# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/darren-carrington
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:47:40.560Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/darren-carrington"
name: "Darren Carrington"
slug: "darren-carrington"
description: "Darren Russell Carrington is an American former professional football player who was a safety for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for five different teams. He played college football for the Northern Arizona Lumberjacks, averaging over 27 yards per kickoff return, with a career best of 99 yards. As a senior in 1988, he had 39 tackles, two interceptions and two forced fumbles, which was enough to get him selected in the fifth round of the 1989 NFL draft."
tagline: "American football player"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Jacksonville_Jaguars_Darren_Carrington_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
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: "1966-10-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           13.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           2.866738666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  68
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Carrington"
    title: "Darren Carrington"
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    title: "دارين كارينغتون"
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    title: "دارين كارينجتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views