One thing we’ll always be able to say about Britain Covey: he’s a humble pro.

The former Utah standout and rookie receiver/return man for the Philadelphia Eagles rolled up to Lincoln Financial Field on Monday for the Eagles’ home opener against the Vikings and he was turned away. Covey was denied access to the team parking area by attendants who didn’t recognize him.

So what did he do?

He parked in the general lot among Eagles fans and walked to the stadium.

“I said, ‘I’ve been elevated to the active roster. I’m a return guy,'” Covey told ESPN. “They kind of looked at me skeptically, and after a little bit they were like, ‘Look, man. We’re sorry. You just don’t have the pass.’ I didn’t want to make a scene so I just said, ‘OK, just point me to where everybody else parks.’ And so they pointed me to where everybody else parks.”

Covey was directed to a fan lot. As he’d not yet been elevated from the practice squad to the active roster — he was before the game — his pass didn’t work in the team lot but it did in the fan lot, meaning he didn’t have to pay to park at his own game. But he did have to ask for directions from nearby tailgaters — who also didn’t recognize him — to make the quarter-mile walk to the stadium.

Utah’s leading receiver a season ago, Covey is the Eagles’ primary punt returner. He returned three punts for 14 yards on Monday against the Vikings.

He told ESPN after that he might make the parking mishap a habit going forward.

“I’m not that far removed from being that 13-year-old at a tailgate throwing a football, and it inspires me to just remember where I come from,” he told ESPN. “I’m determined to prove myself here and you have to start from where you started, and that’s the bottom, and prove yourself.”