John Atkins

Atkins, Johnathan Bandavious
Position: DT
Height: 6-3 Weight: 320
Born: December 21, 1992 Thomson, GA
High School: Thomson (GA); Hargrave Military Academy (Chatham, VA)

Year	College	Participation
2013	Georgia	Redshirted
2014	Georgia	Lettered
2015	Georgia	Lettered
2016	Georgia	Lettered
2017	Georgia	Lettered

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	99	RDT	2	0
2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL	99	RDT-RDE-LDE-LDT	12	6
2022 Tampa Bay Bandits (USFL)2022 TB USFL	99	DT	10
2023 Memphis Showboats (USFL)2023 MEM USFL	99	DT	10	10
2024 Memphis Showboats (UFL)2024 MEM UFL	99	NT	10	9
2025 Memphis Showboats (UFL)2025 MEM UFL	99	NT	2	2
2 Years (NFL)2 Years NFL			14	6

Team	Date	Transaction
2018 New England Patriots (NFL)2018 NE NFL	4/28/2018	Signed
2018 New England Patriots (NFL)2018 NE NFL	9/1/2018	Released
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	9/3/2018	Practice Squad
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	11/30/2018	Released
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	12/5/2018	Practice Squad
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	12/18/2018	Signed
2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL	8/31/2019	Released
2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL	9/1/2019	Practice Squad
2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL	10/14/2019	Signed
2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL	7/29/2020	Reserve/Opt-Out (COVID)
2020 Detroit Lions (NFL)2020 DET NFL	6/3/2021	Released
2021 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)2021 ATL NFL	6/17/2021	Signed
2021 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)2021 ATL NFL	7/27/2021	Reserve/COVID
2021 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)2021 ATL NFL	8/3/2021	Activated
2021 Atlanta Falcons (NFL)2021 ATL NFL	8/15/2021	Released
2022 Tampa Bay Bandits (USFL)2022 TB USFL		Signed by League
2022 Tampa Bay Bandits (USFL)2022 TB USFL	2/23/2022	Free Agent Draft
2024 Memphis Showboats (UFL)2024 MEM UFL		Free Agent
2025 Memphis Showboats (UFL)2025 MEM UFL	8/26/2024	Signed
2025 Memphis Showboats (UFL)2025 MEM UFL		Free Agent

AWARDS
2023 Official All-USFL

SNAP COUNTS	TOTAL	OFF%	DEF	DEF%	ST	ST%
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	45	0.0	40	4.1	5	1.2
2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL	420	0.0	411	35.6	9	1.9
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	465		451		14

SACKS	NO	YDS
2022 Tampa Bay Bandits (USFL)2022 TB USFL	0.5	1.0
2023 Memphis Showboats (USFL)2023 MEM USFL	2.5	22.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
2024 Memphis Showboats (UFL)2024 MEM UFL	0	0	0	1	1		0

DEFENSE	TKL	DEF	ST	MT	QH	TFL	PD	BL
2018 Detroit Lions (NFL)2018 DET NFL	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022 Tampa Bay Bandits (USFL)2022 TB USFL	26					2	1
2023 Memphis Showboats (USFL)2023 MEM USFL	29					4	7
2024 Memphis Showboats (UFL)2024 MEM UFL	21					0	0	0
2025 Memphis Showboats (UFL)2025 MEM UFL	3					0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	22	22	0	0	1	1	0	0

PENALTIES	Called	Declined	Accepted	Yards	Nullified Yards	First Downs	Stalled Drives
2019 Detroit Lions (NFL)2019 DET NFL	1	0	1	5	0	1	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	0	1	5	0	1	0