2017 Football Roster
Oct 25 (Sat)
TBA
Chris Covington
- Weight:
- 230
- Height:
- 6-2
- Position:
- LB
- Year:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
- High School:
- Al Raby
Covington started 13 times at linebacker and played in 38 overall games at linebacker (33) and quarterback (5). He made 118 tackles, 70 solo, five sacks (29 yards), 15 tackles for loss (50 yards), one forced fumble, one fumble recovery, six quarterback hurries and five pass breakups.
2017 Honors: Honorable mention All-Big Ten (coaches and media) ... IU Defensive Player of the Year.
2017 (Senior): Finished with 85 tackles (3rd on the team, T-17th in the Big Ten), 50 solo (3rd, 16th), 12 for loss (2nd, T-13th), three sacks (22 yards), one fumble recovery, five pass breakups (T-3rd) and five quarterback hurries (2nd) ... started all 12 games ... led the team in stops twice and recorded seven-plus on six occasions ... collected a TFL in 10 games ... set career-highs in tackles (11), solos (6), stops for loss (2) and QBHs (3), and added one sack at No. 18 Michigan State ... posted eight tackles, two for loss, at No. 4 Penn State ... tallied eight stops with a career-high 1.5 sacks in the win at Illinois ... netted nine tackles, a half for loss, with one hurry against No. 4 Wisconsin ... secured eight stops, one for loss, in the victory at Virginia ... recovered his first career fumble to go along with six tackles, a half-sack and one TFL in the Charleston Southern victory ... made seven stops in the season opener against No. 2 Ohio State (1 PBU, 1 QBH) and vs. No. 17 Michigan (1 TFL, 1 PBU) ... three-time IU defensive player of the week (Virginia, Charleston Southern and Illinois).
2016 (Junior): Appeared in all 13 games ... earned his first career start at No. 3 Michigan ... made 29 tackles, 19 solo, two sacks, three tackles for loss and one forced fumble ... recorded six stops, all solo, with his first career sack and first career forced fumble against the Wolverines ... posted four tackles with one sack in the Foster Farms Bowl vs. No. 19 Utah ... collected five stops at No. 2 Ohio State ... tallied four tackles with one TFL in the win over No. 17 Michigan State ... IU special teams player of the week (Michigan State) ... Ohio State game captain.
2015 (Sophomore): Played in the final eight games of the season ... made four tackles, all at Penn State ... moved from quarterback to linebacker during spring practice.
2014 (Freshman): Appeared in five games at quarterback ... suffered a season-ending ACL injury in game six at Iowa ... completed 3-of-12 for 31 yards and two interceptions ... rushed 17 times for 91 yards ... made his collegiate debut in the Indiana State win ... ran three times for 44 yards in the North Texas victory ... posted 41 rushing yards and the 31 passing yards against the Hawkeyes ... moved from linebacker to quarterback during preseason camp.
Prep/Personal: Defensive back and quarterback for head coach Dangelo Dereef at Al Raby High School ... en route to all-city and all-conference honors, he threw for 1,993 yards and 26 touchdowns, and added 657 yards and 13 TDs on the ground in 2013 ... secured six tackles for loss, three interceptions and one forced fumble ... first athlete from Al Raby to earn a Division I scholarship ... parents are Sheneesha Edwards and Gary Covington ... born on Jan. 3, 1996, Chris Covington is a liberal studies major.
