# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-coates
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:45:56.445Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-coates"
name: "Ben Coates"
slug: "ben-coates"
description: "Ben Terrence Coates Jr. is an American former professional football tight end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 10 seasons, primarily with the New England Patriots. He played college football for the Livingstone Blue Bears and was selected by the Patriots in the fifth round of the 1991 NFL draft, where he spent all but one season of his NFL career. In his final season, he was a member of the Baltimore Ravens."
tagline: "American football player and coach (born 1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Coates_Livingstone_College.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1969-08-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.68
  momentum:             1.111864406779661
  historical:           7.059004
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b870a551-9011-4cf0-b530-f3b8d56a7d90"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85_%D8%A3%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A9)"
    title: "بين كوتس (لاعب كرة قدم أمريكية)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "بين كوتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Coates"
    title: "Ben Coates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Coates"
    title: "Ben Coates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Coates"
    title: "Ben Coates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Coates"
    title: "Ben Coates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Coates"
    title: "Ben Coates"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3301837"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump