Player Dossier

2021-2023

New Mexico

Marvin Covington

S • 5'11" • 186 lbs • Mansfield, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Marvin Covington shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.1 disruption score.

Usage / Role

15%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

42

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

24

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

50

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · New Mexico

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
TCU • New Mexico
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San José State

Player Story

Marvin Covington built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a safety from Mansfield, TX wearing No. 6, spending time with New Mexico and TCU. The clearest part of Marvin Covington's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2026 · Rating 0.8567

Williston Northampton School · Easthampton, MA

Committed To
Boston College
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2026

Marvin Covington, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · New Mexico. Marvin Covington shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.1 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
8
TFL
0.5
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Marvin Covington quick answers

Latest team and position
New Mexico · S
Career Tackles
8
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 5 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · New Mexico
Top game
San José State
Recruit profile
3-star · Williston Northampton School · Boston College
High school pipeline
Williston Northampton School · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Sophomore
2023 Tackles rank
8 tackles · S 331st (top 63%) · Mountain West 268th (top 51%) · National 3,045th (top 51%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonTCU00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonTCU10-0-1034.6
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico480.50-3044.9

Related Context

Marvin Covington played S for TCU and New Mexico. Across 3 tracked seasons, Marvin Covington recorded 8 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with New Mexico.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

New Mexico paired 3.5 primary output with 17.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 17.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2023 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across TCU, New Mexico.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: San José State

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

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2023 Regular Season · New Mexico

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

17.1

Usage

3.2

Consistency

35.7

Best Game by takeover score

San José State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Massachusetts: 0. Wyoming: 1. San José State: 2.5. Nevada: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Massachusetts: 2 by 8.3. Wyoming: 0 by 10. San José State: 3 by 37.5. Nevada: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 1 · -1.2 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 3 · +1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

San José State

Best efficiency game

37.5 vs San José State

Result
Sun 10/29@ NevadaL 24-3432000
Sat 10/14vs San José StateSplash gameL 24-52310.5002
Sat 9/30@ WyomingL 26-3500001
Sat 9/23@ MassachusettsW 34-3122000

Player Story

Marvin Covington story

Marvin Covington built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a safety from Mansfield, TX wearing No. 6, spending time with New Mexico and TCU. The clearest part of Marvin Covington's career was his defensive production: 8 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, and 4 passes defended across 5 career games in the available record. That gives Marvin Covington's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    TCU

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    New Mexico

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonTCU0
2022 Regular SeasonTCU11001
2023 Regular SeasonNew Mexico3.517.13.22.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs San José State

Week 7 · L 24-52 · Conference game

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

72.5 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Tarleton State

Week 2 · W 59-17

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Havoc Plays

36.7 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 36.7 takeover score.

#3

@ Wyoming

Week 5 · L 26-35 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

16.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 16.7 takeover score.

#4

@ Nevada

Week 9 · L 24-34 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

10.3 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.3 takeover score.

#5

@ Massachusetts

Week 4 · W 34-31

0

Havoc Plays

5.8 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · New Mexico

3.5 primary output · 17.1 efficiency · 3.2 usage

44.9

#2

2022 Regular Season · TCU

34.6

1 primary · 10 efficiency · 0 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · TCU

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games