# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derrick-byars
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:40:46.036Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derrick-byars"
name: "Derrick Byars"
slug: "derrick-byars"
description: "Derrick JaVaughn Byars is an American entrepreneur and former professional basketball player. Collegiately, he played for Virginia, and later for Vanderbilt. He was drafted 42nd overall in the 2007 NBA draft."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Derrick_Byars_Heat.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1984-04-25"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.675324675324674
  historical:           9.814184000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "德里克·拜厄斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derrick Byars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Byars"
    title: "Derrick Byars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Byars"
    title: "Derrick Byars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Derrick Byars"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Դերիք Բայերս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Byars"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump