James Jenkins

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

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.