Christian Wilkins has been in the National Football League (NFL) since 2019.
The American football defensive plays for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League.
He was born on December 20, 1995, in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States to Richard Wilkins and Michelle Burke.
Wilkins originally attended Framingham High School. He is a native of Springfield, Massachusetts before transferring to Suffield Academy in Suffield, Connecticut after his freshman year.
He played college football at Clemson and was drafted by the Dolphins in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft.
As a sophomore in 2016, he was named an All-American by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and was a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy.
Wilkins was placed on the reserve COVID-19 list by the team on November 12, 2020, and activated on November 25.
In 2021 week 15 against the New York Jets, Wilkins lined up at fullback and recorded his second career touchdown on a flick pass from quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
The Dolphins picked up the fifth-year option on Wilkins’ contract on April 28, 2022.