Covington played collegiately at wide receiver for the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Samford Bulldogs where he registered 62 receptions for 586 yards and two touchdowns from 2007 to 2010.
In 2013 he went to the Southeastern Conference where he spent two seasons as a defensive graduate assistant at Ole Miss.
[4] This was followed by 2016 when he spent the college football season as the co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach at Eastern Illinois.
[8] On January 30, 2025, Covington was hired to serve as the defensive line coach for the Green Bay Packers.
[1] Covington created Next Level in 2012, a non-profit football camp that serves as an outlet to the youth of his home town of Birmingham, Alabama, for a full day of football-related drills and activities.