Christian Wilkins (born December 20, 1995) is an American football defensive tackle for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson and was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft.

Wilkins is a native of Springfield, Massachusetts. He originally attended Framingham High School, before transferring to Suffield Academy in Suffield, Connecticut, after his freshman year.^[1] In 35 games in high school he had 253 tackles and 28.5 sacks.^[2] Wilkins was rated as a five-star recruit and was ranked among the top players in his class.^[3] He committed to play college football at Clemson University.^[4]

As a freshman at Clemson in 2015, Wilkins played in 15 games with one start and had 33 tackles and two sacks.^[5][6] 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.^[7] Wilkins was part of the Clemson team that defeated top-ranked Alabama in the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship by a score of 35–31. He also was part of Clemson’s 2018 team that defeated Alabama in the National Championship game led by Trevor Lawrence 44-16. ^[8] In the Florida State game and South Carolina game of 2018, Wilkins scored a touchdown for the Tigers.