# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jairus-lyles
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:30:28.593Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jairus-lyles"
name: "Jairus Lyles"
slug: "jairus-lyles"
description: "Jairus Lyles is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the UMBC Retrievers. He also competed for the VCU Rams in his freshman season but played a limited role before transferring. Prior to college, Lyles attended DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, where he was a three-star recruit. At UMBC, he earned all-conference honors for three consecutive years. He most notably led the Retrievers to a first-round victory over Virginia at the 2018 NCAA tournament, the first time a 16-seed defeated a 1-seed in men's tournament history."
tagline: "American basketball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jairus_Lyles_umbc.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1995-07-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.71
  momentum:             5.123938879456706
  historical:           4.805796
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/_jlyles"
    handle:    "_jlyles"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "چايروس ليليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jairus_Lyles"
    title: "Jairus Lyles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jairus_Lyles"
    title: "Jairus Lyles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jairus_Lyles"
    title: "Jairus Lyles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jairus_Lyles"
    title: "Jairus Lyles"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50695454"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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