# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derrick-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:52:08.604Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derrick-thomas"
name: "Derrick Thomas"
slug: "derrick-thomas"
description: "Derrick Vincent Thomas was an American professional football linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Nicknamed \"D. T.\", he played 11 seasons with the Chiefs until his death in 2000. He is considered one of the greatest pass rushers of all time."
tagline: "American football player (1967–2000)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/Derrick_Thomas_Chiefs_portrait_photo.jpg"
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: "1967-01-01"
deathDate: "2000-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.93
  momentum:             1.222030981067125
  historical:           5.973782666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Thomas"
    title: "Derrick Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%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: "ديريك توماس (لاعب كرة قدم أمريكية)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%87)"
    title: "ديريك توماس (لاعب كورة القدم الامريكيه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Thomas"
    title: "Derrick Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Thomas"
    title: "Derrick Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick_Thomas_(football_am%C3%A9ricain)"
    title: "Derrick Thomas (football américain)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3023998"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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