrick, Evans saw his bed.<ref name=hollywood>{{cite web |url=http://www.wkyt.com/sidelines/headlines/DeQuin_Evans_Story_Straight_Out_of_Compton__and_Hollywood_111624119.html |title=DeQuin Evans' Story Straight Out of Compton – and Hollywood |author=Dick Gabriel |work=wkyt.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150525015949/http://www.wkyt.com/sidelines/headlines/DeQuin_Evans_Story_Straight_Out_of_Compton__and_Hollywood_111624119.html |archive-date=2015-05-25 }}</ref> Later, he worked at Albertsons, bagging groceries. His cousin, Hershel Dennis, a running back at USC, was instrumental in obtaining permission for Evans sit in on classes.<ref name=Zurkowsky/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calgarysun.com/2014/10/02/calgary-stampeders-dequin-evans-still-looking-for-storybook-ending-to-interesting-life |title=Calgary Stampeders' DeQuin Evans still looking for storybook ending to interesting life |work=Calgary Sun |access-date=2015-03-20 |archive-date=2015-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713094634/http://www.calgarysun.com/2014/10/02/calgary-stampeders-dequin-evans-still-looking-for-storybook-ending-to-interesting-life |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==College career== Evans enrolled at Los Angeles Harbor College and played there in 2007 and 2008. He transferred to Kentucky. Childhood friend and LAHC teammate Chris Matthews also transferred to Kentucky.<ref name=hollywood /> He played for Kentucky in 2009 and 2010. He was a captain for Kentucky in 2010.
==Professional career== After going undrafted in the 2011 NFL draft, Evans signed with the Cincinnati Bengals. In November 2011, Evans was suspended for four games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cincyjungle.com/2011/11/17/2570167/dequin-evans-suspended-4-games-for-violating-nfl-performance |title=DeQuin Evans Suspended 4 Games for Violating NFL Performance Enhancement Substances Policy |work=Cincy Jungle|date=17 November 2011 }}</ref> On August 30, 2013, Evans was suspended for eight games.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/dequin-evans-suspended-eight-bengals-games-for-peds-0ap1000000236542 |title=DeQuin Evans suspended eight Bengals games for PEDs |work=NFL.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2013/8/30/4676954/cincinnati-bengals-dequin-evans-suspension-ped |title=Cincinnati Bengals DE DeQuin Evans suspended 8 games for PED violation |publisher=Vox Media |work=SBNation.com|date=30 August 2013 }}</ref> Cincinnati released Evans in November 2013.
Evans signed with the Calgary Stampeders in May 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stampeders.com/article/rookie-camp-roster-takes-shape |title=Rookie camp roster takes shape |work=Calgary Stampeders |access-date=2015-03-20 |archive-date=2015-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150417153311/http://stampeders.com/article/rookie-camp-roster-takes-shape |url-status=dead }}</ref> He played in nine games (seven starts) during the 2014 campaign and was a part of the 102nd Grey Cup championship team.
He signed with the Montreal Alouettes on February 15, 2016 but suffered a torn foot tendon near the end of training camp and dressed for just five games that season.<ref name=Zurkowsky/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/02/15/les-alouettes-ajoutent-dequin-evans-a-leur-ligne-defensive-1 |title=Les Alouettes ajoutent DeQuin Evans à leur ligne défensive |publisher=journaldemontreal.com |date=February 15, 2016 |access-date=June 15, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804165934/http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2016/02/15/les-alouettes-ajoutent-dequin-evans-a-leur-ligne-defensive-1 |archive-date=August 4, 2016 }}</ref>
He signed with the BC Lions on February 16, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/football/cfl/bc-lions/b-c-lions-sign-veterans-matt-bucknor-and-dequin-evans-to-cfl-deals |title=B.C. Lions sign veterans Matt Bucknor and DeQuin Evans to CFL deals |publisher=vancouversun.com |date=February 16, 2017 |access-date=March 16, 2017}}</ref>
==Other media== On the November 7, 2013, episode of ''Impact Wrestling'', Evans and Bengals teammate and former TNA World Tag Team Champion Adam Jones, were sitting front row, and got into an "altercation" with Bad Influence (Christopher Daniels and Kazarian), who pushed both players, leading them to jump the guardrail and bodyslam both wrestlers in the ring.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3fQd26ap5U Pacman Jones hits the ring on TNA's IMPACT WRESTLING (November 7, 2013)]</ref>
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==External links== * [https://www.cfl.ca/players/dequin-evans/158447/ Canadian Football League profile] * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911145107/http://cfl.ca/roster/show?id=7205 |date=September 11, 2015 |title=CFL profile (old link)}} * {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910023004/http://www.stampeders.com/roster/show/id/7205 |date=September 10, 2015 |title=Calgary Stampeders profile}}
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