Jacob Covington: DL · Army · #57.
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Jacob Covington
Wins the gap play after play. Third year in the Army defensive front. On tape: 5 tackles against Rice, Week 1, 2019.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
36 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 14-7vs Rice | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 21-24@ No. 7 Michigan | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-13@ UTSA | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 52-21vs Morgan State | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 33-42vs Tulane | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 8-17@ Western Kentucky | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-28@ Georgia State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 29-34vs San José State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-17@ Air Force | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 63-7vs Massachusetts | 4 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 47-6vs VMI | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 31-52@ Hawai'i | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 7-31vs No. 23 Navy | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 36 | 14 | 4.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
12%4 TFLSack rate
4%2 sacksHurry rate
3%1 hurry36 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Jeff Monken, all run-heavy offenses — 26-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 2.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Monken
Pass share
14.5%
125 pass / 739 run
Plays / game
66.5
13 games
Team sack rate
9.5%
147 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
36 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Army, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jeff Monken.
