James Jenkins, 2009 |
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| Date of birth: | August 17, 1967 |
| Place of birth: | Staten Island, New York |
| Career information | |
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| Position(s): | Tight end H-back |
| College: | Rutgers |
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| 1991-2000 | Washington Redskins |
| Playing stats at NFL.com | |
James Jenkins (born August 17, 1967 in Staten Island, New York) is a former American football tight end that played for ten seasons in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins as a blocking specialist on offense, winning Super Bowl XXVI during the 1991 season. Jenkins attended Curtis High School. He played college football for Rutgers University. While undrafted, Joe Gibbs made a personal appeal to Jenkins to not join the Army and concentrate on professional football instead. A divorced father of three, after working as an NFL strength and conditioning coach, he is now working as head coach of the Düsseldorf Panthers, a German division I football team. Previously he was employed as a personal trainer for LifeTime Fitness in Alpharetta, Georgia.