Campbell University

2019: Named Second Team All-Big South for the second straight season…Also named Second Team All-Big South by Phil Steele…Played in 10 games, starting the first nine contests of the season…Collected 51 total tackles, including 8.5 stops for loss with 4.0 sacks…Also forced a fumble, notched seven hurries and broke up two passes…Ranked 10th in the Big South in sacks per game (0.4) and sixth in tackles per game by a lineman (0.51)…Posted 5.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks in Big South play, notching a tackle for loss in eight games, including at least one in seven straight outings…Highlighted the season with a 15 tackle performance, a CU record for a defensive lineman, in a win over Davidson…Tallied a sack with three tackles and a pass breakup in a win over Shaw…Collected a sack with four tackles and five hurries in a win over Hampton…Posted 2.5 tackles for loss, including 1.0 sack, with six tackles in a win at Gardner-Webb…Assisted on a sack, adding another TFL and seven total stops with a breakup at North Alabama…Assisted on a sack at Charleston Southern…Added tackles for loss against Mercer, Presbyterian and Kennesaw State…Named 2019 Preseason All-Big South…Named Preseason First Team Big South All-Conference by Phil Steele…Played in 21 games over his two year Campbell career…Totaled 100 tackles with 7.5 sacks…His 20.0 TFL rank sixth on the CU all-time charts, while his three forced fumbles is tied for seventh all-time…
 
2018: Named Second Team All-Big South…Tabbed First Team Big South All-Conference by Phil Steele…Named Big South Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 10 with a forced fumble, 2.0 stops for loss, 1.0 sack and four total tackles in a win at Georgetown…Led the Big South in tackles for loss with 11.5 while ranking third in sacks at 3.5…Ranked fourth in the Big South in total tackles by a defensive lineman with 49…One of six Big South players to force two fumbles in 2018…Recorded at least one tackle for loss six times…Helped hold opponents without an offensive TD four times, and without a first half touchdown six times…Also forced two fumbles, recorded three hurries and notched a safety…Collected a season-high 10 tackles in CU’s season finale against Charleston Southern…Collected 3.5 tackles for loss, including 1.0 sack, with eight total tackles against Gardner-Webb…Made 2.0 tackles for loss, including 1.0 sack, with four total stops and a forced fumble at Monmouth…Assisted on a sack with four tackles in a win over Shaw…Recorded a safety with 1.5 TFL and five total tackles in a win over North Alabama…Registered 2.0 tackles for loss with five total tackles in a win at Presbyterian…Added two tackles against Chowan and Coastal Carolina…Also made a tackle with two hurries against Wagner…Phil Steele preseason Third Team All-Big South…
 
At Marshall (2015-17): Appeared in one game in 2017, collecting 3.0 sacks with five total tackles, adding two hurries in Marshall’s win over Kent State…Posted 16 total tackles, including 3.5 for loss with 1.0 sack, adding a pass breakup in 11 games in 2016…Redshirted the 2015 season with the Herd…
 
Prep/Personal: Born July 7, 1996 in Buffalo, N.Y., when father played for the Bills…Rated a three-star prospect by 247Sports…Enrolled at Marshall in January 2015…Spent a year at Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, where he had 127 tackles in 2014, and had to reclassify upon returning to North Carolina and Knightdale High School…Won North Carolina state wrestling title with 33-0 record as an Enloe junior…Son of the late North Carolina State and Buffalo Bills linebacker Damien Covington, who was a two-time All-ACC pick and a third-round NFL Draft pick and had 457 career tackles for Wolfpack…Majoring in marketing at Campbell…