# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-jett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:17:55.677Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-jett"
name: "James Jett"
slug: "james-jett"
description: "James Sherman Jett, is an American former professional football player and Olympic sprinter. He played football as a wide receiver for nine seasons with the Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) from 1993 to 2002. He attended college at West Virginia University. He guided the Jefferson High School Cougars of Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia to the state playoffs in 1988. James also ran for the JHS Cougar's Track Team."
tagline: "American sprinter and American football wide receiver"
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: "1970-12-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.59
  momentum:             2.4
  historical:           9.155653333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%B9%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E6%9D%B0%E7%89%B9"
    title: "詹姆斯·杰特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "چيمس چيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jett"
    title: "James Jett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jett"
    title: "James Jett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D8%AC%D8%AA"
    title: "جیمز جت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jett"
    title: "James Jett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jett"
    title: "James Jett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Джетт, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Jett"
    title: "James Jett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%82"
    title: "Джеймс Джетт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3161188"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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