Bio
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 1987
- Draft
- 1987Rd 7, Pk 11
- College
- Florida A&M
Bio
- Height
- 5' 11"
- Debut
- 1987
- Draft
- 1987Rd 7, Pk 11
- College
- Florida A&M
Stats
Totals
Career regular season
- GP
- 143
- TOT
- 222
- SOLO
- 169
- AST
- 53
- SACK
- 8.0
- INT
- 25
- PD
- 17
- FF
- 5
Ranked among NFL players who qualify (TOT, SOLO, SACK, PD, FF: 8+ games; AST: 4+ games) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | NO | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 |  NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | NO | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | NO | 16 | 74 | 49 | 25 | 1.0 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 1994 | MIA | 15 | 61 | 51 | 10 | 1.0 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| 1995 | MIA | 16 | 67 | 53 | 14 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 1996 | MIA | 5 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
Career Postseason
- GP
- 3
- TOT
- 16
- SOLO
- 12
- AST
- 4
- SACK
- 0.0
- INT
- 1
- PD
- 2
- FF
- 0
Per game
Career regular season
- GP
- 143
- TOT
- 1.6
- SOLO
- 1.2
- AST
- 0.4
- SACK
- 0.1
- INT
- 0.2
- PD
- 0.1
- FF
- 0.0
Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | AST: Assisted tackles, where the player helped bring the carrier down. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | NO | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | NO | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | NO | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | NO | 16 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 1994 | MIA | 15 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| 1995 | MIA | 16 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 1996 | MIA | 5 | 4 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: TOT · SOLO · AST · SACK · INT · PD · FF
What were Gene Atkins's career stats?
Gene Atkins played 10 seasons for the Saints and the Dolphins. He recorded 222 tackles, 8 sacks and 25 interceptions. His best season was 1993: 74 tackles and 1.0 sack.
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