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| Position: | Return specialist / Running back / Wide receiver |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | November 24, 1935 Ruston, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died: | December 22, 2017 (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight: | 195 lb (88 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Oakland Tech (Oakland, California) |
| College: | New Mexico State |
| NFL draft: | 1960 / round: 3 / pick: 30 |
| AFL draft: | 1960 / round: Second Selections (by the Minneapolis AFL team) |
| Career history | |
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| Stats at Pro Football Reference | |
Pervis R. Atkins Jr. (November 24, 1935 – December 22, 2017) was an American football player and actor.
A collegiate star with New Mexico State University, Atkins still holds team records as a running back and punt returner for the Aggies' football squad. He later played professionally with the Los Angeles Rams and Washington Redskins of the National Football League and the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League, retiring after the 1966 AFL season.
In 2009, Atkins was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.