One of just 12 players in the program’s 126-year history to be selected as a team captain multiple times … Started all 44 games of his career … Ranks eighth in school history with 316 career tackles …
SENIOR YEAR (2019)
Team captain … Selected as a semifinalist for the National Football Foundation Campbell Trophy (Academic Heisman), which honors the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation … Started all 12 games … Ranked third on the team with 78 tackles … Also posted 3.0 TFL … Nearly equaled a career high with 11 tackles in the overtime win at Elon … Posted nine tackles versus No. 20/21 Towson … Registered eight tackles, including seven solo stops, against No. 2 James Madison … Tallied eight stops versus No. 5/8 Villanova … Recorded seven tackles with a TFL at Maine … Totaled seven tackles with 0.5 TFL in the win against Colgate … Selected to the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society … Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll accolades … Earned W&M's Provost Award …
JUNIOR YEAR (2018)
Team captain … Earned starts in all 10 games … Led the team in tackles (68) for the second consecutive season … Also finished the season with 5.5 TFL, two PBU, an interceptions, forced fumble and fumble recovery … Totaled a season-high 10 tackles with 2.0 TFL at Rhode Island … Recorded eight tackles with a TFL in the win at Villanova … Posted eight stops with a TFL against No. 24/23 Colgate … Registered six tackles, a TFL and an forced fumble at No. 12/14 Virginia Tech … Tallied six tackles and a fumble recovery at No. 2 James Madison … Totaled four stops and an interception in the victory against Albany … Recorded eight tackles with two PBU in the win versus No. 16/20 Maine … Posted seven stops and 0.5 TFL against Richmond … Preseason All-CAA Third Team selection by Phil Steele … Earned CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll distinction …
SOPHOMORE YEAR (2017)
All-CAA Third Team selection … Ranked fifth in the conference in tackles per game (8.7) … Led the team with 96 tackles … Also totaled 2.0 sacks, 5.0 TFL, an interception, two forced fumbles, a fumble recovery and two PBU’s … Posted at least nine tackles in seven contests, which included three double-figure tackle performances … Started all 11 games … Equaled a career high with 12 tackles at Virginia … Also totaled a sack, 1.5 TFL and a forced fumble against the Cavaliers … Matched that tackle total with 12 stops and a TFL versus No. 1 James Madison … Recorded 11 tackles against No. 21/19 New Hampshire … Registered seven tackles, a sack and forced fumble in the win versus Bucknell … Recorded three straight nine-tackle efforts coming against Stony Brook, No. 18/23 Elon and Delaware … Also recovered a fumble versus Stony Brook … Totaled seven stops and an interception at Richmond … Recorded nine tackles against Towson … Posted five tackles and a TFL at Maine … Earned CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll distinction …
REDSHIRT FRESHMAN YEAR (2016)
Started all 11 games at middle linebacker … Ranked second on the team with 74 tackles … Earned his first career start in his collegiate debut at NC State and posted 12 tackles … Recorded an 11-tackle performance with a PBU at New Hampshire … Totaled seven stops with a 0.5 TFL in the win against Norfolk State … Also registered seven-tackle efforts in games against Elon, No. 7/6 James Madison and Towson … Earned CAA Academic All-Conference Team honors ... Named to the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll …
FRESHMAN YEAR (2015)
Redshirted as a scout team linebacker … Earned CAA Academic All-Conference Team distinction ...
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner as a linebacker and fullback for head coach Scott Weaver at Hidden Valley High School … Two-time first-team VHSL All-State 3A linebacker … Named first-team VHSL All-Region 3A West as both a junior and a senior … Selected as the 2014 Conference 32 Defensive Player of the Year … Honored as a first-team All-Conference 32 choice during his final two seasons … Two-time first-team Roanoke Times All-Timesland linebacker … Chosen as the 2013 Crunch Magazine Defensive Player of the Year … Tabbed a first-team VHSCA linebacker as a junior … Named a Roanoke Times Sizzlin’ Sophomore Linebacker in 2012 … Three-year starter who averaged 9.3 tackles per game during his career … Totaled 329 tackles, 9.5 sacks and five forced fumbles … Three-year letterwinner on the baseball team as a third baseman … Member of Titan Twelve, which is the highest honor a student at Hidden Valley High School can receive and is awarded based upon demonstration of character, leadership, academics, service and attitude … Member of the Spanish, English and History National Honor Societies … Served as Spanish Honors Society President … Member of Beta Club and Mu Alpha Theta …
PERSONAL
Son of Todd and Shelly Atkins … Majoring in business analytics … Member of Reformed University Fellowship … Enjoys reading and playing piano … Avid fan of the Los Angeles Rams and St. Louis Cardinals.
