James Jenkins (American football)
American football player (born 1967)
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James Jenkins (born August 17, 1967) is an American former professional football player who was a tight end for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins He was a blocking specialist on offense, winning Super Bowl XXVI during the 1991 season. He played college football for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Staten Island, New York, U.S.
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| Position | Tight end | ||||||||
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| Born | August 17, 1967 Staten Island, New York, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 243 lb (110 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school | Staten Island Academy | ||||||||
| College | Rutgers | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1991: undrafted | ||||||||
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Jenkins attended Curtis High School and Rutgers University. While undrafted, Joe Gibbs made a personal appeal to Jenkins to not join the Army and concentrate on professional football instead. After working as an NFL strength and conditioning coach, he worked as a State Trooper for VA State Police, where he earned several performance awards for DUI enforcement. He coached several teams in Germany and was the head coach of the Düsseldorf Panthers, a German division I football team. Previously he was employed as a personal training manager for LifeTime Fitness in Sugarloaf, Georgia.[1]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | Bench press | ||||||||
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| 6 ft 2+3⁄8 in (1.89 m) | 238 lb (108 kg) | 33+1⁄2 in (0.85 m) | 10+1⁄2 in (0.27 m) | 15 reps | ||||||||
| All values from NFL Combine[2] | ||||||||||||
