| James Jenkins | |
| Birth Date: | 17 August 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Staten Island, New York, U.S. |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lbs: | 249 |
| College: | Rutgers |
| Number: | 88 |
| High School: | Curtis (Staten Island, New York) |
| Position: | Tight end, H-back |
| Playing Years1: | 1991–2000 |
| Playing Team1: | Washington Redskins |
| Nfl: | JEN268550 |
| Databasefootball: | JENKIJAM01 |
James Jenkins (born August 17, 1967) is a former American football tight end who played for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins as a blocking specialist on offense, winning Super Bowl XXVI during the 1991 season. Jenkins attended Curtis High School. He played college football for 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]