Defensive lineman Christian Covington signs with B.C. Lions after playing 102 NFL regular-season games
The veteran defensive lineman signed with the B.C. Lions on Wednesday. The CFL club originally drafted Covington, a Vancouver native, in the fifth round, No. 43 overall, in the 2015 CFL draft.
The 6-foot-2, 300-pound Covington joins the Lions after playing in 102 NFL regular-season games over nine seasons. He was a 2015 sixth-round pick of the Houston Texans and appeared in 50 contests over four seasons with the franchise, registering 39 tackles and 7.5 sacks. The 30-year-old Covington, who played his college football at Rice , also spent time with the Dallas Cowboys , Denver Broncos and Cincinnati Bengals , Los Angeles Chargers and Detroit Lions .
Covington’s father, Grover, was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 2000 following a stellar CFL career as a defensive end with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats . The elder Covington amassed a CFL-record 157 sacks over his tenure in Canada. He was also a four-time league all-star, the ‘86 Grey Cup’s top defensive player and CFL outstanding defensive player in 1988.
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