Background
Covington was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and attended Vancouver College. His father, Grover Covington played in the Canadian Football League (Canadian Football League) and is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
Covington was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and attended Vancouver College. His father, Grover Covington played in the Canadian Football League (Canadian Football League) and is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame.
He played college football at Rice. During his prep career at Vancouver he had 276 tackles and 38 sacks. Covington committed to Rice University to play college football.
After redshirting in 2011, Covington played in 12 games as a redshirt freshman in 2012.
He had 43 tackles and five sacks. As a sophomore in 2013, Covington was named first-team All–Conference United States of America after recording 59 tackles and four sacks.
As a junior in 2014, he played in only seven games due to injuries. After his junior season, Covington entered the 2015 NFL Draft.
Houston Texans
On May 2, 2015, Covington was drafted by the Houston Texans in the sixth round with the 216th pick of the 2015 NFL Draft.
He was also drafted by the British Columbia Lions with the 43rd pick of the 2015 Canadian Football League Draft. In 15 games of his rookie season in 2015, Covington had 2 sacks on 8 tackles.