Template:American football roster documentation

American football roster/Header
Parameter Description
|year= the starting year of the season for this template; the ending year will be calculated.
|team= name of team.
|hdr_bgcolor= background color of the main template header.
|subhdr_bgcolor= background color of the sub headers.
|hdr_txtcolor= text color of the main template header.
|subhdr_txtcolor= text color of the sub headers.
|teamcolors= if teamcolors}}y, then the colors from Template:CollegePrimaryStyle and Template:CollegeSecondaryStyle will be used and all color fields mentioned above will be ignored.
|class= Insert n if you do not want the year column to appear (for use with the NFL)
|offensive_players= the list of offensive players for the team using the player template below
|defensive_players= the list of defensive players for the team using the player template below
|special_teams_players= the list of special teams players for the team using the player template below
American football roster/Player
Parameter Description
|first= player's first and last name are all you'd need to enter in most cases
|last=
|dab= The full name of the article if a disambiguation is needed
|num= number on player's uniform, e.g. "23"
|pos= See American football positions.
Acceptable values are QB, BB, RB, FB, SB, WR, FL, SE, E, TE, OT, OG, G, C, OL, DL, DE, DT, NG, LB, CD, S, FS, SS, DB, D, N, NB, K, PK, LS, DS, P.
|pos2= optional see above.
|class= the classification of the player. Leave parameter out if class is set to n in the header.
Acceptable values are F, FR, FRESH, FRESHMAN, SO, SOPH, SOPHOMORE, J, JR, JNR, JUNIOR, S, SR, SNR, SENIOR, GS. The letter R can be appended at the start of any of these values to indicate redshirt status (RFR, RSO, etc.).
|rs= (optional) whether the player is in a redshirt year; any character will activate this field.
Note that this icon should not be used to identify that a player has already completed a redshirt year, which should be done by prepending an "R" to their class
|note= C, I, etc. appears in parentheses after player's name
|inj= If inj}}y, injury symbol appears by player's name.
|link= If link}}y, then the player's name will be wikilinked
American football roster/Footer
Parameter Description
|head_coach= coaching staff
|asst_coach=
|roster_url= URL where official roster can be found.
|accessdate= last date the team template is known to have been updated from above URLs
ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD) format please, just like "cite" templates.
|otherlegend= additional entries to the legend if needed

The most commonly used parameters to copy/paste into article for population:

{{American football roster/Header|year=|team=
|offensive_players=
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
|defensive_players=
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
|special_teams_players=
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=|class=|first=|last=|pos=}}
}}
{{American football roster/Footer|roster_url=|accessdate=
|head_coach=
*
|asst_coach=
*
}}