Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Army
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 16.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
42
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
26
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Army
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Army
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Massachusetts
Player Story
Jacob Covington built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Liberty Hill, TX wearing No. 57, spending time with Army. The clearest part of Jacob Covington's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Army
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Jacob Covington, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Army. Jacob Covington shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 51
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Jacob Covington quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Army · DL
- Career Tackles
- 51
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 23 games
- Best season
- 2019 Regular Season · Army
- Top game
- Massachusetts
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Liberty Hill · Army
- High school pipeline
- Liberty Hill · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 57 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 36 tackles · DL 100th (top 12%) · FBS Independents 54th (top 19%) · National 1,140th (top 20%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Army | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Army | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Army | 9 | 14 | 2.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 25.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Army | 13 | 36 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 42.5 |
Related Context
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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: 2019 Regular Season
Army paired 7 primary output with 16.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 16.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2019 Regular Season improved on 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.
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2019 Regular Season · Army
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
16.9
Usage
5.1
Consistency
10.3
Best Game by takeover score
Massachusetts
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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. Morgan State: 0. Tulane: 0. Western Kentucky: 1. Georgia State: 0. San José State: 0. Air Force: 0. Massachusetts: 2.5. VMI: 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. Morgan State: 2 by 8.3. Tulane: 2 by 8.3. Western Kentucky: 2 by 18.3. Georgia State: 2 by 8.3. San José State: 2 by 8.3. Air Force: 3 by 12.5. Massachusetts: 4 by 41.7. VMI: 2 by 8.3. Hawai'i: 2 by 18.3. Navy: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 5 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 8 · -0.8 vs Wins
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 | @ Navy | L 7-31 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/1 | @ Hawai'i | L 31-52 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs VMI | W 47-6 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | vs MassachusettsSplash game | W 63-7 | 4 | 1 | — | 2 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ Air Force | L 13-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs San José State | L 29-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ Georgia State | L 21-28 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Western Kentucky | L 8-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | vs Tulane | L 33-42 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs Morgan State | W 52-21 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ UTSASplash game | W 31-13 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Michigan | L 21-24 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/30 | vs Rice | W 14-7 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jacob Covington story
Jacob Covington built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive lineman from Liberty Hill, TX wearing No. 57, spending time with Army. The clearest part of Jacob Covington's career was his defensive production: 51 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Jacob Covington's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Army
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Army | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Army | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Army | 2.5 | 9.3 | 5.6 | 2.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Army | 7 | 16.9 | 5.1 | 4.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Massachusetts
Week 11 · W 63-7 · Conference game
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
80.6 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.
#2
@ UTSA
Week 3 · W 31-13
2.5
Havoc Plays
75.6 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Air Force
Week 10 · W 17-14
1
Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Liberty
Week 2 · W 38-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Colgate
Week 12 · W 28-14
0.5
Havoc Plays
55.8 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 55.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Regular Season · Army
7 primary output · 16.9 efficiency · 5.1 usage
42.5
#2
2017 Regular Season · Army
36.4
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Army
25.6
2.5 primary · 9.3 efficiency · 5.6 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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