Super Bowl Winning Utah Ute Inks Deal With LA Rams

Britain Covey has a new home and the 2^nd in his NFL career as he signed a 1-year deal with the Los Angeles Rams today.

Covey will join a beefed up Wide Receiver room with former BYU Cougar, Puka Nacua, and Davante Adams at the top of the depth chart.

Fans here in Utah know that Britain was a name well worth watching during his time in Salt Lake City accounting for more than 2,300 total yards and 11 touchdowns as a wide receiver for the Utah Utes.

In 5 seasons and 47 total games played, the former Timpview star delighted fans with fantastic speed and incredible elusiveness.

Covey contributed in a variety of ways for the U, catching, running, passing (2 touchdowns thrown in 2018) and returning the football as a special teams guru.

In those 5 years, Covey accounted for 5 touchdown returns, 4 via punt and 1 via kickoff.

On 92 punt returns Covey would average just near 12 yards per try and 25.4 yards on 33 kickoff returns on his way to 1,930 yards combined as a returner.

Coming off three seasons in Philadelphia as a pro, Covey garnered popularity as a special teams ace, electrifying Eagles fans with explosive returns, something the Rams are likely to ask him to do as well.

Afterall, with a total of 11 receptions on 14 targets with 76 yards, Covey wasn’t asked to shine through as a receiver during his stay in the city of brotherly love and the Rams as deep as they are likely won’t try to flip the script.

His duties and expected largest impact on the team lies primarily as the punt returner.

In three seasons, Covey has fielded 68 punts for 771 yards, good for a 11.3 yards per return, just about 1.5 yard more than the NFL average this year.

In 2023, Covey had 29 punt returns and was good for almost 15 total yards per return, which was the best in the NFL per pro football reference.

This previous season was been much more challenging as injuries only allowed for 5 total appearances for the former Ute standout.

Only given six chances to turn up field, Covey had totals of 46 yards and an average of 7.7 yards per try.

Despite being designated to return back in late January, Covey’s nagging injuries kept him out of the action and ultimately out of the Eagles 40-22 Super Bowl LIX victory in New Orleans over Kansas City.

Even so, with his team’s triumph, Britain Covey became a Super Bowl Champion as a member of the 2024-2025 Philadelphia Eagles.

Now on a talented Rams team that was bested by his former Eagles team In the divisional round last year, Covey looks to contribute to another team with Super Bowl aspirations.