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PHI Philadelphia Eagles · WR· #85

Britain Covey

Age
29
Height
5'8"
Weight
170 lbs
College
Utah
Drafted
Not drafted
Experience
5th NFL season
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59

Overall grade

4th of 34 punt returners

Elite

above average; 50 is average

Grades updated Rechecked every few hours on game days

The read

Britain's best number is yards per return: 14.1 yds, 4th of 24 among punt returners.

Lately he is playing better. EPA per punt fielded is +0.55 over the last 2 games (7 punts), against +0.00 before that. The change points one way, but a few plays could still explain it.

Written from his numbers, not from film. 4 games are behind the season figures.

How he stacks up

Every graded stat at a glance, against all the punt returners in the league.

  • EPA per punt fielded+0.285th of 34small sample
  • Yards per return14.1 yds4th of 24

Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying punt returners. Faded bars are still small samples.

How he has progressed

Where he has ranked among punt returners after each week, and every game behind it.

WorstMiddleBestrecent12345Week 1: 30th percentileWeek 2: 32nd percentileWeek 4: 84th percentileWeek 5: 88th percentile88th

Season rank climbed: 30th to 88th percentile since Wk 1.

The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 100 (the best) to 0 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.

EPA per punt fielded game by game
WeekOpponentThat gamepuntsSeason rank after
1vs WAS+0.02530th pct
2vs TEN−0.05232nd pct
4vs LAR+0.67484th pct
5vs JAX+0.39388th pct

One game is a small sample: a single stat over 4 punts can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.

The numbers, in context

Each one against every punt returner with at least 5 punts fielded. Right on the strip is better.

EPA per punt fielded

Well above typical

+0.28

5th of 34 punt returners · top 15%

Expected points added: how many points the play added to (or took from) the offense's scoring chances, given the down, the distance and the field position. From his team's side, for every punt he fields, fair catches included.

The box score: Return average ignores fair catches and the starting field position.

Does it show up in winning? Across 54 games league-wide, a good or bad game on EPA per punt fielded from a punt returner has not lined up much with his team winning (61% wins in the best third, 53% in the worst).

Last 2 games: +0.55 (7) vs +0.00 before+16.1grade points upLeaning that way

Small sample: could move a lot · 14 punts · true level likely −0.07 to +0.63

Yards per return

Well above typical

14.1 yds

4th of 24 punt returners · top 17%

Average yards when he returns the punt (fair catches excluded).

The box score: This is the box score number.

Last 2 games: 16.8 yds (6) vs 11.3 yds before+9.9grade points upLeaning that way

Sample still growing · 12 returns · true level likely 10.3 yds to 17.9 yds

How he plays

Tendencies: how his game differs from the punt returners around him. These are not better or worse, only different, and often say as much about the offense or defense he plays in as about him.

Fair catch rate

Style

14%

Returns almost everything, and more so than almost any of the punt returners. A typical one is 41%.

How often he fair catches instead of returning, a choice about risk.

Sample still growing · 14 punts

Game by game

Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level.

Britain Covey game by game
GameResultFieldedYdsEPA/puntYds/return
Wk 1 vs WASW 24–22537+0.029.3 yds
Wk 2 vs TENW 24–20231−0.0515.5 yds
Wk 4 vs LARL 20–24459+0.6719.7 yds
Wk 5 vs JAXL 17–19342+0.3914.0 yds

The box score

The traditional totals, with where each ranks among punt returners. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.

Britain Covey box score totals
StatTotalRank
Punts fielded143rd of 34
Return yards1691st of 34

Players with a similar profile

The punt returners whose grades are closest to his across the same stats. Similar means similar numbers, not the same style of play.

Ranks are among players at the same job who have enough plays to be graded. Grades and rankings come from play-by-play, charting and snap-count data, so they cannot see blocking, route running or assignments. See how the grades work.

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Data: nflverse play-by-play, CC BY 4.0. Also FTN charting, Pro Football Reference advanced stats, snap counts and injury reports, all through nflverse. Calculations and charts by Raiders Rundown.

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