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Gridiron Football Badge

A digital football MVP badge shaped as a laced ball, with the organisation, the season awards, an MVP band ruled like a sideline, the level and the year.

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  • Round badge, readable at profile-picture size
  • Your logo, colours and wording
  • Each badge links to a verified record
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Updated 31 October 2026 · Designed by the Hyperstack studio

See it where it lives

Drawn to read at small sizes

A badge is mostly seen small. These are its real sizes on screen.

Gridiron Football Badge at 120 px

On a profile

120 px

Gridiron Football Badge at 64 px

In a list of badges

64 px

Gridiron Football Badge at 40 px

In an email signature

40 px

What is on it

A badge people are proud to show

You write once

The same for everyone. Keep the template’s words or change them.

Badge words
MVP

Filled in for each person

Hyperstack fills these from your list when you send.

  • The recipient’s name and the award, in the badge’s verified record
  • The issue date and a credential ID
  • A link anyone can click to verify it

Specifications

Sizes, fonts and colours

Sizes

Badge
470 × 470 px, round · Reads at 120 px on a profile

Fonts

Big Shoulders Display
Title, Recipient name

Google Fonts, free for commercial use.

Colours

  • Paper#f5f3ec
  • Ink#16202f
  • Accent#1f3a68
  • Second accent#e2672a
  • Muted text#596374

Change any colour in the studio.

Design notes

The badge is the ball itself: a navy laced pigskin with white stripes near the tips and a light panel inside. The organisation name curves along the top of the panel, the customer's logo sits below it, then the program name, a navy MVP band edged with the sideline's yard ticks, the level and the year. It is the companion of the gridiron certificates and reads clearly at small sizes on a credential page or in a post.

About

Football MVP Badge Template, Laced Ball

A digital badge lets a player carry a football honour beyond the banquet hall. Leagues, school athletic departments and flag-football clubs issue it with the season awards so the MVP, a captain or a standout varsity player can post it on social media, add it to a recruiting profile or a college application, and show a verified record of the award that anyone can check.

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Words that go with it

The email and the post, written for you

Email to send with it

Subject: name, your football season award is here

Hi name,

What a season. Thank you for every practice, every rep and every snap you gave this team. The coaches are proud to recognise your season with this award.

Your certificate is ready. Open it to see your award and your season record, download a copy to print for your wall, or share it with family, friends and recruiters on social media.

Congratulations, and see you next season.

Coach and the whole team

Hyperstack fills in each person’s name and link when it sends.

Post for the recipient to share

Proud to receive the team's MVP award for this football season. None of it happens without my offensive line, my coaches who pushed me every practice, and teammates who showed up every week. Thank you to everyone who made this season one to remember. On to the next one. #Football #SeasonAwards

Recipients share it with one click from their credential page, with the badge attached.

Certificate or badge?

Send both. They do different jobs.

Certificate

  • A full record: name, statement, skills, dates and signatures
  • Printed and framed, or kept as a PDF
  • Opens to a page anyone can verify
See the matching certificate →

Digital badge

  • A small image people put on LinkedIn and in email signatures
  • Carries the verified details inside it (Open Badges 2.0)
  • One click shows who earned it and who issued it

How to send it

From template to everyone’s inbox

  1. 01

    Make it yours

    Open the template, add your logo and change any colour or word.

  2. 02

    Add your people

    Upload a spreadsheet, or connect your LMS, HR tool or form.

  3. 03

    Send it

    Each person gets an email and their own credential page, in one go.

  4. 04

    They share it

    Recipients add it to LinkedIn; anyone can verify it from the QR code.

The badge is a round image on a 470 × 470 px board, drawn to stay readable at 120 px, the size of a profile picture.

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