This subpage details recommended article format and structure for NFL player pages. It may not reflect the views of every member of the project, and is subject to change.
For current players, the lead should typically include:
Fictional example:
Robert Charles Smith (born January 18, 1982) is an American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the third round of the 2004 NFL draft. Smith has also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Miami Dolphins, and Tennessee Titans.
Smith is a two-time Super Bowl champion, winning Super Bowl XLIII with the Steelers and Super Bowl XLV with the Packers, and was named Most Valuable Player of both games. He has been invited to ten Pro Bowls and is an eight-time first-team All-Pro selection. He was voted NFL Most Valuable Player by the Associated Press in 2007 and by Sporting News in 2009. Sports Illustrated named Smith its Sportsman of the Year in 2010. At Arizona State he was a consensus All-American in 2003, and he finished third in Heisman Trophy balloting.
Four weeks before the start of the 2006 NFL season, Smith underwent limb reattachment surgery after he lost his left arm in an automobile accident. He did not miss any playing time, and his quick recovery led sportswriter Wile E. Coyote of Acme Illustrated to christen him "Bionic Bob."[1] Outside of football, Smith operates the Bionic Burgers restaurant chain. He is the son of six-time Olympic gold medalist sprinter Archibald Smith.
Template:Infobox NFL biography should be used for current and former NFL players. It should also be used for players who played in predecessor leagues such as the American Professional Football Association and the American Football League, and players in the Arena Football League and predecessors. If a player hasn't yet been drafted or never played in the NFL, generally the page should use Template:infobox college football player.
First of all, everything in the highlights section of the infobox should be cited somewhere in the body of the article. The infobox is not exempt from WP:CITE, WP:PROVEIT, WP:SOURCES, etc.
Awards and highlights should be listed in the following order: [1]
Highlights in the same category should be in chronological order. Order of highlights occurring in the same years and in the same category is up to discretion.
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The following is generally considered too trivial or inappropriate for the infobox of an NFL player. As a rule of thumb, if an achievement doesn't have its own article it's probably too trivial.
Everything in an article of a living person must be cited to reliable, independent sources. The most reputable sources one can reasonably expect to find for football players are the major U.S. newspapers: The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, etc. The most commonly used reliable sources for current players include ESPN, NFL.com, Sports Illustrated, Fox Sports, NBC Sports, and CBS Sports. Statistical reference sites are frequently used to track player stats, the most reputable of which include ESPN, NFL.com, and Pro Football Reference.
Self-published sources such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, or personal blogs should not be used in biographies of living persons unless published by that person. See the relevant policy for more details.
This subpage details recommended article format and structure for NFL player pages. It may not reflect the views of every member of the project, and is subject to change.
For current players, the lead should typically include:
Fictional example:
Robert Charles Smith (born January 18, 1982) is an American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Arizona State Sun Devils and was selected by the Indianapolis Colts in the third round of the 2004 NFL draft. Smith has also played for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Miami Dolphins, and Tennessee Titans.
Smith is a two-time Super Bowl champion, winning Super Bowl XLIII with the Steelers and Super Bowl XLV with the Packers, and was named Most Valuable Player of both games. He has been invited to ten Pro Bowls and is an eight-time first-team All-Pro selection. He was voted NFL Most Valuable Player by the Associated Press in 2007 and by Sporting News in 2009. Sports Illustrated named Smith its Sportsman of the Year in 2010. At Arizona State he was a consensus All-American in 2003, and he finished third in Heisman Trophy balloting.
Four weeks before the start of the 2006 NFL season, Smith underwent limb reattachment surgery after he lost his left arm in an automobile accident. He did not miss any playing time, and his quick recovery led sportswriter Wile E. Coyote of Acme Illustrated to christen him "Bionic Bob."[1] Outside of football, Smith operates the Bionic Burgers restaurant chain. He is the son of six-time Olympic gold medalist sprinter Archibald Smith.
Template:Infobox NFL biography should be used for current and former NFL players. It should also be used for players who played in predecessor leagues such as the American Professional Football Association and the American Football League, and players in the Arena Football League and predecessors. If a player hasn't yet been drafted or never played in the NFL, generally the page should use Template:infobox college football player.
First of all, everything in the highlights section of the infobox should be cited somewhere in the body of the article. The infobox is not exempt from WP:CITE, WP:PROVEIT, WP:SOURCES, etc.
Awards and highlights should be listed in the following order: [1]
Highlights in the same category should be in chronological order. Order of highlights occurring in the same years and in the same category is up to discretion.
Career highlights and awards | |
---|---|
| |
The following is generally considered too trivial or inappropriate for the infobox of an NFL player. As a rule of thumb, if an achievement doesn't have its own article it's probably too trivial.
Everything in an article of a living person must be cited to reliable, independent sources. The most reputable sources one can reasonably expect to find for football players are the major U.S. newspapers: The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Chicago Tribune, etc. The most commonly used reliable sources for current players include ESPN, NFL.com, Sports Illustrated, Fox Sports, NBC Sports, and CBS Sports. Statistical reference sites are frequently used to track player stats, the most reputable of which include ESPN, NFL.com, and Pro Football Reference.
Self-published sources such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, or personal blogs should not be used in biographies of living persons unless published by that person. See the relevant policy for more details.