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If you haven't been keeping up, Darren Evans has scored six touchdowns in his first five games as a Hokies. He's scored at least one touchdown in every game he's played, including two at Nebraska on Saturday night. Evans has turned into Tech's top redzone threat. It's obvious when watching the game, and it's even more obvious when you break down the actual numbers.

The following table shows Evans' numbers in the redzone so far this season, including game-by-game stats and season totals.

Evans has been pretty effective in the redzone this year, with all six of his touchdowns coming from within the 20 yard line. However, perhaps the most impressive stat is that he has not lost any yardage in the redzone. That's impressive, considering the defense is packed up tighter to the line of scrimmage on most occasions.

Based on the first five games, Evans looks like a good bet to get it in the endzone again on Saturday against Western Kentucky.  That would give him a touchdown in six straight games.  That's exactly what you want out of your top redzone option.

Now let's take a look at how Kenny Lewis has fared in the redzone, and make the comparison.

Obviously not quite as successful for Lewis, and 11 of his 30 yards came on one run. He is a better back in space, with the defense not so packed in around the line of scrimmage. His most successful runs this season have been to the outside. In fact, both of his redzone touchdown runs were to the outside.

In the redzone, Evans has 18 more carries than Lewis. Overall, he has 20 more carries (77 to 57). Between the 20's, Evans has just two more carries than Lewis this year. It looks like Billy Hite likes them both evenly between the 20s, but in the redzone, Evans is his guy. The offense becomes more run-oriented inside the redzone, and he's the best back with the ball in his hands, so giving it to him down there is the right thing to do.

It's probably not fair to do this to Evans so early in his career, but he is looking more and more like a Lee Suggs type running back when he gets into the redzone. He has a nose for the goalline, and always has a forward lean. He has excellent balance and he knows how to run in a way that defenders rarely get a clean shot on him. They always seem to just glance off of him.

As far as I can tell, no Virginia Tech freshman tailback has scored a touchdown in each of his first five games. With the number of good backs the Hokies have had, and their emphasis on running the football throughout the years, it's safe to say that Evans is off to an excellent start to his career.

Now let's compare Evans to some other top freshmen backs of the Beamer Bowl Era.

So far, Evans is right up there with some of the best runners in Tech history. His yards per carry is lagging behind a bit, but he's already scored as many or more touchdowns in his first season that every other guy on that list. Before the year is out, it looks like he'll be behind only Kevin Jones in total rushing yardage.

It's still early, but things are looking good so far.