Chase Evink
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Brian Jerzak | Prep Redzone Scout
On offense, Evink is a long-striding running back whose upper body strength allows him to bounce off bigger defenders and run through smaller defenders. He is not just a power runner, he has good speed and is a good one cut and go back. He can also be a threat in the passing game coming out of the backfield. Defensively, he is a solid between-the-tackles thumper of a run stuffer. He eats up lead blockers and routinely blows up the inside running game. He moves laterally well, but when he reads where the run is going, he explodes into the hole.
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Read EvaluationOliver West | Prep Redzone Scout
The small town, giant-sized 9man standout Chase Evink Chase Evink 6'5" | 240 lbs | ATH Hancock | 2025 State MN is having a productive summer camp szn, putting a face, name, and giant frame to what is one of the most memorable highlight tapes I’ve seen in my time with PRzMN. As expected, he’s been putting his hand in the dirt and playing DL, which I was curious to see, as transitioning from RB/LB in a 9man setting to trench warfare against Metro and big school opponents in high-pressure environments like these college camps is a big ask. However, Evink showed up and showed out, winning some big-time reps at the first PJ Fleck RTB Prospect Camp in Dinkytown while displaying a good get-off, strong punch, and physicality in abundance. Definitely raw, but he’s verified big and athletic and is a ball of clay that a college DL coach could mould into a monster. After balling out at Minnesota, SDSU, and NDSU, MSU-Mankato, Minnesota-Duluth, South Dakota State, and North Dakota State have all offered. It’s going to be one of the best years of 9man history in a while, folks. Evink is a big reason why.
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Read EvaluationOliver West | Prep Redzone Scout
Back to that ultra-talented batch of Outstate, small school, jumbo athletes that really get my recruiting juices going. How awesome does a 6’5, 240 lb. running back sound? How would you gameplan for that if you were a 9man DC? Make sure you aren’t staring too hard as I introduce you to Hancock’s 6’5, 240 lb. Sherman Tank of a RB and LB Chase Evink. Before you ask, yes, the tape is as fun as it sounds.
The overwhelming size and frankly frightening speed that Evink possesses makes it look like someone drove their F150 onto the field, and he’s got the ability to both run by and run through would-be tacklers in eye-catching fashion. The work freak comes to mind as you watch the 240 lber. destroys blockers and ball carriers defensively, flies past safeties for massive TD runs, and imposes his will play-to-play in all three phases of the game. I really like his speed, even against 9man competition who can see his burst, as well as that last gear to finish big runs and burn past pursuit angles from closing DBs, and Evink also possesses great contact balance, the ability to change direction smoothly, good vision as a RB, and dominance at the contact point. Big, strong, fast, athletic, he’s got it all, and at 6’5, 240 lbs., that’s a very very scary prospect for 9-man opponents.
When you’re discussing 9-man prospects and how that competition translates and projects to the college level, you need to see an obvious, commanding, next-level kind of dominance that makes the prospect look like a man amongst boys on the gridiron. Evink absolutely hits those marks, and it’s safe to say he’d be able to succeed and dominate against 11-man opponents and at a higher level of competition, including in college. A 6’5, 240 lb. RB and LB dominating the 9-man game? That’s the kind of recruit who finds Division 1 success out of the smallest programs its states have to offer. Make sure you remember this name, and check out the junior tape if you can, it’s more than worth the watch.
Chase Evink debuts as the #33 overall ranked junior and as ATH5, with a ton of room to continue climbing.
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