# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenneth-sims
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:12:40.338Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenneth-sims"
name: "Kenneth Sims"
slug: "kenneth-sims"
description: "Kenneth Wayne Sims was an American professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons with the New England Patriots. He played college football for the Texas Longhorns, winning the Lombardi Award and UPI Lineman of the Year en route to a victory in the 1982 Cotton Bowl Classic. Sims was selected first overall by the Patriots in the 1982 NFL draft, but his professional career would be afflicted by injuries. He was inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2021."
tagline: "American football player (1959-2025)"
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: "1959-10-31"
deathDate: "2025-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.49
  momentum:             19.13461538461539
  historical:           6.559793333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3584992/"
    handle:    "nm3584992"
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ケネス・シムズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "كينيث سيمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "كينيث سيمز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Sims"
    title: "Kenneth Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Sims"
    title: "Kenneth Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Sims"
    title: "Kenneth Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Sims"
    title: "Kenneth Sims"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3814604"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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