{"id":27442,"date":"2025-05-06T04:22:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T04:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/27442\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T04:22:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T04:22:15","slug":"locals-in-the-nfl-britain-covey-joins-puka-nacua-with-los-angeles-rams-on-1-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/27442\/","title":{"rendered":"Locals in the NFL: Britain Covey joins Puka Nacua with Los Angeles Rams on 1-year deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SALT LAKE CITY \u2014 Another former Utah high school standout is signing with the Los Angeles Rams.<\/p>\n<p>And no, this isn&#8217;t about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksl.com\/article\/51272987\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Puka Nacua<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Former University of Utah standout wide receiver and punt returner Britain Covey signed a one-year deal with the Rams, the organization announced Monday. The 28-year-old former Timpview High quarterback was the Eagles&#8217; top punt returner and receiver of the past three years, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksl.com\/article\/51249308\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">winning a Super Bowl ring this past season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Covey totaled 771 yards in 68 returns across 38 games over the past three seasons, including 417 yards in 2023 before being limited to five games last year with a shoulder and neck injury.<\/p>\n<p>He also briefly returned kickoffs in Philadelphia, amassing 11 kick returns for 236 yards for the team that signed him as an undrafted free agent out of Utah in 2022.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;ve signed WR Britain Covey to a 1-year deal. \u2935\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Los Angeles Rams (@RamsNFL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RamsNFL\/status\/1919467381685911994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 5, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Can&#8217;t put into words how much Philly has meant to me and my little family,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DJPdKj8ylSi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wrote Sunday on Instagram<\/a> in a post co-signed by his wife, Leah.<\/p>\n<p>In Los Angeles, Covey joins a wide receiver room that includes a familiar face in Nacua \u2014 the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksl.com\/article\/50837240\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">record-setting NFL rookie out of Orem High<\/a> by way of BYU who will be entering his third season in the league this fall.<\/p>\n<p>Nacua totaled a league-record 1,486 receiving yards on 105 catches with six touchdowns as a rookie in 2023, then added 990 yards and three touchdowns in 11 games last year.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"lazyload\"  alt=\"Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua warms up before an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif.\"\/>Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua warms up before an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024, in Inglewood, Calif. 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