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#29 Akayleb Evans

Exp  4 yrs NFLAge  27Ht / Wt  6'2" · 198 lbCollege  Missouri

Depth-chart placement

Current role

RCB2

Placement

Backup

Room

Cornerback

Experience

YR 5

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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CB room context

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Akayleb Evans holds the RCB · Backup spot in Carolina Panthers’s cornerback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

LCB · StarterMike JacksonStarter

RCB · StarterJaycee HornStarter

NB · StarterChau Smith-WadeStarter

LCB · BackupWill Lee IIIBackup

RCB · BackupAkayleb EvansBackup

NB · BackupCorey ThorntonBackup

Akayleb Evans played 17 games in 2025 with a 6% snap share.

Background & career

Akayleb Evans is a right cornerback for the Carolina Panthers standing 6'2" and weighing 198 pounds. The Missouri product was selected by Minnesota in the fourth round (118th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft. Evans entered the 2025 season in his fourth year of professional experience at age 27.

Missourithrough 2021

Vikings2022 – 2023

Panthers2024 — present

College

MissouriDraftRound 4 · No. 118 overall · 2022 · MINAcquiredAcquired from Minnesota Vikings · drafted thereHometownMcKinney, TX