Overview
- A Fanatics jersey page and an NFL Jersey Numbers post reported that Evans is set to wear No. 5 for San Francisco, though it remains unofficial.
- Evans wore No. 13 for 12 seasons with Tampa Bay, but that number on the 49ers belongs to quarterback Brock Purdy.
- No. 5 was once Trey Lance’s number and most recently Demarcus Robinson’s, and Robinson remains on the roster with a deal that voids after 2026.
- Evans enters his 13th season with 866 catches, 13,052 yards, and 108 touchdowns across his career.
- Christian McCaffrey praised the addition, calling Evans a first-ballot Hall of Famer and saying he was so fired up to play with him.