# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/matt-forte
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:42:09.302Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/matt-forte"
name: "Matt Forté"
slug: "matt-forte"
description: "Matthew Garrett Forte is an American former professional football player who was a running back for ten seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tulane Green Wave and was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the second round of the 2008 NFL draft. Forte established himself as a dual-threat running back capable of earning yards as a rusher and receiver. He is one of only three players to record at least 1,000 rushing yards and 100 receptions in a single season. Forte spent eight seasons with the Bears before playing for the New York Jets for two seasons."
tagline: "American football player, running back"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Matt_Forte.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: "1985-12-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.19
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.672941333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Fort%C3%A9"
    title: "Matt Forté"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "مات فورت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "مات فورت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Fort%C3%A9"
    title: "Matt Forté"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Forte"
    title: "Matt Forte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Forte"
    title: "Matt Forte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Forte"
    title: "Matt Forte"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174082"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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