Britain Covey
No. 18 – Philadelphia Eagles | |||||
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Position: | Wide receiver Return specialist | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | March 18, 1997 Provo, Utah, U.S. | ||||
Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||
Weight: | 173 lb (78 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Timpview (UT) | ||||
College: | Utah (2015, 2018–2021) | ||||
Undrafted: | 2022 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||
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Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Britain Covey (born March 18, 1997)
Early years
Covey grew up in Provo, Utah, and attended Timpview High School. He is the grandson of author Stephen Covey.[2] Covey earned the Eagle Scout rank in 2015 with the Utah National Parks Council.[3] In high school, Covey played two years at quarterback and led his team to a 26–0 record.[4] He totaled 4492 passing yards and threw for 56 touchdowns, while also making 2904 rushing yards and scoring 44 touchdowns as a runner. He finished his high school career fourth all-time in Utah touchdowns (with 111), despite only playing two years as a starter. He was twice the Utah Valley Football Player of the Year and led Timpview to back-to-back state championships. Covey made nearly 7,400 yards of total offense at the school.[2][4]
College career
Covey committed to the
Covey missed the
In 2019, Covey redshirted after playing in four games (three as a starter).[10] He recorded ten catches for 77 yards, three rush attempts for 22 yards, nine punt returns for 69 yards and three kickoff returns for 52 yards. He was a Pac-12 All-Academic Honor Roll selection.[2]
In a
As a senior in 2021, Covey started six games and appeared in a total of fourteen, making 52 catches for 514 yards and a team-leading 1,400 all-purpose yards. In the Rose Bowl Game against Ohio State, Covey made a 97-yard kickoff return touchdown and recorded 208 total all-purpose yards, second all-time in a single game for Utah. His kick return score was the fourth longest in team history. He was named Paul Hornung Player of the Week for his performance against San Diego State, in which he made eight catches for 46 yards and a touchdown, in addition to six punt returns for 132 yards and a 25-yard kick return for a total of 203 all-purpose yards. The 132 punt return yards ranked second-most for an FBS player on the season and is sixth all-time in team history for a single game. Covey placed seventh in the FBS with combined return yards with 787 and was third in punt return average and first in punt return touchdowns. He averaged 100.0 yards exactly per game, and was named a CBS Sports and Phil Steele first-team All-American at the end of the year. FWWA named him a second-team selection, as Covey also made first-team All-Pac-12.[2]
Covey finished his college career with the all-time team record in punt return yards (with 1,092), second in career punt returns (with 92), second in catches (with 184), third in all-purpose yards (with 4,241) and sixth in receiving yards (with 2,011). He led the school in receiving yards in three seasons (2015, 2018, 2020) and played in 47 total games, with 23 starts.[2]
Professional career
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle |
Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
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5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
169 lb (77 kg) |
27+3⁄8 in (0.70 m) |
8+1⁄2 in (0.22 m) |
4.50 s | 1.54 s | 2.60 s | 4.09 s | 6.73 s | 32.0 in (0.81 m) |
9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) | ||
All values from Pro Day[11]
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After going unselected in the
On August 29, 2023, Covey was waived by the Eagles and re-signed to the practice squad.[20][21] He was elevated to active roster for the first two games before being permanently signed to the active roster on September 20[22] ahead of their week 3 matchup against the Buccaneers, where Covey had 111 return yards including a 52-yard punt return in the 25-11 win.[23] Covey finished the season 2nd in average yards per punt return and led the league in total punt return yards with 417.[24] He was listed an alternate to the 2024 Pro Bowl following his successful season.[25]
NFL career statistics
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Regular season
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | Fumbles | |||||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | FR | ||
2022 | PHI | 17 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 33 | 308 | 9.3 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 206 | 20.6 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2023 | PHI | 16 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 22 | 0 | 29 | 417 | 14.4 | 54 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Career | 33 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 22 | 0 | 62 | 725 | 11.7 | 54 | 0 | 11 | 236 | 21.5 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
Postseason
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | Punt Returns | Kick Returns | Fumbles | |||||||||||||||
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GP | GS | Tgt | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Ret | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | FR | ||
2022 | PHI | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 |
2023 | PHI | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Career | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 27 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
See also
References
- ^ Newman, Josh (January 1, 2022). "Rose Bowl: Saying goodbye to Britain Covey, Utah football's most-beloved personality". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Britain Covey". Utah Utes. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- ^ Derr, Aaron (February 8, 2023). "One Super Bowl team has two Eagle Scouts on its roster. Any guesses which one it is?". ScoutingMagazine.org. Retrieved December 8, 2023.
- ^ a b Brown, Bryan (May 2, 2022). "Britain Covey is the NFL's Ted Lasso, For The Philadelphia Eagles, That's A Good Thing". 247Sports. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- ^ Piper, Matthew (December 14, 2015). "Utah football: Why not the Y.? Timpview's Britain Covey saw a better opportunity at the U." The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- ^ Fletcher Stack, Peggy; Noyce, David (January 12, 2022). "'Mormon Land': Utah star Britain Covey talks about football, his faith, his family and his future". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- ^ Newman, Josh (August 26, 2020). "Britain Covey, Utah football's 'old man,' is prepared to wait out the pandemic to play again". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- ^ Kragthorpe, Kurt (August 1, 2018). "Britain Covey is back on the field for the Utes, ready to enjoy 'the greatest time in your life'". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- ^ Allen, Trevor (December 11, 2018). "Britain Covey Had Surgery To Repair Torn ACL, Meniscus". KSLSports.com. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- ^ Kragthorpe, Kurt (September 30, 2019). "Ute receiver Britain Covey 'logically' plans to restart his junior year in 2020". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Draft Scout Britain Covey, Utah NFL Draft Scout College Football Profile". draftscout.com. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ Reynolds, Kevin (April 30, 2022). "Here is where undrafted Beehive State prospects wound up after the NFL draft". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- ^ McPherson, Chris (August 30, 2022). "Eagles announce initial 53-man roster". PhiladelphiaEagles.com.[permanent dead link]
- ^ McPherson, Chris (August 31, 2022). "Eagles sign 15 players to the practice squad". PhiladelphiaEagles.com.
- ^ Hurley, Sage (September 10, 2022). "Eagles elevate WR Britain Covey, TE Noah Togiai for Lions game". philadelphiaeagles.com. Philadelphia Eagles.
- ^ "Britain Covey Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ Kempski, Jimmy (October 1, 2022). "Eagles sign WR/KR/PR Britain Covey to active roster, call up S Andre Chachere to gameday roster". PhillyVoice.
- ^ Kracz, Ed (December 5, 2022). "Christian Elliss' Elevation Lifts Britain Covey, Eagles Special Team Units". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ "Super Bowl LVII - Philadelphia Eagles vs. Kansas City Chiefs - February 12th, 2023". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 26, 2023.
- ^ Spadaro, Dave; McPherson, Chris (August 29, 2023). "Eagles announce initial 53-man roster". PhiladelphiaEagles.com.
- ^ "Eagles announce practice squad". PhiladelphiaEagles.com. August 30, 2023.
- ^ McPherson, Chris (September 20, 2023). "Eagles make several roster moves". PhiladelphiaEagles.com.
- ^ "Britain Covey 2023 Game Logs". ProFootballReference.com.
- ^ "2023 NFL Kick & Punt Returns". ProFootballReference.com.
- ^ "6 Eagles named to NFL Pro Bowl, 9 others will serve as alternates".