# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnie-cooks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:01:13.420Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnie-cooks"
name: "Johnie Cooks"
slug: "johnie-cooks"
description: "Johnie Earl Cooks was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Cooks was selected by the Baltimore Colts as the second overall pick in the 1982 NFL draft. He played from 1982 to 1991 for the Colts, New York Giants, and Cleveland Browns. He was a member of the Giants when they defeated the Buffalo Bills 20–19 in Super Bowl XXV. Cooks played college football for the Mississippi State Bulldogs."
tagline: "American football player"
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: "1958-11-23"
deathDate: "2023-07-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.544637333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnie_Cooks"
    title: "Johnie Cooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%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: "جونى كوكس (لاعب كورة القدم الامريكيه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnie_Cooks"
    title: "Johnie Cooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnie_Cooks"
    title: "Johnie Cooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnie_Cooks"
    title: "Johnie Cooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnie_Cooks"
    title: "Johnie Cooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnie_Cooks"
    title: "Johnie Cooks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6266021"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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