Steve Atkins
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||
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| Born: | June 22, 1956 Spotsylvania County, Virginia, U.S. | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 216 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Spotsylvania | ||||||||
| College: | Maryland | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1979 / round: 2 / pick: 44 | ||||||||
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Steve Atkins (born June 22, 1956) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL).
Early life
[edit]Atkins was born Steven Elwood Atkins in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.[1]
Football career
[edit]Atkins played at the collegiate level at the University of Maryland, College Park.[citation needed]
He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers in the second round of the 1979 NFL draft[citation needed] and played two seasons for the team before splitting the 1981 season with the Packers and the Philadelphia Eagles.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Steve Atkins Pro Football Reference
- ^ Steve Atkins The Football Database
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- 1956 births
- People from Spotsylvania County, Virginia
- Green Bay Packers players
- Philadelphia Eagles players
- American football running backs
- Maryland Terrapins football players
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- 20th-century American sportsmen
- Players of American football from Virginia
- American football running back, 1950s birth stubs