Utah Safety Rabbit Evans Out For Season, Undergoes Successful Surgery
Sep 15, 2025, 4:15 PM
(Photo courtesy of Joel Davidson)
(Photo courtesy of Joel Davidson)
SALT LAKE CITY – After suffering a leg injury in week three against the Wyoming Cowboys, Utah safety Rabbit Evans underwent successful surgery on Monday.
At the week four press conference, head coach Kyle Whittingham confirmed that Evans would miss the rest of the season.
Surgery went well !! ❤️ appreciate all the love and support. Shoutout my teammates and coaches 🤞🏾 Were gonna come back Stronger than ever #GoUtes pic.twitter.com/iWfKt3jWzj
— Maurice “ Rabbit “ Evans (@raabbit2x) September 15, 2025
“Losing Rabbit is a big loss, he’s a terrific player, and it will be for the season, I can confirm that,” Whittingham said. “The silver lining would be that he will get a redshirt year and be able to come back.”
Evans played his first year with the Utes in 2024. Playing in 11 games with five starts, he posted 34 tackles, two tackles for loss, one quarterback hurry, and a pass breakup.
Whttingham said that Evans will get a redshirt year and can return in 2026 if that’s what he chooses to do.
He later added that Nate Ritchie would step in for Evans in the secondary.
“Nate is a really good football player,” Whittingham stated. ” He’s a season vet, he knows the position inside and out. Just needs to be a little more efficient; that’s the area he needs to work on. He hasn’t been as sharp at tackling as he needs to be in the first few games; he knows that, we know that.”
About Rabbit Evans
Coming out of Jersey Village High School in Houston, Texas, Evans played his first two years of collegiate football at Blinn College.
After 18 games, he was ranked as a three-star recruit and the No. 6 JUCO safety on 247Sports.
He transferred to the University of Utah after the 2023 season.
