James Primus

{{Short description|American football player (born 1964)}}

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{{Infobox NFL player

| name = James Primus

| number = 49

| position = Running back

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|4|18}}

| birth_place = Yuma, Arizona, U.S.

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 196

| high_school = Sweetwater
(National City, California)

| college = UCLA

| draftyear = 1988

| draftround = 9

| draftpick = 222

| pastteams =

• Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1988|1989}})

| statlabel1 = Rushing yards

| statvalue1 = 95

| statlabel2 = Rushing average

| statvalue2 = 2.7

| statlabel3 = Touchdowns

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = PrimJa00

}}

James Dewitt Primus (born May 18, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL).{{cite web|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PrimJa00.htm|title=James Primus Stats|website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}} He played college football for the UCLA Bruins.{{Cite web |last=Bonk |first=Thomas |date=September 30, 1986 |title=Primus' Turn as UCLA's Starting Tailback Is Over : After Proving Himself Against Long Beach, It's Back to Bench |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-09-30-sp-10150-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times}} The Falcons selected him in the ninth round of the 1988 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1988 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1988/draft.htm |access-date=September 23, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}