Gerald Everett

Gerald Everett
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Everett at the 2016 Sun Belt Media Day
No. 81 – Los Angeles Rams
Position: Tight end
Personal information
Born: (1994-06-25) June 25, 1994
Atlanta, Georgia
Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight: 240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
High school: Columbia (Decatur, Georgia)
College: South Alabama
NFL Draft: 2017 / Round: 2 / Pick: 44
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 4, 2018
Receptions: 19
Receiving yards: 277
Receiving touchdowns: 2
Player stats at NFL.com

Gerald Rashard Everett (born June 25, 1994) is an American football tight end for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at South Alabama, and was drafted by the Rams in the second round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

Early years

A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Everett attended Columbia High School in Decatur, Georgia. He played three seasons of high school basketball for the Eagles and didn't play high school football until his senior year.

College career

Everett attended Hutchinson Community College in 2012 and 2013 and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in 2014.[1] After the UAB football program was shut down, he transferred to the University of South Alabama in 2015 where he played for coach Joey Jones's South Alabama Jaguars football team from 2015 to 2016.[2] In his two years at South Alabama, he had 41 receptions for 575 yards and eight touchdowns and earned first-team All-Sun Belt notice as a junior and 49 receptions for 717 yards and four touchdowns as a senior. Everett received in invitation to the Senior Bowl.[3][4][5]

Professional career

Everett received an invitation to the Senior Bowl. He helped the South defeat the North 16-15 and made one catch for six-yards. Unfortunately, he tied Donnel Pumphrey, who stands at 5'8", for the smallest hand of any pass catcher at the Senior Bowl. He attended the NFL Combine and completed all of the required combine drills. Everett also attended South Alabama's Pro Day and opted to re-try the short shuttle and broad jump, but was unable to beat his combine numbers in both categories. NFL draft experts and analysts projected him to be a second or third round pick in the draft. He was ranked the fourth best tight end in the draft by ESPN and NFL media analyst Mike Mayock, the fifth best tight end by NFLDraftScout.com, and was ranked the sixth best tight end in the draft by Sports Illustrated.[6][7][8]

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt Arm length Hand size 40-yard dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20-ss 3-cone Vert jump Broad BP
6 ft 3 in
(1.91 m)		 239 lb
(108 kg)		 33 in
(0.84 m)		 8 in
(0.20 m)		 4.59 s 1.61 s 2.67 s 4.33 s 6.99 s 37.5 in
(0.95 m)		 10 ft 6 in
(3.20 m)		 22 reps
All values from NFL Combine[9][10]

The Los Angeles Rams selected Everett in the second round (44th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft. He was the fourth tight end selected in the draft and first player ever to be drafted from South Alabama.[11] On June 13, 2017, the Los Angeles Rams signed Everett to a four-year, $6.04 million contract that includes $3.27 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $2.53 million.[12]

2017 season

He made his professional regular season debut in the Los Angeles Rams' season-opener against the Indianapolis Colts and caught his first career reception on a 39-yard pass from Jared Goff during their 46–9 victory.[13] The following game, he caught a season-high three receptions for 95-yards in the Rams' 27–20 loss to the Washington Redskins.[14] On October 15, 2017, Everett recorded his first career touchdown on a four-yard pass from quarterback Jared Goff in the Rams' 27-17 victory at the Jacksonville Jaguars.[15][16]

References

  1. ↑ Rosenblatt, Zack. "Arizona Bowl: South Alabama's Gerald Everett a likely NFL draft pick".
  2. ↑ "TE Gerald Everett joins list of former UAB players making move to South Alabama".
  3. ↑ "Could South Alabama's Gerald Everett be a first-round NFL draft pick? One analyst thinks so".
  4. ↑ "South Alabama's Gerald Everett said skipping Arizona Bowl was 'never a thought'".
  5. ↑ "Gerald Everett hoping Giants select him in 2017 NFL Draft: 'They're atop my list'".
  6. ↑ Chris Burke (April 24, 2017). "2017 NFL draft rankings: Top prospects by position". si.com. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  7. ↑ Jeff Legwold (April 22, 2017). "Ranking the 2017 Draft's Top 100 Prospects". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  8. ↑ Mike Mayock (April 12, 2017). "Mike Mayock's 2017 NFL Draft position rankings 3.0". NFL.com. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  9. ↑ "NFL Draft Profile: Gerald Everett". NFL.com. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Gerald Everett, DS #5 TE, South Alabama". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  11. ↑ Bain, Nate (April 28, 2017). "Rams Select TE Gerald Everett in Round 2". TheRams.com.
  12. ↑ "Spotrac.com: Gerald Everett". spotrac.com. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Indianapolis Colts at Los Angeles Rams - September 10th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  14. ↑ "Washington Redskins at Los Angeles Rams - September 17th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-05.
  15. ↑ "Los Angeles Rams at Jacksonville Jaguars - October 15th, 2017". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  16. ↑ "NFL Player stats: Gerald Everett (2017)". NFL.com. Retrieved December 18, 2017.


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