Dianna Russini of ESPN reports that the Bengals are trading LB Austin Calitro to the Broncos for DL Christian Covington on Friday.
Calitro, 26, wound up signing on with the Jets as an undrafted free agent out of Villanova in 2017. Unfortunately, he lasted just a few weeks in New York before he was placed on waivers.
Calitro had brief stints with the 49ers, Seahawks and Browns before being claimed off of waivers by the Jaguars at the start of the 2019 season. Jacksonville re-signed Calitro to a one-year exclusive rights deal last week before waiving him back in April.
The Bengals later claimed Calitro off waivers.
In 2019, Calitro appeared in 13 games for the Jaguars and recorded 40 tackles, one sack and a pass defense.
Covington, 26, is a former sixth-round pick of the Texans back in 2015. He signed a four-year, $2,370,484 contract and made base salaries of $615,000 and $705,000 over the final two years of the agreement.
Covington signed with the Dallas Cowboys last year on a one-year deal as an unrestricted free agent. He later joined the Broncos a one-year deal worth up to $1.75 million leading up to this year’s draft.
In 2019, Covington appeared in all 16 games for the Cowboys, recording 28 total tackles, one sack and one pass defense.
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