King’s Academy graduate and former NFL fullback Heath Evans will return to West Palm Beach Wednesday to honor his alma mater.
Heath Evans, with the Patriots in 2005, will return to King’s Academy Wednesday to honor his alma mater. (Post file photo)
Evans, who spent 10 seasons with the Seahawks, Dolphins, Patriots and Saints and played in two Super Bowls, will present the school with the NFL’s Golden Football in a ceremony that is scheduled to begin at 9:15 a.m.
The NFL’s Super Bowl High School Honor Roll celebrates the high schools and communities that have contributed to Super Bowl history. This platform is designed to link the past 49 Super Bowls with this year’s game and honor the high schools and communities that have positively impacted the game.
More than 2,000 schools and nearly 3,000 individuals will be honored through this program. Super Bowl High School Honor Roll schools will receive a commemorative Golden Football produced by Wilson for every player or head coach who graduated from the high school and was on an active Super Bowl roster.
Evans graduated from The King’s Academy in 1997, and went on to play college football at Auburn. He is a member of the Palm Beach County Sports Hall of Fame, and currently is an analyst on NFL Network’s Total Access and a game analyst for the NFL on Fox.
Other Palm Beach County schools that have had players on an active Super Bowl roster and received Golden Footballs are: Glades Central (Santonio Holmes); Spanish River (Al Wallace); Atlantic (Orlando Franklin); John I. Leonard (Kevin Fagan, Pierre Garcon); Santaluces (Vince Wilfork); Pahokee (Anquan Boldin, Pernell McPhee, Rickey Jackson); Suncoast (Devin Hester); Cardinal Newman (John Carney) and Forest Hill (Ottis Anderson).
