Christian Covington
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Covington in the 2016 NFL season. | |||||||||
| No. 95 Houston Texans | |||||||||
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| Position: | Defensive end | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | October 16, 1993 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Vancouver, British Columbia | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 300 lb (136 kg) | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| High school: | Vancouver (BC) College Prep | ||||||||
| College: | Rice | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 2015 / Round: 6 / Pick: 216 | ||||||||
| CFL draft: | 2015 / Round: 5 / Pick: 43 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
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| Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
| Career NFL statistics as of Week 7, 2016 | |||||||||
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Christian Coral Cleveland Covington (born October 16, 1993) is a Canadian professional American football defensive end for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Rice.
Early years
Covington was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and attended Vancouver College. His father, Grover Covington played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) and is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.[1] During his prep career at Vancouver he had 276 tackles and 38 sacks. Covington committed to Rice University to play college football.[2] [3]
College career
After redshirting in 2011, Covington played in 12 games as a redshirt freshman in 2012. He had 43 tackles and five sacks. As a sophomore in 2013, Covington was named first-team All–Conference USA after recording 59 tackles and four sacks. As a junior in 2014, he played in only seven games due to injuries.[4][5][6]
After his junior season, Covington entered the 2015 NFL Draft.[7][8]
Professional career
Houston Texans
On May 2, 2015, Covington was drafted by the Houston Texans in the sixth round with the 216th pick of the 2015 NFL Draft. He was also drafted by the BC Lions with the 43rd pick of the 2015 CFL Draft. In 15 games of his rookie season in 2015, Covington had 2 sacks on 8 tackles.
References
- ↑ Corey Roepken (December 11, 2012). "Rice's Covington sets out to excel apart from famous father". Houston Chronicle.
- ↑ "Grover Covington's son to join Rice Owls - Vancouver Sun". Vancouver Sun.
- ↑ Rick Kupchuk. "Covington goes to Rice". Peace Arch News.
- ↑ "Rice could lose NT Covington for extended period with leg injury". Houston Chronicle.
- ↑ "Rice's Christian Covington has season-ending knee surgery". Sports Update.
- ↑ "Likely return of Covington could boost Rice's aspirations in 2015". Houston Chronicle.
- ↑ "Rice DT Christian Covington will enter 2015 NFL Draft". NFL.com.
- ↑ "Canadian DT Covington will declare early for NFL Draft". TSN.