Gene Atkins

Gene Atkins
No. 28
Position: Safety
Personal information
Date of birth: (1964-11-22) November 22, 1964
Place of birth: Tallahassee, Florida
Career information
College: Florida A&M
NFL Draft: 1987 / Round: 7 / Pick: 179
Career history
Career NFL statistics
Interceptions: 25
Interception return yards: 348
Sacks: 8
Player stats at NFL.com

Gene Reynard Atkins (born November 22, 1964) is a former American football safety in the National Football League who played for the New Orleans Saints and Miami Dolphins from 1987 to 1996. He played previously for Florida A&M and James S. Rickards High School both in Tallahassee.[1] He is the father of Geno Atkins, American football defensive tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals. He was featured on HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel in a story about former football players who are suffering from head injuries that happened during their playing time. In the story, it was said that Atkins is suffering from the early stages of dementia.

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