In his first season as the clubs captain, McEvoy made a bright start to his tenure as skipper with his performance in the narrow loss to Collingwood, but backed it up with an even better performance with a six goal haul against Frankston in round three on Easter Sunday and on statewide television. Once again so often playing the lone hand up forward as a key tall, McEvoy to his credit managed 25 goals for the year which saw him finish second in the clubs goalkicking to Steve Stroobants and equal seventh in the competition for the season. Highly respected around the club since joining the club for 2016, he will benefit with more support up forward in terms of key forward targets.