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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Indiana
Chris Covington
LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Chris Covington shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 49.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
90
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
89
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Indiana
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Indiana
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Player Story
Chris Covington built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Chicago, IL wearing No. 4, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Chris Covington's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Indiana
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2018
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 19
- Overall
- No. 193
- NFL Team
- Dallas Cowboys
Chris Covington, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Indiana. Chris Covington shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 49.5 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Chris Covington quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Indiana · LB
- Career Tackles
- 114
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Indiana
- Top game
- Michigan State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Raby · Indiana
- High school pipeline
- Raby · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2018 · Round 6 · Pick 19 · Dallas Cowboys
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 85 tackles · LB 104th (top 10%) · Big Ten 15th (top 3%) · National 158th (top 3%)
Chris Covington played LB for Indiana. Across 4 tracked seasons, Chris Covington recorded 31 passing yards, 91 rushing yards, and 114 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2014 with Indiana.
Recognition
Honors
- 20172017 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coacheshonorable mention
- 20172017 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediahonorable mention
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