When you go to lineup for the first series, have the player portraits along with hometown, class, and size. The 'best' player in a position group could be highlighted in yellow as a player to watch for.
Commentary could be used to talk about either the position group or a player of note.
"a true freshman is starting at left tackle for the Bulldogs today. We'll keep an eye out for him handling the pass rush."
"the defensive line had 5 sacks last week. number 99 was a major force."
"The redshirt senior wide receiver is averaging over 100 yards receiver this year. We'll see how the defense tries to contain him."
"the redshirt junior linebacker ran a 4.4 in high school. he has a lot of nfl potential."
And once the community edits the roster names in, they could say the name.
"Jelani Jenkins, the redshirt junior linebacker ran a 4.4 in high school..."
The immersion would really do wonders for the presentation.