Sam Houston Bearkats · CB RoomCB

#4 Ishmel Atkins

Class  RS SR/TRFrom  Elon (transfer)Ht / Wt  6'4" · 200 lbHometown  Greensboro, NC · Northern Guilford HS

Depth-chart placement

Current role

LCB1

Placement

Starter

Room

Cornerback

Experience

5-SR

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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CB room context

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Ishmel Atkins holds the LCB · Starter spot in Sam Houston Bearkats’s cornerback room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

LCB · StarterIshmel AtkinsStarter

RCB · StarterCaesar MageeStarter

LCB · BackupJoey HunterBackup

RCB · BackupOctavius HendersonBackup

Transfer history

2026Elon→Sam Houston Bearkats

Background & career

Ishmel Atkins is a redshirt senior member of the Sam Houston roster. He is from Greensboro, NC and attended Northern Guilford HS. He joined the program as a transfer from Elon.

Elonthrough 2025

Sam Houston2026 — present

Previous schoolElonOriginGreensboro, NC · Northern Guilford HS