He was placed on injured reserve on December 28, 2018 with an ankle injury.
(meta data) TITLE: Bengals Make Player Moves Before Week 17 Skip to main content ## Advertising ## Primary nav GAME PASS ## Action related nav GAME PASS News Home Hobson's Choice Roster News Week In Review ## Advertising ## Bengals News Presented by Friday, Dec 28, 2018 12:34 PM # Bengals Make Player Moves Before Week 17 The Bengals today placed WR Tyler Boyd, CB Dre Kirkpatrick and LB Jordan Evans on the Reserve/Injured list. To fill their positions on the active roster, the team signed three players off the practice squad — HB Quinton Flowers, OT Kent Perkins and WR Hunter Sharp. Boyd, a third-year player, started the team's first 14 games this season before suffering a knee injury in Game 14 vs. Oakland. He has 76 receptions for 1028 yards (both team highs) and seven touchdowns. Boyd's 1000-yard season was the first of his career and the 27th in team history. Kirkpatrick, a seventh-year player who has started 13 games this season, suffered a shoulder injury last week at Cleveland. He has 41 tackles (35 solos), and his nine passes defensed are second most on the team behind CB William Jackson (12). Evans, a second-year player, has played in 14 games this season with five starts. He suffered an ankle injury in Game 14 vs. Oakland. Evans ranks fifth on team with 59 total tackles (38 solos). He also has 1.5 sacks, one interception and three passes defensed, as well as two special teams tackles. Flowers (5-10, 211), a rookie, joined the Bengals in May as a college free agent out of the University of South Florida. After an exemplary career as a QB at USF, he converted to HB as a pro and has spent the entire season on the Bengals' practice squad. Flowers set 42 school records at USF, including school and American Athletic Conference records for total offense (11,802 yards), and he finished his college career as one of only four players in FBS history to post at least 8000 passing yards and 3500 rushing yards. Perkins (6-5, 305), a first-year player out of the University of Texas, was originally a college free agent signee of the Bengals in 2017. After spending much of his rookie season on Cincinnati's practice squad, Perkins was signed to the active roster late in the year and played in the season finale at Baltimore, where he saw brief time on offense. Perkins also has spent the entire 2018 season on the Bengals' practice squad. Sharp (5-11, 198), a first-year player out of the University of Utah, joined the Bengals as a free agent on Nov. 20. He entered the NFL as a college free agent signee of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2016, and has also spent time with Denver, the N.Y. Giants and Buffalo. 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Jordan Evans (American football)
Professional career.:2018.
On January 8, 2018, the Cincinnati Bengals announced their decision to hire former Detroit Lions’ defensive coordinator Teryl Austin as the new defensive coordinator after it was left vacant by the departure of Paul Guenther to the Oakland Raiders. Evans entered training camp slated as a starting outside linebacker. Head coach Marvin Lewis named Evans the starting weakside linebacker to begin the regular season, alongside Nick Vigil and middle linebacker Preston Brown. Evans started in place of Vontaze Burfict who was serving a four-game suspension. 
 On October 23, 2018, Evans collected a season-high 11 combined tackles (seven solo), deflected a pass, made 1.5 sacks, and made his first career interception during a 37–34 win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Week 8. Evans intercepted a pass by Buccaneers’ quarterback Jameis Winston, that was intended for tight end Cameron Brate, and returned it for a seven-yard gain during the third quarter. On November 13, 2018, the Cincinnati Bengals announced their decision to fire defensive coordinator Teryl Austin after they lost 51–14 to the New Orleans Saints in Week 10. Head coach Marvin Lewis stated he would take over duties as defensive coordinator for the remainder of the season.