# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/v-j-edgecombe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:59:00.583Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/v-j-edgecombe"
name: "V. J. Edgecombe"
slug: "v-j-edgecombe"
description: "Valdez Drexel \"V. J.\" Edgecombe Jr. is a Bahamian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed, \"The Generator\", he played college basketball for the Baylor Bears. He was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2024 class. Edgecombe was selected with the 3rd overall pick by the 76ers in the 2025 NBA draft."
tagline: "Bahamian basketball player (born 2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/V._J._Edgecombe_Baylor_2025_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "2005-07-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.63092266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 241
platforms:
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    handle:    "vj_edgecombe"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/vj.edgecombe/"
    handle:    "vj.edgecombe"
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    title: "V. J. Edgecombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "V. J. Edgecombe"
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    title: "V. J. Edgecombe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump