#18

Britain Covey

Junior wide receiver for Utah. 2021: 52 catches, 514 receiving yards, 3 TD.

WR · Utah · Jr. · #18

5′8″ · 172 lb · Provo, UT

CFB Index 54 · #152 of 468 WRsHigh confidenceNational watchUtah 2021 alumnus

On production he ranks #152 of 468 WRs; on reputation he is on a national watch list. The gap between those two numbers is the story.

Recruiting

3★

APB recruit

No. 1674 nationally · Signed with Utah

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 wide receiver for Utah. 2021: 52 catches, 514 receiving yards, 3 TD.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Utah in 2015.
Named All-America (CBS) in 2021.
Named All-America (CBS) in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Utah, 1,985 receiving yards, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201512 games

Signed with Utah3-star out of Timpview

20204 games

The snaps went the other way.

All-Pac-12First Team

202113 games

The role got bigger.

All-Americafirst
All-Pac-12First Team

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1674 national

CFB

College

Utah

2015–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2021)

1 selectors honored him

🥈

ALL-PAC-12 · 1ST TEAM

All-Pac-12 1st team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2015–2021

1 coach

2015

Kyle Whittingham

Utah

2018–2021

Kyle Whittingham

Utah

Played his entire career under Kyle Whittingham.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Kyle Whittingham — 43-17 over that span.

2015Utah10-3HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

2018Utah9-5HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2019Utah11-3HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-heavy

2020Utah3-2HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

2021Utah10-4HC: Kyle Whittingham · Run-leaning

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score + play-by-play EPA percentiles

54Rotational starter #152 of 468?

High confidence13 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: catch rate (85th percentile). Strength: rush yards (93rd percentile). Concern: explosive rate (17th percentile).

Real play-by-play efficiency

Catch rate#94 / 655 · 85th pct

86.7%

TD rate#367 / 655 · 43rd pct

5.0%

EPA / target#376 / 655 · 43rd pct

0.59

Yards / catch#522 / 655 · 20th pct

9.9

Explosive rate#545 / 655 · 17th pct

6.7%

Box-score rates (8)

Rush yards#20 / 273 · 93rd pct

Receptions#92 / 557 · 83rd pct

Fumbles lost#1 / 223 · 80th pct

Rec yards#195 / 557 · 65th pct

514

Rec TDs#196 / 557 · 58th pct

Rush TDs#57 / 273 · 40th pct

Long catch#457 / 557 · 18th pct

Yards / catch#492 / 557 · 12th pct

9.9

Season trend

EPA / target— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Explosive rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Catch rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

TD rate— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Yards / catch— 2020 cohort too thin to compare (n=17)

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season. Most bars are box-score rates; EPA / success-rate bars are computed from real play-by-play (offense only — no defensive EPA model exists yet).

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home7g	3.6	36.9	9.6	0.1
Road6g	4.0	37.0	10.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	28.5	7.1	0.2
Weeks 8+7g	3.7	44.1	12.2	0.1

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Morgan Scalley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

National watch / fringe AA

In the All-America conversation, short of a selector's first team.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

54 · #152 of 468 WRs

Three-star recruit. Now #152 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2021

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN—

SI—

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Utah	52	514	9.9	3	--
2020	Utah	19	264	13.9	3	--
2019	Utah	10	77	7.7	0	--
2018	Utah	59	611	10.4	1	--
2015	Utah	43	519	12.1	4	--
Career		183	1,985	10.8	11	--

Season	Team
2021	Utah	14	99	360	427	2
2020	Utah	5	3	113	129	1
2019	Utah	3	22	52	69	--
2018	Utah	22	198	144	221	--
2015	Utah	6	4	169	246	1
Career		50	326	838	1,092	4

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2021

W 35–21

vs Arizona State

17 rush yds (2 car)

With C. Rising — 247 yds · 2 TD · 2 INT · QBR 90.9 · 59 rush yds (6 car) · 1 TD · C. Peasley — 39 AVG · 43 LONG · 3 NO

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · San Diego State · 4&12 · Q4 · EPA -3.22Cameron Rising pass complete to Britain Covey for 8 yds to the SDSt 4
Week 13 · Colorado · 3&5 · Q3 · EPA +2.90Britain Covey 13 Yd pass from Cameron Rising (Jadon Redding Kick)
Week 12 · Oregon · 3&5 · Q1 · EPA +2.85Cameron Rising pass complete to Britain Covey for 17 yds to the Oregn 44 for a 1ST down
Week 1 · Ohio State · 2&7 · Q1 · EPA +2.77Cameron Rising pass complete to Britain Covey for 19 yds for a TD (Jadon Redding KICK)
Week 14 · Oregon · 1&20 · Q3 · EPA +2.68Cameron Rising pass complete to Britain Covey for 18 yds to the Oregn 33
Week 13 · Colorado · 2&11 · Q3 · EPA +2.60Cameron Rising pass complete to Britain Covey for 33 yds to the Colo 18 for a 1ST down
Week 3 · San Diego State · 3&2 · Q4 · EPA +2.54Britain Covey 2 Yd pass from Cameron Rising (Jadon Redding PAT failed)
Week 11 · Arizona · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +2.53Cameron Rising pass complete to Britain Covey for 29 yds to the Ariz 46 for a 1ST down
Week 14 · Oregon · 1&15 · Q2 · EPA +2.32Cameron Rising pass complete to Britain Covey for 14 yds to the Oregn 42
Week 13 · Colorado · 3&4 · Q1 · EPA +2.29Cameron Rising pass complete to Britain Covey for 11 yds to the Colo 45 for a 1ST down

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	W 40-17vs Weber State	4	14	3.5	0	5
Wk 2	L 17-26@ BYU	1	6	6.0	0	6
Wk 3	L 31-33@ San Diego State	8	46	5.8	1	15
Wk 4	W 24-13vs Washington State	2	8	4.0	0	9
Wk 6	W 42-26@ USC	5	67	13.4	0	28
Wk 7	W 35-21vs Arizona State	3	30	10.0	0	14
Wk 8	L 34-42@ Oregon State	5	40	8.0	0	15
Wk 9	W 44-24vs UCLA	3	26	8.7	0	11
Wk 10	W 52-7@ Stanford	3	23	7.7	0	14
Wk 11	W 38-29@ Arizona	2	40	20.0	0	29
Wk 12	W 38-7vs Oregon	3	36	12.0	0	17
Wk 13	W 28-13vs Colorado	5	72	14.4	1	33	Season-high 72 yds
Wk 14	W 38-10vs Oregon	5	72	14.4	0	22
Total		49	480	9.8	2	33

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Britain Covey

201512 games

20204 games

202113 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

National watch / fringe AA

Career stats

Signature game

Signature plays

Game log

How he plays

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