Christian Covington

DE · HOU/DAL/CIN/LAC · 2015–2022

Born October 16, 1993 · College Rice · Drafted 2015, round 6, pick 216 (HOU) · 6-2, 300 lb

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	Sacks	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
2015	HOU	9	8	2.0	4	4	0	0
2015 playoffs	HOU	1	2	0.0	0	0	0	0
2016	HOU	13	26	1.0	2	2	1	0
2016 playoffs	HOU	2	2	0.0	2	0	0	0
2017	HOU	7	16	1.0	2	1	0	1
2018	HOU	11	15	3.5	8	4	0	0
2019	DAL	11	28	1.0	3	4	1	0
2020	CIN	16	39	0.0	1	0	0	0
2021	LAC	14	52	1.0	1	3	0	1
2022	LAC	4	12	0.0	0	1	0	0
Career	LAC	85	196	9.5	21	19	2	2

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2016	HOU	16	–	–	409	41.0
2016 playoffs	HOU	2	–	–	57	41.0
2017	HOU	7	–	–	162	36.9
2018	HOU	12	–	–	253	32.3
2018 playoffs	HOU	1	–	–	21	31.3
2019	DAL	16	–	–	472	44.6
2020	CIN	16	–	–	546	52.4
2021	LAC	16	–	–	512	47.7
2022	LAC	4	–	–	124	48.6

Game logs

2022 game log (4 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
4	2022-10-02	@ HOU	W 34–24	2
5	2022-10-09	@ CLE	W 30–28	2
9	2022-11-06	@ ATL	W 20–17	3
10	2022-11-13	@ SF	L 16–22	5

2021 game log (14 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2021-09-12	@ WAS	W 20–16	5	0.0
2	2021-09-19	vs DAL	L 17–20	2	0.0
3	2021-09-26	@ KC	W 30–24	3	0.0
4	2021-10-04	vs LV	W 28–14	3	1.0
5	2021-10-10	vs CLE	W 47–42	2	0.0
6	2021-10-17	@ BAL	L 6–34	4	0.0
8	2021-10-31	vs NE	L 24–27	5	0.0
9	2021-11-07	@ PHI	W 27–24	4	0.0
12	2021-11-28	@ DEN	L 13–28	5	0.0
13	2021-12-05	@ CIN	W 41–22	2	0.0
14	2021-12-12	vs NYG	W 37–21	2	0.0
16	2021-12-26	@ HOU	L 29–41	10	0.0
17	2022-01-02	vs DEN	W 34–13	3	0.0
18	2022-01-09	@ LV	L 32–35 OT	2	0.0

2020 game log (16 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	vs LAC	L 13–16	2
2	2020-09-17	@ CLE	L 30–35	3
3	2020-09-27	@ PHI	T 23–23 OT	1
4	2020-10-04	vs JAX	W 33–25	4
5	2020-10-11	@ BAL	L 3–27	3
6	2020-10-18	@ IND	L 27–31	1
7	2020-10-25	vs CLE	L 34–37	2
8	2020-11-01	vs TEN	W 31–20	5
10	2020-11-15	@ PIT	L 10–36	2
11	2020-11-22	@ WAS	L 9–20	1
12	2020-11-29	vs NYG	L 17–19	4
13	2020-12-06	@ MIA	L 7–19	1
14	2020-12-13	vs DAL	L 7–30	2
15	2020-12-21	vs PIT	W 27–17	1
16	2020-12-27	@ HOU	W 37–31	1
17	2021-01-03	vs BAL	L 3–38	6

2019 game log (11 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2019-09-08	vs NYG	W 35–17	2	0.0	0
3	2019-09-22	vs MIA	W 31–6	3	0.0	1
4	2019-09-29	@ NO	L 10–12	2	0.0	0
5	2019-10-06	vs GB	L 24–34	3	0.0	0
6	2019-10-13	@ NYJ	L 22–24	1	0.0	0
11	2019-11-17	@ DET	W 35–27	1	0.0	0
12	2019-11-24	@ NE	L 9–13	4	0.0	0
13	2019-11-28	vs BUF	L 15–26	4	1.0	0
14	2019-12-05	@ CHI	L 24–31	3	0.0	0
16	2019-12-22	@ PHI	L 9–17	1	0.0	0
17	2019-12-29	vs WAS	W 47–16	4	0.0	0

2018 game log (11 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2018-09-09	@ NE	L 20–27	1	0.0
3	2018-09-23	vs NYG	L 22–27	1	0.0
7	2018-10-21	@ JAX	W 20–7	1	0.0
8	2018-10-25	vs MIA	W 42–23	2	0.0
9	2018-11-04	@ DEN	W 19–17	1	0.0
11	2018-11-18	@ WAS	W 23–21	0	0.0
12	2018-11-26	vs TEN	W 34–17	4	2.5
14	2018-12-09	vs IND	L 21–24	1	1.0
15	2018-12-15	@ NYJ	W 29–22	1	0.0
16	2018-12-23	@ PHI	L 30–32	2	0.0
17	2018-12-30	vs JAX	W 20–3	1	0.0

2017 game log (7 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
1	2017-09-10	vs JAX	L 7–29	2	0.0
2	2017-09-14	@ CIN	W 13–9	3	0.0
3	2017-09-24	@ NE	L 33–36	3	1.0
4	2017-10-01	vs TEN	W 57–14	2	0.0
5	2017-10-08	vs KC	L 34–42	3	0.0
6	2017-10-15	vs CLE	W 33–17	2	0.0
8	2017-10-29	@ SEA	L 38–41	1	0.0

2016 game log (15 games)

2016 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	PD
1	2016-09-11	vs CHI	W 23–14	1	0.0	0
3	2016-09-22	@ NE	L 0–27	2	0.0	0
4	2016-10-02	vs TEN	W 27–20	1	0.0	0
5	2016-10-09	@ MIN	L 13–31	5	0.0	0
6	2016-10-16	vs IND	W 26–23 OT	1	0.0	0
7	2016-10-24	@ DEN	L 9–27	1	0.0	0
10	2016-11-13	@ JAX	W 24–21	3	0.0	0
11	2016-11-21	@ LV	L 20–27	1	0.0	0
12	2016-11-27	vs LAC	L 13–21	1	0.0	0
13	2016-12-04	@ GB	L 13–21	1	0.0	0
14	2016-12-11	@ IND	W 22–17	2	0.0	0
16	2016-12-24	vs CIN	W 12–10	2	0.0	0
17	2017-01-01	@ TEN	L 17–24	5	1.0	1
P18	2017-01-07	vs LV	W 27–14	1	0.0	0
P19	2017-01-14	@ NE	L 16–34	1	0.0	0

2015 game log (10 games)

2015 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks
3	2015-09-27	vs TB	W 19–9	1	0.0
4	2015-10-04	@ ATL	L 21–48	1	0.0
5	2015-10-08	vs IND	L 20–27	1	0.0
6	2015-10-18	@ JAX	W 31–20	0	0.0
7	2015-10-25	@ MIA	L 26–44	1	0.0
10	2015-11-16	@ CIN	W 10–6	2	1.0
14	2015-12-13	vs NE	L 6–27	1	0.0
16	2015-12-27	@ TEN	W 34–6	0	0.0
17	2016-01-03	vs JAX	W 30–6	1	1.0
P18	2016-01-09	vs KC	L 0–30	2	0.0