:James Atkins (defensive tackle)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1978)}}

{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = James Atkins

| image =

| position = Defensive tackle

| number = 96, 75

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|6|23}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| death_date =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 5

| weight_lbs = 325

| undraftedyear = 2002

| high_school = Roosevelt {{avoid wrap|(Roosevelt, New York)}}

| college = Virginia Union

| teams =

• Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|2002}})*
• Tennessee Titans ({{NFL Year|2002|2003}})
• San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|2004}})

| statlabel1 = Tackles

| statvalue1 = 13

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 1

| pfr = AtkiJa21

}}

James Hodges Atkins IV (born June 23, 1978) is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for two seasons in the National Football League (NFL).{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-journal-news/163732475/ | title=A long road to the NFL | work=The Journal News | date=December 1, 2003 | accessdate=23 January 2025}} He played college football for the Virginia Union Panthers. He playing in the NFL for the Tennessee Titans in 2003 and the San Francisco 49ers in 2004.{{Cite web |title=James Atkins |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AtkiJa21.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729001619/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AtkiJa21.htm |archive-date=2022-07-29 |access-date=2023-04-16 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He was also signed with the Miami Dolphins in 2002 but did not play.