Christian Covington
Christian Coral Cleveland Covington
Born: October 16, 1993
Vancouver, BC
Position: DT
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 295
College: Rice
High School: Vancouver College (Vancouver, BC)
Career: 2015-2025
Drafted: 2015 in Round 6, #216 overall by the Houston Texans
Christian Covington has played from 2015 to 2025 during his career with the BC Lions, Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans and Los Angeles Chargers. Covington has recorded 16.5 quarterback sacks in his career.
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Sacks:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | 2015 | NFL Houston Texans | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2016 | NFL Houston Texans | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2017 | NFL Houston Texans | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2018 | NFL Houston Texans | 3.5 | 0.0 | 2019 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2021 | NFL Los Angeles Chargers | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2024 | CFL BC Lions | 6.0 | 35.0 | 5.8 | 2025 | CFL BC Lions | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
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| NFL | 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| CFL | 7.0 | 40 | 5.7 | |
| Totals | 16.5 | 40 | 2.4 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Def | ST | TFL | TFLY | Brup | PD | QBH | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF | 2015 | NFL Houston Texans | 6.5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2016 | NFL Houston Texans | 21 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2017 | NFL Houston Texans | 13 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2018 | NFL Houston Texans | 11.5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 2019 | NFL Dallas Cowboys | 24 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2020 | NFL Cincinnati Bengals | 26.5 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2021 | NFL Los Angeles Chargers | 41 | 30 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2022 | NFL Los Angeles Chargers | 7.5 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2024 | CFL BC Lions | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 2025 | CFL BC Lions | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NFL | 159 | 106 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| CFL | 34 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 185 | 106 | 90 | 34 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS | 2015 | NFL | Houston Texans | 15 | 0 | 2016 | NFL | Houston Texans | 16 | 5 | 2017 | NFL | Houston Texans | 7 | 2 | 2018 | NFL | Houston Texans | 12 | 2 | 2019 | NFL | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 6 | 2020 | NFL | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 14 | 2021 | NFL | Los Angeles Chargers | 16 | 3 | 2022 | NFL | Los Angeles Chargers | 4 | 0 | 2024 | CFL | BC Lions | 18 | 5 | 2025 | CFL | BC Lions |
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