Christian Covington

Christian Covington

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Covington in the 2016 NFL season.
No. 95Houston Texans
Position: Defensive end
Personal information
Date of birth: (1993-10-16) 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
Roster status: Active
Career NFL statistics as of Week 7, 2016
Total tackles: 19
Sacks: 2.0
Forced fumbles: 0
Player stats at NFL.com

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

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