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Christian Covington

Top 50% all-time pass rushersSolid Contributor⛰️ Mountain Arc · 2018

Height6'2"

Weight300 lb

BornOct 16, 1993

Age32

CollegeRice See College Stats

ConferenceConference USA

Rookie yr2015

Draft2015 · Rd 6, Pick 216 · HOU

Archetype Intelligence

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A edge rusher with a middle-tier career — a rotational or backup contributor who filled their role reliably.

Career Value · VORP

VORP 12 · #3484 · Role Player

Worth 12 points of value above a freely-available replacement edge rusher — top 76% of all 4,642 ranked at the position. 2 of 8 seasons cleared the replacement bar, by +6 on average.See board →

Seasons above replacement

2 cleared

6 replaced

Beat replacement (adds to VORP) Below it — adds 0, never a debit

Replacement

the KC-H bar

→

Seasons over

cleared the bar

Avg surplus

peak +10

2 seasons × ~6 surplus ≈ VORP 12

Combined Season Grid

The full season-by-season grids, joined on one timeline. Every selected stat family stays visible at once—no tab hopping.

3 grids split in one view

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Defense													Snap Counts						Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)
Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	Int	PD	FF	FR	TD	Sfty	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	Bltz	MissTkl	Miss%
2015	—	HOU	9	—	7	4	3	4	4	2.0	10.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	167	16.9%	57	15.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016	—	HOU	13	—	26	16	10	2	2	1.0	5.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	415	40.1%	106	27.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017	—	HOU	7	—	15	9	6	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	166	35.7%	26	12.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018	—	HOU	11	—	15	8	7	4	8	3.5	15.5	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	257	32.9%	17	12.0%	2	1	0.5	56.2	0.5	10	3	3	0	0	0.0
2019	—	DAL	12	—	28	20	8	4	3	1.0	8.0	0	1	0	—	0	0	1	1.0%	481	44.6%	79	17.4%	1	0	0.0	39.6	-5.0	3	1	1	0	5	0.2
2020	—	CIN	16	—	39	14	25	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	558	52.9%	87	19.1%	1	1	1.0	118.7	-3.0	6	5	1	0	6	0.1
2021	—	LAC	14	—	47	25	22	3	1	1.0	5.0	0	0	1	—	0	0	—	0.0%	524	48.1%	75	18.3%	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	0	0	3	0.1
2022	—	LAC	4	—	12	3	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	—	0	0	—	0.0%	124	48.3%	18	16.8%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		—	86	—	189	99	90	19	21	9.5	49.5	0	2	2	—	0	0	1	1.0%	2,692	39.9%	465	17.3%	4	2	—	—	—	20	9	5	0	14	—

Defense

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tkl	Solo	Ast	TFL	QBHits	Sk	Dis	PD	FF	FR	VAL
2015	22	HOU	9	0*	7	4	3	4	4	2.0	10.0	0	0	—	5.4
2016	23	HOU	13	0*	26	16	10	2	2	1.0	5.0	1	0	—	5.7
2017	24	HOU	7	0*	15	9	6	1	2	1.0	4.0	0	1	—	3.9
2018	25	HOU	11	0*	15	8	7	4	8	3.5	15.5	0	0	—	7.1
2019	26	DAL	12	0*	28	20	8	4	3	1.0	8.0	1	0	—	5.6
2020	27	CIN	16	8*	39	14	25	0	1	0.0	1.0	0	0	—	5.5
2021	28	LAC	14	0*	47	25	22	3	1	1.0	5.0	0	1	—	6.1
2022	29	LAC	4	0*	12	3	9	1	0	0.0	1.0	0	0	—	1.7
Career			86	8*	189	99	90	19	21	—	—	2	2	—	41

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Snap Counts

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Off	Off%	Def	Def%	ST	ST%
2015	22	HOU	15	0*	—	0.0%	167	16.9%	57	15.5%
2016	23	HOU	16	0*	—	0.0%	415	40.1%	106	27.1%
2017	24	HOU	7	0*	—	0.0%	166	35.7%	26	12.1%
2018	25	HOU	12	0*	—	0.0%	257	32.9%	17	12.0%
2019	26	DAL	16	0*	1	1.0%	481	44.6%	79	17.4%
2020	27	CIN	16	8*	—	0.0%	558	52.9%	87	19.1%
2021	28	LAC	16	0*	—	0.0%	524	48.1%	75	18.3%
2022	29	LAC	4	0*	—	0.0%	124	48.3%	18	16.8%
Career			102	8*	1	—	2,692	—	465	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

Season	Age	Team	G	GS	Tgt	Cmp	Cmp%	RateAll	ADOT	Prss	Hrry	QBKD	MissTkl	Miss%
2018	25	HOU	12	0*	2	1	0.5	56.2	0.5	10	3	3	0	0.0
2019	26	DAL	16	0*	1	0	0.0	39.6	-5.0	3	1	1	5	0.2
2020	27	CIN	16	8*	1	1	1.0	118.7	-3.0	6	5	1	6	0.1
2021	28	LAC	16	0*	0	0	—	—	—	1	0	0	3	0.1
Career			60	8*	4	2	—	—	—	20	9	5	14	—

* GS not available from free sources — SG* estimated from snap share (nflverse 2012+)

KV-H Anatomy

KV-H 50 · Solid

A solid career by KV-H: a remarkably steady profile that scores 50 of 100, era-normalized against sacks/g peers across 8 scored seasons.

Sustained

career value

×.6

Peak

best 3 seasons

×.4

×1

Longevity

career length

Blend 49.4 × longevity 1 = KV-H 50· confidence 92%

What builds the career mark of 49

On-field 34.5

Availability 14.5

On-field production Staying available

Season-by-season quality (era-relative sacks/g)

2015bestavg 462022

All-Time Standing

how this career measures against the all-time greats at the position

Depth

of 100

Reached 5% of the all-time Sacks leader — a rotational/depth all-time profile at the position.

5% of the all-time Sacks leader5

0 categories ≥25% of the all-time leader0

A 0–100 scale where 100 = matched the all-time leaderat this position. Built only from visible encyclopedia data — career production vs. the all-time leader, plus efficiency (EPA) and comparable-player confidence — so it's a transparent context score, not a subjective rating. Tiers: Elite ≥ 85 · Strong ≥ 65 · Solid ≥ 45 · Depth < 45. Comparable-player confidence: 92%.

Per-Snap Impact

Edge Rushers · proprietary · 2012+

Rotational

SIS

Disruption / 100 snaps:1.987See leaderboard →

Disruption/1001.987Snap share39.9%Def snaps2,692VolatileCV 0.83

Production per snap — the box score normalized by opportunity. SIS is z-scored within edge rushers, shrinkage-regularized so small samples don't spike, over the NFL snap-count era (2012+).

Career Aging Trajectory

vs. position group average · KV-H basis

Amber = this player (normalized to own peak). Indigo = average edge rushers aging curve. Group peak age: 25. Source: StatVault KV-H era (1999+).

Combine · 2015

Percentiles compare each raw measurement against position peers, the full combine pool, and the same draft class where enough samples exist.

EDGE · 2015 class

4.90s

40-Yard

Low · 24th pct

Pos 24thAll 27thClass Pos 30thClass All 33th

Postseason Career

3 playoff games

Defense

Tkl4Solo1Ast3QBHits2Dis2.0

College Stats

RiceCollege listed; stat table pending import

College stats are not imported for this profile yet.

StatVault has the verified college attribution (Rice), but no parsed college box-score table is present in this profile artifact. The section stays here so every profile has a consistent college-stats landing point without fabricating unavailable rows.

Reference Graph

Career teammates and draft class, derived from year-by-year rosters — every name is linked.

2015 Draft Class· this player went #216

#207Amarlo HerreraLB #208Andy GallikC #209Obum GwachamLB #210Christian RingoDE #212Anthony ChickilloLB #213Kennard BackmanTE #214Kristjan SokoliDT #215Cody WichmannG #217Rakeem Nunez-RochesDT #219Hayes PullardLB #220Neal SterlingTE #222Austin ReiterC #223Deon SimonDT #224Bryce HagerOLB #225Jake RodgersOT #226Bobby HartOT

Franchise Succession

the room, before and after

Christian inherited the Houston Texans DL room from Whitney Mercilus (2012–2021), and handed it to Brandon Dunn (2015–2020).

Anthony Cook 1995–1996Gary Walker 1995–2005Corey Sears 2002–2004Jerry DeLoach 2002–2005Seth Payne 2002–2006Robaire Smith

Similar Players

Statistical + physical similarity across every player in the database, position-relevant (0–100%).

Movementderived from season history

2022final season
Last recorded season with LAC
2021team change
Joined LAC (from CIN)
2020team change
Joined CIN (from DAL)
2019team change
Joined DAL (from HOU)
2015draft
Drafted by HOU — Round 6, Pick 216

Athletic & Unique Profile

verified measurements and curated source-tagged facts

6'2" / 300 lb

Frame

289 lb at 4.90s

Size-speed

Injury History

1 career game missed (Out)

From nflverse weekly injury reports · coverage begins 2009.

Season	Team	Games Out	Designations
2020	CIN	0	W13Questionable· Illness
2018	HOU	0	W2Questionable· Thigh / Knee
2016	HOU	0	W2Questionable· Groin
2015	HOU	1	W15Out· Ankle

Knox

StatVault's proprietary player intelligence, informed by full career data. How Knox works →

Historical Knox · KV-H

Era-normalized career quality — z-scored against 8-season peers. See all →

peak 50

Season Report Cards· KV-H era-normalized per season

C+2015

C+2016

C2017

B2018

C2019

C+2020

C+2021

F2022

Availability

Career durability — games played vs. scheduled, across 8 seasons.

78%

Era Translator

Sacks translated to the 2025NFL — each season's standing among its own-era peers, projected onto 2025's scoring environment. Modern-era (1999+) coverage.

Season	Actual Sacks	Sacks/G	→ 2025 Sacks	→ 2025 /G
2015	2	0.2	4+2	0.2
2016	1	0.1	1	0.1
2017	1	0.1	3+2	0.1
2018	3.5	0.3	5+1.5	0.3
2019	1	0.1	2+1	0.1
2020	0	0	0	0
2021	1	0.1	1	0.1
2022	0	0	0	0

Data: nflverse:players, nflverse:player_stats_def, nflverse:snap_counts, nflverse:combine, nflverse:draft_picks, nflverse:injuries · multi-source verified via the StatVault Oracle · updated 6/18/2026

Career Value · VORP

12 career value over replacement — #3484 all-time of 4,642. 1.5/season above a replacement-level EDGE.

Draft OutcomeSteal ↑

Pick #216 (Rd 6) · HOU · 2015 · +26.1 vs expected KV-H

50actual

23.9 expected · Δ+26.1

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Archetype Intelligence

Career Value · VORP

Combined Season Grid

Defense

Snap Counts

Advanced Defense & Coverage (2018+)

KV-H Anatomy

All-Time Standing

Per-Snap Impact

Career Aging Trajectory

Combine · 2015

Postseason Career

Defense

College Stats

Reference Graph

Top Teammates

2015 Draft Class· this player went #216

Franchise Succession

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Movementderived from season history

Athletic & Unique Profile

Injury History

Knox

Era Translator

Career Geography