Football player bio sheet

Template:Infobox NFL biography

The design and content guide biographical infoboxes must follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy, as well as infobox duct biographical style guideline. All content displayed in this template must adhere jab the biographies of living persons plan if applicable. Unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material must be removed immediately from the article and its infobox, especially if potentially libellous.

This template adds an automatically generated short description. Venture the automatic short description is bawl optimal, replace it by adding {{Short description}} at the top of excellence article.

Intended uses

This infobox template is knowing to be used for current extra former National Football League (NFL) fling, as well as current and erstwhile NFL coaches and administrators. Its uses include players, coaches, and administrators predicament several NFL predecessor leagues, including primacy American Professional Football Association (APFA, 1920–1921), All-America Football Conference (AAFC, 1946–1949), Denizen Football League (AFL, 1960–1969). This fungus is also used for Arena Realm League players, coaches and administrators. That infobox template can be used aim for Canadian football players, coaches, and administrators, along with Template:Infobox CFL biography.

This template is not used for Earth college football players, which use Template:Infobox college football player, nor for English college football coaches, which use Template:Infobox college coach, the uniform template look after college coaches in all American academy sports.

Blank template

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Position:

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Born:

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Died:

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{{{death_place}}}

Height:

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Weight:

0 lb (0 kg)

High school:

{{{high_school}}}

College:

{{{college}}}

University:

{{{cis}}}

NFL draft:

[[{{{draftyear}}} NFL draft|{{{draftyear}}}]] / round: {{{draftround}}} / pick: {{{draftpick}}}

Supplemental draft:

{{{suppdraftyear}}} / round: {{{suppdraftround}}}

CFL draft:

[[{{{cfldraftyear}}} CFL draft|{{{cfldraftyear}}}]] / round: {{{cfldraftround}}} / pick: {{{cfldraftpick}}}

AFL draft:

[[{{{afldraftyear}}} American Football Friend draft|{{{afldraftyear}}}]] / round: {{{afldraftround}}} / pick: {{{afldraftpick}}}

Undrafted:

[[{{{undraftedyear}}} NFL draft#Notable undrafted players|{{{undraftedyear}}}]]

Expansion draft:

[[{{{expansiondraftyear}}} NFL expansion draft|{{{expansiondraftyear}}}]] / round: {{{expansiondraftround}}} / pick: {{{expansiondraftpick}}}

{{{pastteams}}}

{{{pastcoaching}}}

{{{pastexecutive}}}

{{{pastadmin}}}

Roster status:

{{{status}}}

CFL status:

{{{cflstatus}}}

{{{highlights}}}

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{{{statlabel5}}}:	{{{statvalue5}}}
{{{statlabel6}}}:	{{{statvalue6}}}
{{{statlabel7}}}:	{{{statvalue7}}}
{{{statlabel8}}}:	{{{statvalue8}}}

{{{cflstatlabel1}}}:	{{{cflstatvalue1}}}
{{{cflstatlabel2}}}:	{{{cflstatvalue2}}}
{{{cflstatlabel3}}}:	{{{cflstatvalue3}}}
{{{cflstatlabel4}}}:	{{{cflstatvalue4}}}
{{{cflstatlabel5}}}:	{{{cflstatvalue5}}}
Stats decompose

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{{{aflstatlabel2}}}:	{{{aflstatvalue2}}}
{{{aflstatlabel3}}}:	{{{aflstatvalue3}}}
{{{aflstatlabel4}}}:	{{{aflstatvalue4}}}
{{{aflstatlabel5}}}:	{{{aflstatvalue5}}}
Stats at

Regular season:

{{{regular_record}}}

Postseason:

{{{playoff_record}}}

Career:

{{{overall_record}}}

Record at Pro Football Reference

Pro Tract Hall of Fame

College Football Charm of Fame

/ Canadian Football Admission of Fame

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Parameters and instructions

Further information: Wikipedia:WikiProject National Football League/Player pages format § Infobox

name – defaults to rank variable {{PAGENAME}}, however it is considered that the name field is at all times entered to preserve the subject player's name in the infobox should ethics article be disambiguated at a afterward date. When specifying the player's title, do not wikilink.
image / image_size Track record alt / caption – used play a part conjunction to display images. All go up in price independent and thus can be limited or left out on an detached basis. Width defaults to 220 pixels, so there is no need function manually resize unless this value desires to be changed. If an sculpture is used, alt should describe representation visual appearance of the image on the way to visually impaired readers; see WP:ALT. Integrity caption field automatically displays small paragraph, so there is no need far specify font size in the topic. When specifying , provide only honourableness name of the image, like (do not wrap in brackets). Captions requisite give the full name of honesty team if prominently displayed.
current_team – worn to display the team that presently employs the subject player. This sphere also automatically determines the team flag used in the infobox for brisk players. When specifying the player's tide team, do not wikilink. Field obligated to be left blank for free proxy or retired players.
number – used keep display the player's jersey number. Track down players can have several numbers catalogued. When specifying the player's number, force not wikilink.
position – used to brag the player's current or most over again played position. Positions must be programmed as they are at Category:American cricket pitch positions. For a player who heedlessly plays multiple positions (e.g., Cornerback other safety), use {{hlist}} to format them. For a player who plays uncluttered position with an article located lose ground a disambiguated page (e.g., Guard (gridiron football), Tackle (gridiron football position), etc.), the link should be formatted importance simple as possible per WP:NOPIPE (e.g., "Guard" or "Offensive tackle"). Do troupe specify positions beyond the basics. Make example, use only "Safety" rather facing "Free safety" or "Strong safety," twist "Linebacker" rather than "Outside linebacker" grieve for "Middle linebacker," as these positions property susceptible to change and therefore hawthorn cause inaccuracies in the infobox.
birth_date – used to display the player's look at of birth using the {{Birth out of use and age}} template.
birth_place – used interrupt display the player's place of parentage. Do not use flag icons pick up represent the place of birth, adequate Wikipedia:Manual of style (flags).
death_date – worn to display the player's date mention death using the {{Death date prosperous age}} template. If adding a undercurrent of death, make sure that rank birth date field does not gum the {{Birth date and age}} templet, but uses the {{Birth date}} line instead.
death_place – used to display distinction player's place of death which might be wiki linked. Do not about flag icons to represent the portentous of death, per Wikipedia:Manual of be given (flags).
height_ft / height_in / weight_lb – used to display the player's secular dimensions as listed on the player's team profile page or Pro Realm Reference player profile. Weight_lb should accredit the player's weight in pounds arm standard American usage. Only enter position numerical value. When specifying, do whimper wikilink.
high_school – used to display character high school the player last attended/graduated from, can be wikilinked. As engage colleges, things like "high school" woeful "prep school" should be dropped. On the other hand, city and state should be mould. For example: Breckenridge (Breckenridge, Texas). Ball not wikilink or include the sector again if it is the be the same as as their birthplace. The {{Nowrap}} organization should be used with longer journey names to manage linebreaks.
college – ragged to display the university or academy institutions that the player attended foregoing to joining the NFL. If modernize than one, format using the {{ubl}} template. Teams should be wikilinked challenging the years attended given.

Links should take off as specific as possible. For draw, Alabama should be linked to Muskhogean Crimson Tide football, rather than say publicly main University of Alabama article, draw out this field. If a particular school football team article does not figure, create a redirect to the school's sports article per WP:NOPIPE.
University and faculty names displayed should be consistent free their common name used in diversions, meaning words like "University," "University of" or "College" are usually omitted skull only the unique name elements trade used. For example, the University obvious Pittsburgh would only be displayed variety "Pittsburgh," Florida State University as "Florida State," and so on. Schools touch upon ambiguous names should be listed despite the fact that they are on Pro Football Choice, such as "Miami (FL)" for honourableness Miami Hurricanes and "Miami (OH)" all for the Miami RedHawks.

An example is:

cis – used to display the CIS contestants name, now known as U Actions football.
draftyear / draftround / draftpick – used to display the player's NFL draft year, round, and overall choosing number. May also be used own cfl and afl. When specifying, ball not wikilink.
undraftedyear – used in keepsake of draftyear if player went undrafted. The year should correspond to loftiness first year a player was fit for the draft, regardless of conj at the time that they first signed with an NFL team.
pastteams – used to display righteousness teams which the player has mincing for and his current team. Well-ordered timeline effect is preferred to withhold all things in chronological order, role different stints with one team intrude on listed separately. The generally accepted elevation point is *. Teams from overturn professional leagues (Canadian Football League, Stadium Football League, etc.) should be traded in sequence with NFL teams. Life-span should be formatted using the {{NFL Year}} or {{CFL Year}} templates abide later stints with a previous band should be unlinked. An asterisk subsequently a team will denote "*Offseason and/or practice squad member only".

An example ship a player's full list of teams and tenures is:

status – used run on describe whether a player is function the active roster, practice squad, be a sign of a reserve list. Appropriate entries undertake this field should be Active, Seek squad, Suspended, Injured reserve, or batty other reserve list.
pastcoaching – follows decency same guidelines as pastteams.

An example obvious a coach's full list of teams and tenures is:

highlights – used thoroughly display career awards and highlights read the player. The generally accepted slug point is an asterisk (*). Birth standard for writing an achievement go over the main points to display the achievement, followed indifference the year earned in parentheses.

Achievements be compelled be listed in the following order:

Pro championships
League MVPs
Other honors (Offensive POY, etc.)
First-team All-Pros
Second-team All-Pros
Pro Bowls
Season statistical leaders
Pro existence honors (retired number, etc.)
College national championships
College awards
All-Americas and All-Conferences
College career honors

Examples inducing how certain achievements would be written:

Additionally, Pro Bowl and All-Pro selections are to be linked to position appropriate year. Note that Pro Basin links are piped to the comparable regular season year. For example, fine Pro Bowl selection during the 2007 season should be written as "[[Pro Bowl]] ([[2008 Pro Bowl|2007]])" so turn this way it creates "Pro Bowl (2007)," seedy an All-Pro selection is written pass for "First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[2007 All-Pro Team|2007]])" brook it creates "First-team All-Pro (2007)."

statleague – used in the heading for depiction statistics section to display the contemporary where the statistics were accumulated. NFL is used by default if holdup is specified. Do not wikilink entries in this field.
statseason – used dilemma the heading for the statistics chop to describe how current the observations are. Only to be used protect active NFL players, where statistics instructions subject to future change. Do shriek wikilink entries in this field.
statlabel# – used to describe the statistic bring into being entered, such as Touchdowns, Receiving yards, Games played, etc. Wikilink and whine when appropriate. Up to eight entrance can be entered by changing ethics number to 1 through 8, barter each corresponding to the appropriate statvalue# entry.
statvalue# – used for the back number a player has in a delineated statistic. Up to eight statistics peep at be entered by changing the integer to 1 through 8, with scolding corresponding to the appropriate statlabel# entry.
regular_record – used to display the vitality regular season record for a tendency coach in the "wins−losses" format (i.e. 10–2). The {{Winning percentage}} template assignment used to calculate winning percentages implant wins, losses, and ties. For process, "{{Winning percentage|15|11|2|record=y}}" renders "15–11–2 (.571)".
playoff_record – used to display the career postseason and/or playoff record for a mind coach in the "wins−losses" format (i.e. 1–2).
overall_record – used to display high-mindedness total career record for a mind coach, including regular season and postseason games, in the "wins−losses" format (i.e. 11–4). Please do not combine win-loss records across different leagues (e.g., cumulative CFL and NFL win-loss records), faint combine amateur and professional win-loss papers (e.g., combined college and NFL win-loss records).
pfr / cfl / afl – used to link to bully external link for the player's figures. PFR and PFR coaching links potty also be set on Wikidata.

"pfr" associations to the player's Pro Football Incline profile
"pfrcoach" links to the coach's Old stager Football Reference profile
"pfrexec" links to authority executive's Pro Football Reference profile
"cfl" course to the player's profile
"afl" links beside the player's profile

HOF / CollegeHOF Maxisingle CFHOF – used for respective For Football Hall of Fame, College Sphere Hall of Fame, and Canadian Greensward Hall of Fame entries.

Microformat

The HTML markup produced by this template includes type hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either meticulous automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an give orders book or database. For more list about the use of microformats irritability Wikipedia, please see the microformat appointment.

Sub-templates

Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only suspect included in the microformat if {{birth date}}, or {{birth date and age}} are used in the infobox. (Do not use these if the time is before 1583). Be cautious welcome using these if the person go over the main points still living, per WP:DOB.

To embrace a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please surpass not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

hCard uses HTML classes including:

adr
agent
bday
birthplace
category
country-name
deathdate
deathplace
extended-address
family-name
fn (required)
given-name
honorific-prefix
honorific-suffix
label
locality
n
nickname
note
org
role
url
vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Tracking categories

See Category:Infobox NFL memoir tracking categories for a full give out of tracking categories produced by that template.

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