Mike Evans makes shocking move to 49ers, agent explains Bucs legend's decision

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Mike Evans is leaving the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the squad helium has built a Hall of Fame resume with for the past 12 NFL seasons, for the San Francisco 49ers.

Evans reportedly agreed to presumption connected a three-year woody with San Francisco worthy $60.4 million, per ESPN.

The Glazer family, owners of the Buccaneers, released a connection aft Evans’ determination to find a caller situation extracurricular Tampa Bay.

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Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans warms up earlier the crippled betwixt the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Miami Dolphins connected Dec. 28, 2025 astatine Hard Rock Stadium successful Miami Gardens, FL (Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire )

"Saying goodbye to a fable specified arsenic Mike Evans is ne'er easy, but contiguous we are filled with appreciation and gratitude for each that helium did during his bonzer 12-year vocation arsenic a Buccaneer," the connection read. "Our extremity was ever to guarantee that Mike would play his full vocation arsenic a Buccaneer, but arsenic we got further successful the process it became wide helium was looking for a caller challenge.

"He leaves arsenic the astir accomplished violative subordinate successful franchise past - a six-time Pro Bowler and a Super Bowl champion - but it was his dedication to making a quality disconnected the tract that volition specify his lasting bequest successful our community. We privation Mike continued occurrence successful his adjacent section and convey him for each that helium has done for the Buccaneers and Tampa Bay."

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The connection concluded by saying the household and squad look guardant to honoring Evans to "celebrate his eventual Hall of Fame career."

Evans’ agent, Deryk Gilmore, released a connection connected his client’s behalf aft making the decision.

"After 12 singular seasons successful Tampa Bay, Mike Evans felt a tendency to situation himself with a caller section successful the last signifier of his career," Gilmore said, per ESPN. "Throughout his full vocation helium has pushed himself to grow, compete, and germinate arsenic a player, and this determination reflects that aforesaid mindset.

Mike Evans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers exits the tract astatine halftime during an NFL shot crippled against the Atlanta Falcons astatine Raymond James Stadium connected Dec. 11, 2025 successful Tampa, Florida. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

"Mike has tremendous emotion and respect for the Buccaneers organization, the Glazer family, the coaches, his teammates, and particularly the fans successful Tampa Bay who person supported him since the time helium was drafted. Tampa volition ever beryllium location to him, and helium is profoundly arrogant of everything they accomplished together."

Gilmore added that the Bucs "made it wide they would person loved for Mike to decorativeness his vocation successful Tampa," wherever helium would person been lone the 4th subordinate successful franchise past to walk his full vocation successful Tampa Bay.

"Mike Evans’ determination to permission Tampa was ne'er astir money," Gilmore added. "The Buccaneers were highly assertive successful their pursuit and presented a precise beardown offer, demonstrating however overmuch they worth him and everything helium has meant to the franchise."

As the Glazers’ connection mentions, Evans reset Buccaneers records, tallying 13,052 receiving yards and 108 receiving touchdowns since helium was taken seventh wide retired of Texas A&M successful the 2014 NFL Draft. He besides had astatine slightest 1,000 yards successful each of his archetypal 11 seasons with the Bucs, with the streak ending past play owed to respective injuries that forced him to miss 9 games.

Mike Evans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers looks connected during the 2nd 4th of the NFL shot crippled against the Atlanta Falcons astatine Raymond James Stadium connected Dec. 11, 2025 successful Tampa, Florida. (Logan Bowles/Getty Images)

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Now, Evans joins a Kyle Shanahan-run offense, which was ever expected to adhd a wide receiver this offseason. Evans instantly fills successful arsenic Brock Purdy’s apical pass-catching option, and much moves could travel with Jauan Jennings besides successful escaped agency.

For the Buccaneers, they made moves successful caller seasons to enactment up their wide receivers, including first-round prime Emeka Egbuka drafted retired of Ohio State successful 2025. He had a red-hot commencement to his rookie play earlier cooling disconnected a bit. Jalen McMillan was a origin erstwhile helium returned steadfast past season, and seasoned Chris Godwin is besides a trusty people for backmost Baker Mayfield.

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Scott Thompson is simply a sports writer for Fox News Digital.

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