# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lavar-arrington
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:20:56.517Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lavar-arrington"
name: "LaVar Arrington"
slug: "lavar-arrington"
description: "LaVar RaShad Arrington is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions and was selected with the second overall pick by the Washington Redskins of the 2000 NFL draft. He was also a member of the New York Giants."
tagline: "All-American college football player, professional football player, linebacker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LaVar_Arrington_2010.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: "1978-06-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.764988
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%DA%A4%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "لايڤار ارينجتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVar_Arrington"
    title: "LaVar Arrington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVar_Arrington"
    title: "LaVar Arrington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVar_Arrington"
    title: "LaVar Arrington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaVar_Arrington"
    title: "LaVar Arrington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3206281"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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