Defensive tackle, Rice, 2011–14
Christian Covington
- Number
- No. 1
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 300 lb
- Hometown
- Vancouver, BC
- Born
- Oct 16, 1993, in Vancouver
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Christian Covington played defensive tackle at Rice (2011–14). The Houston Texans took Covington in round 6, No. 216 overall in the 2015 NFL Draft.
Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2013
The teams
No defensive lines in our box scores: before 2016 they record only interceptions for defenders. His defense from other sources is below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | PBU | FF | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 12 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013N | 14 | 38 | 21 | 59 | 11.5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – |
| On file | 64 | 38 | 102 | 19.5 | 9 | 4 | 2 | – | |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played). A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2015 | Combine or pro day 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅜″ | |
| Weight | 289 lb | |
| Arm length | 33¼″ | |
| Hand size | 10″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 5.09 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.68 sW | |
| Vertical jump | 30½″ | |
| Broad jump | 9′3″ | |
| Bench press | 24 reps | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.43 s | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.43 s |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
8 seasons, 86 games with a stat; latest team: Los Angeles Chargers.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Houston Texans | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | Houston Texans | 13 | 26 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017 | Houston Texans | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | Houston Texans | 11 | 15 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2019 | Dallas Cowboys | 12 | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Los Angeles Chargers | 14 | 47 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | Los Angeles Chargers | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 86 | 189 | 9.5 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
Other pro football
| Years | League | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2024–25 | CFL | BC Lions |
Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.
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