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.

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.

Previously he was employed as a personal training manager for LifeTime Fitness in Sugarloaf, Georgia.

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