Originally drafted by Jacksonville in the first round (25th overall) in the 2021 draft
PROFESSIONAL
2023 (Jaguars)
Started in all 17 games this season... He recorded 267 rushing attempts for 1,008 yards and 11 touchdowns... He also caught 58 passes for 476 yards and one touchdown... Etienne totaled 1,484 scrimmage yards joining RB Maurice Jones-Drew as the only Jaguars to reach 1,000 scrimmage yards in their first two active NFL seasons
1/7 at TEN: Started at running back and rushed 16 times for 57 yards... Surpassed 1,000 rushing yards in the season for the second consecutive year... Marks the first Jaguar since 2010 to record consecutive 1,000-yard seasons
12/31 vs. CAR: Started at running back and rushed 16 times for 102 yards and two touchdowns... Eclipsed 2,000 rushing yards in his career... Became the first Jaguar since 2009 to record at least 10 rushing touchdowns in a single season... His 62-yard touchdown run tied his career-long
11/26 at HOU: Started at running back and rushed 20 times for 56 yards... Recorded four receptions for 30 yards... Now joins RB Maurice Jones-Drew as the only Jaguars to reach 1,000 scrimmage yards in their first two active NFL seasons... Surpassed 400-career rushes and 600-career receiving yards
10/8 at BUF: Started at running back and recorded 136 rushing yards on 26 attempts, four receptions for 48 receiving yards and two touchdowns... Posted the most scrimmage yards in a game in his career with 184 yards... Recorded the most scrimmage yards in a single game at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in NFL history
2022 (Jaguars)
He saw action in all 17 regular season games with 12 starts and started both postseason games... In the regular season he tallied 220 rushing attempts for 1,125 yards and five touchdowns... His 1,125 rushing yards ranked ninth in the NFL and was the second-most rushing yards for a player who had under 250 attempts, trailing 49ers RB Christian McCaffrey (1,139 yards) by only 14 yards... He also recorded 35 receptions for 316 yards... In the postseason he recorded 30 rushing attempts for 171 yards and one touchdown and 4 receptions for 30 yards
1/14 vs. LAC: Started at running back and rushed for 109 yards on 20 attempts, marking the second-most rushing yards by a player in franchise history in their first career postseason game, trailing only Fred Taylor (162 yards)
12/22 at NYJ: Started at running back and rushed for 83 yards on 22 attempts... Became the fourth player in franchise history to rush for 1,000 yards in his first 15 games
11/6 vs. L.V.: Started at running back and rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns on 28 attempts... Caught two passes for 17 yards... Etienne joined Fred Taylor (twice) as the only players in team history to record three consecutive games with at least 100 rushing yards and one TD
10/23 vs. NYG: Started at running back and rushed for 114 yards on 14 carries and one touchdown and caught one pass for five yards... Etienne Jr. also recorded a two-point conversion, which marked the first time the Jaguars scored eight points on their opening drive in franchise history (courtesy of Elias Sports)
2021 (Jaguars)
Missed the 2021 season with a foot injury suffered on 8/14 against New Orleans in the preseason
COLLEGE
Rushed 686 times for 4,952 yards with 70 rushing touchdowns and caught 102 passes for 1,155 yards and eight receiving TDs
NCAA FBS record holder for most career games scoring a touchdown (46 of 55 career games) and is the ACC career record-holder for rushing yards (4,952), total touchdowns (78), rushing touchdowns (70) and points (468)
Named ACC Offensive Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019
Finished his career ranked No. 1 in ACC history in both rushing yards (4,952) and rushing touchdowns (70)
Part of a senior class that helped Clemson to four ACC titles, four College Football Playoff berths, two national championship appearances and a national title, all while becoming the first FBS senior class since 2010 to go undefeated at home
PERSONAL
Father (Bobby Joe Evans) was the 1994-95 Texas Gatorade High School Player of the Year in basketball and played at Oklahoma (lettered 1996-98)
Brother (Tay) played linebacker at OU during the 2015 and 2016 seasons
Younger brother (Trevor) spent the last two seasons as a running back at the University of Florida, and now is spending the 2024 season at the University of Georgia
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