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Bucs Star Makes Significant Hurricane Relief Donation

One of the Buccaneers' star players felt compelled to offer assistance to the Tampa Bay community in their time of need.

Collin Haalboom

Sep 29, 2024; Tampa, Florida, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans (13) signs autographs after the game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images
Sep 29, 2024; Tampa, Florida, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans (13) signs autographs after the game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images / Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images
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Mike Evans has played his entire NFL career for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It’s extremely rare to see a player spend more than a decade with a single franchise in any sport, especially football. It’s not only hard to find a player who wants to stay with one organization for such a long period of time, but also one that is durable enough to do so. Not only that, but it isn’t common for a professional organization to have a certain player who fits into their long-term plans so well that they wish to keep him around for such an extended period of time.

Mike Evans showed his loyalty to the Buccaneers franchise this past offseason when, despite having no shortage of suitors in free agency, Evans chose to stay in Tampa Bay. He took a below-market deal to remain a Buccaneer, even though there were countless other teams who surely would have offered him more money, among other things.

Not surprisingly, Mike Evans has found yet another way to demonstrate his loyalty to the Tampa Bay community. This time, its by providing a sizeable donation to Tampa Bay hurricane relief following the devastation brought forth by Hurricane Milton and, just a week before that, Hurricane Helene.

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Evans, alongside his wife Ashli, has pledged to donate $50,000 through their organization ‘Mike Evans Family Foundation’ in order to help the Tampa Bay community rebuild itself.

Just like Mike Evans has provided so much to the fans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on the field, his foundation has done the same for thousands of residents in the Tampa community, among other parts of the country, over the years. This recent donation by Mike Evans is a clear testament to he and his wife's kindness, as well as their love for, and loyalty to, the community that has embraced them.

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Collin Haalboom
COLLIN HAALBOOM

Prior to joining BucsGameday and Sports Illustrated, Collin's written content was provided through Bucs Banter, and NFL Draft Lounge. He is also the creator and host of the Bucs Banter Podcast. He is a graduate of the Communication Studies program at McMaster University, where he was also a varsity basketball player, and later an advanced scout. He lives with his wife and two children in Hamilton, ON. You can follow Collin on YouTube and Twitter.

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