# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eddie-royal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:01:32.420Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eddie-royal"
name: "Eddie Royal"
slug: "eddie-royal"
description: "William Edward Royal is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and return specialist for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was selected by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 2008 NFL draft. He played college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies and was elected to its sports hall of fame in 2018. Royal also played for the San Diego Chargers and Chicago Bears."
tagline: "American football player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eddie_Royal.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: "1986-05-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.253532
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/EddieRoyalWR"
    handle:    "EddieRoyalWR"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Royal"
    title: "Eddie Royal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%8A_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "إدي رويال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ادى رويال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Royal"
    title: "Eddie Royal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Royal"
    title: "Eddie Royal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Royal"
    title: "Eddie Royal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Royal"
    title: "Eddie Royal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Royal"
    title: "Eddie Royal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1282962"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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