Template:Infobox NFL biography#Parameters and instructions

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No. {{{number}}} – {{{current_team}}}
Position:	{{{position}}}
Personal information
Born:	{{{birth_date}}}; {{{birth_place}}}
Died:	{{{death_date}}}; {{{death_place}}}
Height:	0 ft 0 in (0.00 m)
Weight:	0 lb (0 kg)
Career information
High school:	{{{high_school}}}
College:	{{{college}}}
University:	{{{cis}}}
NFL draft:	[[{{{draftyear}}} NFL draft\|{{{draftyear}}}]]: {{{draftround}}}th round, {{{draftpick}}}th pick
Supplemental draft:	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&".
CFL draft:	[[{{{cfldraftyear}}} CFL draft\|{{{cfldraftyear}}}]]: {{{cfldraftround}}}th round, {{{cfldraftpick}}}th pick
AFL draft:	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "&".
Expansion draft:	[[{{{expansiondraftyear}}} NFL expansion draft\|{{{expansiondraftyear}}}]]: {{{expansiondraftround}}}th round, {{{expansiondraftpick}}}th pick
Career history
As a player:
	{{{pastteams}}}
As a coach:
	{{{pastcoaching}}}
As a staff member / executive:
	{{{pastexecutive}}}
	Executive profile at Pro Football Reference
	Executive profile at Pro Football Reference
As an administrator:
	{{{pastadmin}}}
Roster status:	{{{status}}}
CFL status:	{{{cflstatus}}}
Career highlights and awards
	{{{highlights}}}
Career {{{statleague}}} statistics as of Week {{{statweek}}}, {{{statseason}}}
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{{{statlabel8}}}:	{{{statvalue8}}}
Career CFL statistics as of {{{cflstatseason}}}
{{{cflstatlabel1}}}:
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	Stats at CFL.ca
Career Arena League statistics as of {{{aflstatseason}}}
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	Stats at ArenaFan.com
Head coaching record
Regular season:	{{{regular_record}}}
Postseason:	{{{playoff_record}}}
Career:	{{{overall_record}}}
	Coaching profile at Pro Football Reference
	Pro Football Hall of Fame
	College Football Hall of Fame
	/ Canadian Football Hall of Fame

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Intended uses

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

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

Blank template

{{Infobox NFL biography
| embed               = 
| name                = 
| image               = <!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see [[WP:NONFREE]]. -->
| upright             = 
| alt                 = 
| caption             = 
| number              = 
| current_team        = 
| position            = 
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|mf=y}} or, if dead {{Birth date|yyyy|mm|dd|mf=y}}
| birth_place         = 
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|yyyy|mm|dd|yyyy|mm|dd|mf=y}}
| death_place         = 
| height_ft           = 
| height_in           = 
| weight_lb           = 
| high_school         = 
| college             = 
| cis                 = 
| draftyear           = 
| draftround          = 
| draftpick           = 
| suppdraftyear       = 
| suppdraftround      = 
| suppdraftpick       = 
| cfldraftyear        = 
| cfldraftround       = 
| cfldraftpick        = 
| afldraftyear        = 
| afldraftround       = 
| afldraftpick        = 
| undraftedyear       = 
| cflundraftedyear    = 
| aflundraftedyear    = 
| expansiondraftyear  = 
| expansiondraftround = 
| expansiondraftpick  = 
| pastteams           = 
| pastcoaching        = 
| pastexecutive       = 
| pastadmin           = 
| status              = 
| cflstatus           = 
| highlights          = 
| statleague          = 
| statseason          = 
| statweek            = 
| statlabel1          = 
| statvalue1          = 
| statlabel2          = 
| statvalue2          = 
| statlabel3          = 
| statvalue3          = 
| statlabel4          = 
| statvalue4          = 
| statlabel5          = 
| statvalue5          = 
| statlabel6          = 
| statvalue6          = 
| statlabel7          = 
| statvalue7          = 
| statlabel8          = 
| statvalue8          = 
| cflstatseason       = 
| cflstatlabel1       = 
| cflstatvalue1       = 
| cflstatlabel2       = 
| cflstatvalue2       = 
| cflstatlabel3       = 
| cflstatvalue3       = 
| cflstatlabel4       = 
| cflstatvalue4       = 
| cflstatlabel5       = 
| cflstatvalue5       = 
| aflstatseason       = 
| aflstatlabel1       = 
| aflstatvalue1       = 
| aflstatlabel2       = 
| aflstatvalue2       = 
| aflstatlabel3       = 
| aflstatvalue3       = 
| aflstatlabel4       = 
| aflstatvalue4       = 
| aflstatlabel5       = 
| aflstatvalue5       = 
| regular_record      = <!-- or: coachregrecord --> {{Winning percentage|ww|ll|tt|record=y}}
| playoff_record      = <!-- or: coachplayoffrecord --> {{Winning percentage|ww|ll|tt|record=y}}
| overall_record      = <!-- or: coachrecord --> {{Winning percentage|ww|ll|tt|record=y}}
| pfr                 = 
| pfrcoach            = 
| pfrexec             = 
| cfl                 = 
| afl                 = 
| HOF                 = 
| CollegeHOF          = 
| CFHOF               = 
}}

Parameters and instructions

name – defaults to the variable {{PAGENAME}}, however it is advised that the name field is always entered to preserve the subject player's name in the infobox should the article be disambiguated at a later date. When specifying the player's name, do not wikilink.
image / upright / alt / caption – used in conjunction to display images. Width defaults to 220 pixels; if the image needs to be manually scaled down use a value lower than 1 such as .7 in the upright parameter. If an image is used, alt should describe the visual appearance of the image for visually impaired readers; see WP:ALT. The caption field automatically displays small text, so there is no need to specify font size in the field. When specifying |image=, provide only the name of the image, like Example.jpg (do not wrap in brackets). Captions should give the full name of the team if prominently displayed.
current_team – used to display the team that currently employs the subject player. This field also automatically determines the team colors used in the infobox for active players. When specifying the player's current team, do not wikilink. Field should be left blank for free agent or retired players.
number – used to display the player's jersey number. Former players can have several numbers listed. When specifying the player's number, do not wikilink.
position – used to display the player's current or most frequently played position. Positions must be listed as they are at Category:American football positions. For a player who regularly plays multiple positions (e.g., Cornerback and safety), use {{hlist}} to format them. For a player who plays a position with an article located at a disambiguated page (e.g., Guard (gridiron football), Tackle (gridiron football position), etc.), the link should be formatted as simple as possible per WP:NOPIPE (e.g., "Guard" or "Offensive tackle"). Do not specify positions beyond the basics. For example, use only "Safety" rather than "Free safety" or "Strong safety," or "Linebacker" rather than "Outside linebacker" or "Middle linebacker," as these positions are susceptible to change and therefore may cause inaccuracies in the infobox.
birth_date – used to display the player's date of birth using the {{Birth date and age}} template.
birth_place – used to display the player's place of birth. Do not use flag icons to represent the place of birth, per Wikipedia:Manual of style (flags).
death_date – used to display the player's date of death using the {{Death date and age}} template. If adding a date of death, make sure that the birth date field does not use the {{Birth date and age}} template, but uses the {{Birth date}} template instead.
death_place – used to display the player's place of death which may be wiki linked. Do not use flag icons to represent the place of death, per Wikipedia:Manual of style (flags).
height_ft / height_in / weight_lb – used to display the player's physical dimensions as listed on the player's team profile page or Pro Football Reference player profile. Weight_lb should be the player's weight in pounds per standard American usage. Only enter the numerical value. When specifying, do not wikilink.
high_school – used to display the high school the player last attended/graduated from, can be wikilinked. As for colleges, things like "high school" or "prep school" should be dropped. However, city and state should be mentioned. For example: Breckenridge (Breckenridge, Texas). Do not wikilink or include the subdivision again if it is the same as their birthplace. The {{Nowrap}} template should be used with longer location names to manage linebreaks.
college – used to display the university or college institutions that the player attended prior to joining the NFL. If more than one, format using the {{ubl}} template. Teams should be wikilinked and the years attended given.

Links should be as specific as possible. For example, Alabama should be linked to Alabama Crimson Tide football, rather than the main University of Alabama article, in this field. If a particular college football team article does not exist, create a redirect to the school's sports article per WP:NOPIPE.
University and college names displayed should be consistent with their common name used in sports, meaning words like "University," "University of" or "College" are usually omitted and only the unique name elements are used. For example, the University of Pittsburgh would only be displayed as "Pittsburgh," Florida State University as "Florida State," and so on. Schools with ambiguous names should be listed as they are on Pro Football Reference, such as "Miami (FL)" for the Miami Hurricanes and "Miami (OH)" for the Miami RedHawks.

An example is:

Notre Dame (2015–2016)

Miami (FL) (2017–2018)

cis – used to display the CIS football name, now known as U Sports football.
draftyear / draftround / draftpick – used to display the player's NFL draft year, round, and overall selection number. When specifying, do not wikilink.
cfldraftyear / cfldraftround / cfldraftpick – used to display the player's CFL draft year, round, and overall selection number. When specifying, do not wikilink.
afldraftyear / afldraftround / afldraftpick – used to display the player's AFL draft year, round, and overall selection number. When specifying, do not wikilink.
undraftedyear – used in favor of draftyear if player went undrafted. The year should correspond to the first year a player was eligible for the draft, regardless of when they first signed with an NFL team.
cflundraftedyear – used if the player signed as an undrafted free agent with an Canadian Football League (CFL) team
aflundraftedyear – used if the player signed as an undrafted free agent with an American Football League (AFL) team
pastteams – used to display the teams which the player has played for and his current team. A timeline effect is preferred to keep all things in chronological order, meaning different stints with one team are listed separately. The generally accepted bullet point is *. Teams from other professional leagues (Canadian Football League, Arena Football League, etc.) should be listed in sequence with NFL teams. Years should be formatted using the {{NFL Year}} or {{CFL Year}} templates and later stints with a previous team should be unlinked. An asterisk after a team will denote "*Offseason and/or practice squad member only".

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

Calgary Stampeders (1990)

Denver Broncos (1991–1992)

Los Angeles Raiders (1993)*

Green Bay Packers (1993)

Kansas City Chiefs (1993–1996)

Denver Broncos (1997–2000)

Chicago Bears (2001–2003)

New England Patriots (2004)

Miami Dolphins (2005–present)

status – used to describe whether a player is on the active roster, practice squad, or a reserve list. Appropriate entries to this field should be Active, Practice squad, Suspended, Injured reserve, or any other reserve list.
pastcoaching – follows the same guidelines as pastteams.

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

Los Angeles Raiders (1996–1997)
Defensive quality control coach

Los Angeles Raiders (1998–1999)
Assistant defensive backs coach

San Francisco 49ers (2000)
Defensive backs coach & assistant special teams coach

Green Bay Packers (2001–2001)
Defensive ends coach & assistant special teams coach

Kansas City Chiefs (2003–2006)
Defensive line coach

Chicago Bears (2007–2009)
Assistant head coach & defensive coordinator

Chicago Bears (2010–2015)
Head coach

highlights – used to display career awards and highlights for the player. The generally accepted bullet point is an asterisk (*). The standard for writing an achievement is to display the achievement, followed by the year earned in parentheses.

Achievements should 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 career honors (retired number, etc.)
College national championships
College awards
All-Americas and All-Conferences
College career honors

Examples of how certain achievements would be written:

3× Super Bowl champion (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX)

First-team All-Pro (2007)

Second-team All-Pro (2006)

2× Pro Bowl (2006, 2007)

Heisman Trophy (2002)

2× first-team All-American (2001, 2002)

3× first-team All-ACC (2000–2002)

Additionally, Pro Bowl and All-Pro selections are to be linked to the appropriate year. Note that Pro Bowl links are piped to the corresponding regular season year. For example, a Pro Bowl selection during the 2007 season should be written as "[[Pro Bowl]] ([[2008 Pro Bowl|2007]])" so that it creates "Pro Bowl (2007)," whereas an All-Pro selection is written as "First-team [[All-Pro]] ([[2007 All-Pro Team|2007]])" and it creates "First-team All-Pro (2007)."

statleague – used in the heading for the statistics section to display the league where the statistics were accumulated. NFL is used by default if nothing is specified. Do not wikilink entries in this field.
statseason – used in the heading for the statistics section to describe how current the statistics are. Only to be used for active NFL players, where statistics are subject to future change. Do not wikilink entries in this field.
statlabel# – used to describe the statistic being entered, such as Touchdowns, Receiving yards, Games played, etc. Wikilink and pipe when appropriate. Up to eight statistics can be entered by changing the number to 1 through 8, with each corresponding to the appropriate statvalue# entry.
statvalue# – used for the number a player has in a given statistic. Up to eight statistics can be entered by changing the number to 1 through 8, with each corresponding to the appropriate statlabel# entry.
regular_record – used to display the career regular season record for a head coach in the "wins−losses" format (i.e. 10–2). The {{Winning percentage}} template is used to calculate winning percentages from wins, losses, and ties. For example, "{{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 head coach in the "wins−losses" format (i.e. 1–2).
overall_record – used to display the total career record for a head 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., combined CFL and NFL win-loss records), nor combine amateur and professional win-loss records (e.g., combined college and NFL win-loss records).
pfr / cfl / afl – used to link to an external link for the player's statistics. PFR and PFR coaching links can also be set on Wikidata.

"pfr" links to the player's Pro Football Reference profile
"pfrcoach" links to the coach's Pro Football Reference profile
"pfrexec" links to the executive's Pro Football Reference profile
"cfl" links to the player's CFL.ca profile
"afl" links to the player's ArenaFan.com profile

HOF / CollegeHOF / CFHOF – used for respective Pro Football Hall of Fame, College Football Hall of Fame, and Canadian Football Hall of Fame entries.

Microformat

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

Sub-templates

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

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

Please do 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 biography tracking categories for a full list of tracking categories produced by this template.

Unsupported parameters

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