User:Lizard the Wizard/infobox guidelines

Highlights to include

 * League championships (Super Bowl champion, NFL champion, AFL champion, AAFC champion, etc.)
 * League MVPs + selectors (NFL MVP, AFL MVP, AAFC MVP, etc.)
 * Listed as year-league-selector(s), e.g. 1995 NFL MVP (AP, NEA, UPI, SN)
 * For college "Player of the Year" awards from AP, UPI, and SN, list each award separately, as shown in example infobox.


 * AP Offensive/Defensive MVPs
 * Coach of the Year awards + selector(s)
 * Super Bowl MVPs
 * All-star games (Pro Bowl, AFL All-Star)
 * Pro Bowl MVPs
 * First- & second-team All-league selections (All-Pro, All-AFL)
 * League-wide awards (NFL Comeback Player of the Year + selectors, Bert Bell Award, "Man of the Year" awards, Art Rooney Award)
 * Notable sports-related awards (ESPY awards, "Athlete/Sportsman of the Year" awards)
 * Seasons leading league in major statistical categories (passing touchdowns, passing yards, rushing touchdowns, rushing yards, receiving touchdowns, receiving yards, sacks, interceptions)
 * NFL All-Decade Teams
 * NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team
 * Team rings/halls of honor/fame
 * Retired jerseys (styled as "No." per MOS:POUND)
 * College highlights, following same criteria as above
 * A separate "NFL records" section that includes major individual league records that the player currently holds.

What to leave out

 * Pre-season watch-lists, e.g. pre-season All-American
 * Honorable mentions
 * "Clubs," e.g. 20/20 Club, 50 Interceptions Club, 10,000 Rushing Yards Club.
 * Divisional championships, e.g. NFC West champion
 * AFC/NFC championships
 * exception: from 1966–1969 when the NFL/AFL championships were basically NFC/AFC championships, but the leagues were still separate


 * High school state championships
 * Monthly/weekly awards, e.g. NFC offensive rookie of the month, FedEx Ground player of the week
 * Minor team awards, e.g. Rams rookie of the year, Jets teammate of the year
 * NFC/AFC All-conference selections
 * Franchise records, e.g. "Jacksonville Jaguars all-time leader in wins (3)"
 * "Jersey no longer issued" There could be several reasons a player's jersey has not been worn since his retirement
 * Arbitrary milestones, especially if the player was not the first to achieve it, e.g. "third player to rush for 800 yards and 13 touchdowns in a season taking place during a leap year"
 * Arbitrary records, e.g. "most seasons with 1,200+ receiving yards and 12+ touchdowns in NFL history"
 * A section link to a highlights and awards section of the article, e.g. other awards and honors in Drew Brees' infobox. The table of contents already serves this purpose.

Miscellaneous notes

 * "Champion" (as in Super Bowl champion) is not a proper noun, so should not be capitalized. "Championship" is typically capitalized if it is part of the name of the game, e.g. BCS National Championship.
 * Hall of fame inductions do not need to be stated in the "highlights" section if they're already displayed with banners, e.g. Pro Football Hall of Fame.
 * Wire services should not be italicized. Typically only magazines and newspapers are.
 * Typical wire services (not italicized): Associated Press, United Press International, Newspaper Enterprise Association, Pro Football Writers Association
 * Typical magazines, newspapers, etc. (italicized): USA Today, Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Weekly


 * Awards and highlights should be in descending chronological order, with the most recent listed first. The exception is post-playing honors (e.g. retired jersey, halls of fame, etc.), which should be listed last.
 * When listing All-American and All-Pro selections, there is no need to list the selector. If one selector has a player on its first team, and another has that player on its second team, the player is a first-team selection. List it as "First-team All-XXXX (19XX)". Note: first-team All-Pro selections listed at the top of player bios on Pro-Football-Reference can be misleading. The site only lists AP selections, as explained here, and disregards all other selections. Scroll to the bottom of a player's bio to see all selections.