Pervis Atkins
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| Born | November 24, 1935 Ruston, Louisiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | December 22, 2017 (aged 82) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| High school | Oakland Tech (Oakland, California) | ||||||||||||||
| College | New Mexico State | ||||||||||||||
| NFL draft | 1960: 3rd round, 30th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| AFL draft | 1960: Second Selectionsth round | ||||||||||||||
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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.