Jahri Evans is an American football offensive guard, who currently plays for the NFL's New Orleans Saints. He played college football at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. Although only a fourth round draft pick from a small school, Evans established a reputation as one of the best guards in the NFL, and in May 2010 the Saints signed him to a seven-year, $56.7 million contract that reportedly made him the highest paid guard in NFL history. Unusual for an NFL player, Evans did not play football before high school. He attended Frankford High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he... was an All-Public League selection as a junior. However, Evans fractured his leg playing a game of pickup basketball at a church event prior to his senior year and missed the entire football season. Evans stayed focused on academics, ended up graduating 10th in his class, and with the help of his high school coach, Tom Mullineaux, was admitted to Bloomsburg. In fact, Evans did not attend Bloomsburg on an athletic scholarship, but rather an academic scholarship. After redshirting his initial year at Bloomsburg, Evans spent his freshman season as a reserve offensive lineman.
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