Seeking 'architecture' advice for a team of soccer playing ragdolls

I’m not an expert in animation and how it works under the hood but I think that if you use the same skeleton for all models you can share animations (use same animation file for all players). I actually tried that and it worked fine with Mixamo models and FBX animations. Regarding controller per player - that makes sense to me. I would create a base controller and have all the other inherit from it Good luck!