# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-butcher-q7149626
# Generated: 2026-08-20T22:09:34.182Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-butcher-q7149626"
name: "Paul Butcher"
slug: "paul-butcher-q7149626"
description: "Paul Martin Butcher is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven years, until he retired from the Oakland Raiders. He also played for the Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams, Indianapolis Colts, and he was selected by the Carolina Panthers in the 1995 NFL expansion draft. He played college football at Wayne State University. Butcher was the Special Teams coach of the XFL's New York/New Jersey Hitmen. He is married to Jacqueline Ricottone and their son is Nickelodeon actor Paul Butcher."
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: "1963-11-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           3.081858666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  53
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1"
    title: "باول بوتشر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1"
    title: "پول بوتشر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Butcher_(American_football)"
    title: "Paul Butcher (American football)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7149626"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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