He attended Cleveland High School in Reseda, California, and played college football for the Wichita State Shockers in Kansas.

Adkins was a 10th round selection of the Seahawks in the 1977 NFL draft and played for them from 1977 to 1982 as a backup quarterback to Jim Zorn,[1] and is the only member of the Seahawks to wear the number 12.

[2] After hand surgery caused Adkins to miss the 1983 season,[1] he retired.

He has since worked in broadcasting in the Seattle area, as the color commentator for the Washington Huskies football radio broadcasts and more extensively as a host and correspondent on the Seahawks postgame show.

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