Template:Infobox NFL player

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Infobox NFL player
{{{Caption}}}
Date of birth	{{{DateOfBirth}}}
Place of birth	{{{Birthplace}}}
Date of death	{{{DateOfDeath}}}
Position(s)	{{{Position}}}
College	{{{College}}}
CFL Draft	{{{CFLDraftedYear}}} / Round {{{CFLDraftedRound}}}
NFL Draft	[[{{{DraftedYear}}} NFL Draft#Round {{{DraftedRound}}}|{{{DraftedYear}}}]] / Round {{{DraftedRound}}}
AFL Draft	[[{{{AFLDraftedYear}}} American Football League Draft#Round {{{AFLDraftedRound}}}|{{{AFLDraftedYear}}}]] / Round {{{AFLDraftedRound}}}
Career Highlights
CFL All-Star	{{{CFLAllStar}}}
Pro Bowls	{{{ProBowls}}}
Awards	{{{Awards}}}
Honors	{{{Honors}}}
Retired #s	{{{Retired #s}}}
Records	{{{Records}}}
Stats
Statistics	Pro Football Reference NFL.com CBS.com DatabaseFootball ESPN Sports Illustrated CFL.ca
Team(s)
{{{years}}}	{{{teams}}}
Canadian Football Hall of Fame	{{{CFHOF}}}
College Hall-of-Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame, [[{{{HOF}}} in sports|{{{HOF}}}]]

[edit] Syntax

{{NFL player
   |Name=
   |Image= 
   |DateOfBirth= 
   |Birthplace= 
   |DateOfDeath=
   |Position= 
   |College= 
   |DraftedYear= 
   |DraftedRound= 
   |PFR= 
   |DatabaseFootball=
   |NFL = 
   |ESPN = 
   |SportsIllustrated = 
   |years= 
   |teams= 
   |ProBowls= 
   |CollegeHOF=
   |HOF= 
}}

{{NFL player
   |Name=John Smith
   |Image=
   |DateOfBirth= [[June 11]], [[1956]]
   |Birthplace= [[New Eagle, Pennsylvania]]
   |DateOfDeath = 
   |Position= [[Quarterback]]
   |College= [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]]
   |DraftedYear= 1979
   |DraftedRound= 3
   |PFR= MontJo01
   |DatabaseFootball
   |NFL = 
   |ESPN = 
   |SportsIllustrated = 
   |years= 1979-1992<BR>1993-1994
   |teams= [[San Francisco 49ers]]<BR>[[Kansas City Chiefs]]
   |ProBowls= 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993
   |CollegeHOF=20039
   |HOF= 2000
}}

[edit] Mandatory Parameters

These fields will be shown regardless of whether a value is given

• Name - defaults to the variable {{PAGENAME}}
• DateOfBirth
• Birthplace
• Position
• College
• Teams – a chronological list of teams separated by <BR>
• Years – a list of year ranges correspoding to the listed teams, separated by <BR>

[edit] Optional Parameters

These fields will not be shown if the parameter is omitted or if no value is given

• Image
• DateOfDeath
• DraftedYear & DraftedRound (should both included/omitted as a pair)
• ProBowls – a list of years separated by commas
• External link for statistics. It is recommended that only one be included in an infobox
  • PFR – player identification from pro-football-reference.com
  • DatabaseFootball – player identification from databaseFootball.com
  • NFL – player identification from NFL.com
  • ESPN – player identification from ESPN.com
  • SportsIllustrated – player identification from sportsillustrated.com
• CollegeHOF player identification from College Football Hall of Fame Website, empty otherwise
• HOF (must be omitted or empty if not a hall-of-famer)
• ImageWidth (defaults to 200 if omitted)