Player Dossier

2016-2019

Army

Jacob Covington

DL • 6'2" • 260 lbs • Liberty Hill, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jacob Covington shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.1 disruption score.

Usage Score

5

Efficiency

16.1

Consistency

7.7

Season Value

11.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season · Army

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Army
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts

Scouting Read

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Jacob Covington, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season · Army. Jacob Covington shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.1 disruption score.

Jacob Covington played DL for Army. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jacob Covington recorded 51 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Army.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Army paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2019 Regular Season · Army

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

16.1

Usage

5

Consistency

7.7

Best Game by takeover score

Navy

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Rice: 0. Michigan: 0. UTSA: 2.5. Unknown: 0. Tulane: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. Georgia State: 0. San José State: 0. Air Force: 0. Massachusetts: 2.5. Unknown: 0. Hawai'i: 1. Navy: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rice: 5 by 20.8. Michigan: 3 by 12.5. UTSA: 3 by 37.5. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. Tulane: 2 by 8.3. Western Kentucky: 2 by 8.3. Georgia State: 2 by 8.3. San José State: 2 by 8.3. Air Force: 3 by 12.5. Massachusetts: 4 by 41.7. Unknown: 2 by 8.3. Hawai'i: 2 by 18.3. Navy: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.7 · Games = 3 · +1.5 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 8 · -1.5 vs Wins
First Half0.4 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.6 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Massachusetts

Best efficiency game

41.7 vs Massachusetts

Result
Sat 12/14@ NavyL 7-3143000
Sun 12/1@ Hawai'iL 31-5221100
Sat 11/16vs Unknown20000
Sat 11/9vs MassachusettsSplash gameW 63-74120.500
Sat 11/2@ Air ForceL 13-1731000
Sat 10/26vs San José StateL 29-3421000
Sat 10/19@ Georgia StateL 21-2821000
Sat 10/12@ Western KentuckyL 8-1721000
Sat 10/5vs TulaneL 33-4221000
Sat 9/21vs Unknown20000
Sat 9/14@ UTSAW 31-13311.5010
Sat 9/7@ MichiganL 21-2430000
Fri 8/30vs RiceW 14-753000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Army

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2016201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonArmy0
2017 Regular SeasonArmy04.20.60
2018 Regular SeasonArmy2.59.35.62.5
2019 Regular SeasonArmy616.153.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Massachusetts

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Primary metric

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 52.3 takeover score.

#2

UTSA

2.5

Primary metric

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 49.6 takeover score.

#3

Air Force

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.

#4

Liberty

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.

#5

Unknown

0.5

Primary metric

Game with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 27.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2017 Regular Season · Army

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage

34.9

#2

2019 Regular Season · Army

11.3

6 primary · 16.1 efficiency · 5 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Army

8.2

2.5 primary · 9.3 efficiency · 5.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7483

Liberty Hill · Liberty Hill, TX

Committed To
Army
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

51

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 23 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.