:Jim Kitts

{{Short description|American football player (born 1972)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

|name=Jim Kitts

|image=

|caption=

|position=Fullback, linebacker

|number=48, 34

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1972|12|28}}

|birth_place=Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.

|death_date=

|height_ft =6

|height_in =2

|weight_lbs =248

|undraftedyear=1995

|high_school=Great Bridge

|college=Ferrum

|pastteams=

• Albany Firebirds ({{AFL Year|1996|1996}})
• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1996}})*{{cite book |title=Buccaneers, 2000 Media Guide |page=170 |url=https://archive.org/details/buccaneers-2000-media-guide-tampa-bay-c/page/n171/mode/2up?view=theater |access-date=9 September 2024}}
• Frankfurt Galaxy ({{NFLE Year|1997}})
• Washington Redskins (1997)*
• Green Bay Packers (1997)*
• Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|1997}})
• Washington Redskins (1998)
• Green Bay Packers ({{NFL Year|1998}})
• Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2000}})*
• Memphis Maniax (2001)

}}

James Matthew Kitts (born December 28, 1972) is an American former professional football fullback and linebacker.

Kitts was born in 1972 in Portsmouth, Virginia, and attended Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake, Virginia. He then enrolled at Ferrum College where he played college football from 1990 to 1993.{{cite web|title=Jim Kitts|publisher=Pro Football Archives|accessdate=July 28, 2023|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerk/kitt00400.html|archive-date=July 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729123613/https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerk/kitt00400.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Panther tackles tough job|newspaper=The Roanoke Times|date=October 1, 1993|pages=B4 B7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-kitts/129067262/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 29, 2023|archive-date=July 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729122432/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-kitts/129067262/|url-status=live}}

Kitts also played professional football in the Arena Football League for the Albany Firebirds (1995–1996), in the World League of American Football for the Frankfurt Galaxy,{{cite news|title=Jumping at the chance|newspaper=The Roanoke Times|date=July 20, 1997|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-jumping-at-the-chance/129067223/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 29, 2023|archive-date=July 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729122432/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-jumping-at-the-chance/129067223/|url-status=live}} in the National Football League (NFL) for the Miami Dolphins (1997), Washington Redskins (1998),{{cite news|title=Redskins sign Kitts to replace Bowie|newspaper=The Daily Progress|date=October 10, 1998|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-progress-kitts/129067342/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 29, 2023|archive-date=July 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729122430/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-progress-kitts/129067342/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title='Skins turn to Kitts: Ex-Ferrum star back in NFL|newspaper=The Roanoke Times|date=October 10, 1998|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-kitts/129067379/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 29, 2023|archive-date=July 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729122433/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-kitts/129067379/|url-status=live}} and Green Bay Packers (1998),{{Cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-packers-sign-fullback-jim-k/129037788/ | title = Packers sign fullback Jim Kitts | date = December 18, 1998 | access-date = July 28, 2023 | via = Newspapers.com | type = clipping | page = 13 | newspaper = The Reporter | archive-date = July 28, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230728204541/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-reporter-packers-sign-fullback-jim-k/129037788/ | url-status = live }} and in the XFL for the Memphis Maniax in 2001.