Player Dossier

2015-2017

Charlotte

Anthony Covington

DB • 5'10" • 180 lbs • Charlotte, NC, USA

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Anthony Covington shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

22%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

40

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

49

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

43

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Charlotte

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Charlotte
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Player Story

Anthony Covington built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a defensive back from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 23, spending time with Charlotte. The clearest part of Anthony Covington's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8117

Denmark · Denmark, DENM

Committed To
Eastern Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Anthony Covington, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Charlotte. Anthony Covington shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
64
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
13

Quick Answers

Anthony Covington quick answers

Latest team and position
Charlotte · DB
Career Tackles
64
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 26 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Charlotte
Top game
Florida International
Recruit profile
3-star · Denmark · Eastern Michigan
High school pipeline
Denmark · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 23 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
27 tackles · DB 331st (top 42%) · Conference USA 181st (top 30%) · National 1,544th (top 27%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2015 Regular SeasonCharlotte80-0--04.8
2016 Regular SeasonCharlotte1137-0210050.7
2017 Regular SeasonCharlotte727-0-3019.5

Related Context

Anthony Covington played DB for Charlotte. Across 3 tracked seasons, Anthony Covington recorded 64 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Charlotte.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Charlotte paired 13 primary output with 25.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina A&T

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Regular Season · Charlotte

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

20.4

Usage

2.4

Consistency

14.3

Best Game by takeover score

North Carolina A&T

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Eastern Michigan: 1. Kansas State: 0. North Carolina A&T: 1. Georgia State: 0. Florida International: 1. Marshall: 0. Old Dominion: 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. Eastern Michigan: 4 by 26.7. Kansas State: 2 by 8.3. North Carolina A&T: 4 by 26.7. Georgia State: 5 by 20.8. Florida International: 3 by 22.5. Marshall: 5 by 20.8. Old Dominion: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

First Half0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.2 vs First Half

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

North Carolina A&T

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs North Carolina A&T

Result
Sat 11/4@ Old DominionL 0-643000
Sat 10/7vs MarshallL 3-1453000
Sat 9/30@ Florida InternationalL 29-3032001
Sat 9/23vs Georgia StateL 0-2854000
Sat 9/16vs North Carolina A&TL 31-3542001
Sat 9/9@ Kansas StateL 7-5522000
Fri 9/1@ Eastern MichiganL 7-2443001

Player Story

Anthony Covington story

Anthony Covington built his college career from 2015 through 2017 as a defensive back from Charlotte, NC wearing No. 23, spending time with Charlotte. The clearest part of Anthony Covington's career was his defensive production: 64 tackles, 2 interceptions, and 13 passes defended across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Charlotte. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Anthony Covington's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 691 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Charlotte.

The arc is straightforward: Anthony Covington moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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    Charlotte

    2015-2017

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonCharlotte12.5
2016 Regular SeasonCharlotte1325.83.112
2017 Regular SeasonCharlotte320.42.4-10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Florida International

Week 10 · L 31-48 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

60 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#2

vs Rice

Week 11 · L 21-22 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

58.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Temple

Week 4 · L 20-48

3

Havoc Plays

54.2 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 54.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Florida Atlantic

Week 6 · W 28-23 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

52.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 52.2 takeover score.

#5

vs North Carolina A&T

Week 3 · L 31-35

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Havoc Plays

50 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Charlotte

13 primary output · 25.8 efficiency · 3.1 usage

50.7

#2

2017 Regular Season · Charlotte

19.5

3 primary · 20.4 efficiency · 2.4 usage

#3

2015 Regular Season · Charlotte

4.8

1 primary · 2.5 efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

4

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games