Larry Atkins

{{Short description|American football player (born 1975)}}

{{Use American English|date=September 2024}}

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

{{Infobox NFL biography

| image =

| position = Linebacker

| number = 35, 50, 59

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|07|21|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Santa Monica, California, U.S.

| death_date =

| draftyear = 1999

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 84

| college = UCLA

| teams =

• Kansas City Chiefs (1999–2002)
• Oakland Raiders (2003)

| statlabel1 = Tackles

| statvalue1 = 9

| highlights =

• Third-team All-American (1997){{cite news|title=AP All-America Team|date=December 10, 1997|newspaper=The Daily Times|page=3D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-times/137117913/|access-date=March 30, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
• First-team All-Pac-10 (1998){{cite news|title=All-Pac-10 football team |date=December 1, 1998 |newspaper=Kitsap Sun |url=http://web.kitsapsun.com/archive/1998/12-01/0022_all-pac-10_football_team.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130184923/http://web.kitsapsun.com/archive/1998/12-01/0022_all-pac-10_football_team.html |archive-date=November 30, 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 21, 2024 }}
• Second-team All-Pac-10 (1997){{cite news|title=College Awards|newspaper=The Register-Guard|date=November 25, 1997|page=4D|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n05WAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA17|access-date=June 21, 2024}}

}}

Larry Tabay Atkins III (born July 21, 1975) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) from 1999 to 2003. He was selected in the third round of the 1999 NFL draft.{{Cite web |title=1999 NFL Draft |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1999/draft.htm |access-date=March 28, 2023 |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |language=en}} He attended Venice High School and played college football for the UCLA Bruins. He spent four years with the Kansas City Chiefs and one year with the Oakland Raiders. In his five-year career, Atkins recorded nine tackles, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery.{{cite web | title = Larry Atkins Statistics | work = Pro Football Reference | publisher = Sports Reference LLC | url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AtkiLa20.htm | accessdate = February 4, 2009 }}