# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/demeco-ryans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:25:53.673Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/demeco-ryans"
name: "DeMeco Ryans"
slug: "demeco-ryans"
description: "Demeco Ryans is an American professional football coach and former linebacker who is the head coach for the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide, where he was a unanimous All-American. Ryans was selected by the Texans in the second round of the 2006 NFL draft, where he was recognized as the Defensive Rookie of the Year. Ryans was selected to two Pro Bowls before being traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 2012, where he spent four seasons before retiring."
tagline: "American football player and coach (born 1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DeMeco_Ryan_Texans_practice_'10.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: "1984-07-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.594472000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "DeMeco Ryans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ديميكو ريانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeMeco_Ryans"
    title: "DeMeco Ryans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeMeco_Ryans"
    title: "DeMeco Ryans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeMeco_Ryans"
    title: "DeMeco Ryans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeMeco_Ryans"
    title: "DeMeco Ryans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ディミコ・ライアンズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeMeco_Ryans"
    title: "DeMeco Ryans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q781588"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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