Get to know a rookie: Christian Covington

Get to know a rookie: Christian Covington

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Tania Ganguli, ESPN Staff Writer ClosePreviously covered Texans for Houston Chronicle and Jaguars for Florida Times-Union

Northwestern University graduate

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Among the Texans draft picks, sixth-round pick Christian Covington is the one most familiar with the city of Houston, having played college football at Rice.

But when he got the phone call that the Texans drafted him, he was geographically the farthest away of any of his fellow draft picks.

Covington was home in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he grew up the son of a notable Canadian Football League player. His father, Grover…