# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zach-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:41:16.334Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zach-thomas"
name: "Zach Thomas"
slug: "zach-thomas"
description: "Zachary Michael Thomas, nicknamed \"Baby Elephant\", is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons. He played college football for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, and was recognized as a unanimous All-American. He was selected in the fifth round, 22nd pick, in the 1996 NFL draft by the Miami Dolphins, and played for the Dolphins in his first 12 seasons in the NFL, before playing his 13th and final season with the Dallas Cowboys."
tagline: "American football player (born 1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zach_Thomas.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: "1973-09-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.62
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.871434666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Thomas"
    title: "Zach Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "زاك توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "زاك توماس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Thomas"
    title: "Zach Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Thomas"
    title: "Zach Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zach_Thomas"
    title: "Zach Thomas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3574509"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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