Top 10 TV Fictional Football Players
Cason Murphy - October 29, 2009
With the NFL nearing its halfway point, Season 4 of Friday Night Lights premiering last night, and The League having its series premiere tonight (October 29, 10:30PM on FX), football is in full effect; so TV Tango combed through scouting reports and compiled a list of TV's top 10 fictional footballers.
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Demetrius "D.H." Harris
Team: Cougars
Position: Running Back
There's no doubt that D.H. is a stellar sportsman, but there is plenty of unnecessary roughness in this gridiron gangsta's shady past that will keep the defensive ends at bay. |
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Zagreb Shkenusky
Team: California Bulls
Position: Special Teams
While he was playing as the Bulls' resident Bulgarian ball-booter, Zagreb proved when it came to executing those extra point plays - nothing was lost in translation. |
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Drew Boyd
Queer as Folk (Showtime, 2000)
Team: Pittsburgh Ironmen
Position: Quarterback
Drew pulled a quarterback sneak in his personal life before coming out of the closet with an on-screen kiss that cost him his job, but the Ironmen called an audible and brought him back after a long losing streak. |
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Derwin Davis
Team: San Diego Sabres
Position: Wide Receiver
With little Derwin Jr. to provide for, this former playboy playmaker could stop breaking hearts off the field and focus on breaking out on the field to become the superstar he was meant to be. |
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Brian "Smash" Williams
Friday Night Lights (NBC, 2006)
Teams: Dillon High School Panthers; Texas A&M Aggies
Position: Running Back
Having fumbled his way through foul-ups with steroid abuse, racism and multiple injuries, Smash has managed to grow from a raucous raw talent into a promising pro-to-be. |
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Clark Kent
Team: Smallville High School Crows
Position: Quarterback
With "faster than a speeding bullet" as one of the highlights of his resume, Clark is a sure thing - though it does make us wonder why the Crows coach didn't make him a running back in a Wildcat formation. |
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Finn Hudson
Team: William McKinley High Titans
Position: Quarterback
Playing both sides of the field by being a nerd and a jock could help keep Finn from getting too cocky. Not to mention, he immediately qualifies as our first-string pick to lead an epic rendition of "The Super Bowl Shuffle." |
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John J. "J.J." Pryor, Jr.
Teams: East Catholic Fighting Crusaders; Lehigh University Mountain Hawks
Position: Running Back
Even though he didn't live out his father's dream of playing football at Notre Dame, you can't get much more "All-American" than this small-town, clean-cut ball player -- he went from facing down the line of scrimmage to facing down skirmishes with the hostiles over in Vietnam and back again. |
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Jack Pappas
The Secret Life of the American Teenager (ABC Family, 2008)
Team: Ulysses S. Grant High Lancers
Position: Quarterback
Jack's über-religious nature may come off more Holy Spirit than school spirit, but this pious passer has more in his playbook than just a couple of Hail Marys and the Immaculate Reception. |
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Albert Clifford "A.C." Slater Sanchez
Team: Bayside High Tigers
Position: Quarterback
Sure, sometimes Slater's chauvinism might put the "pig" in pigskin, but he's earned it - it isn't everyday that you see an athlete that excels in four sports and can pull off a pair of zebra pants. |
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Stefan Salvatore
The Vampire Diaries (CW, 2009)
Team: Mystic Falls High Timberwolves
Position: Wide Receiver
He just recently tried out for -- and made -- his high-school football team and it's too early to tell if he'll play in a game, but adding a vampire like Stefan to the roster brings its own unique pros (never getting caught in a coffin corner) and cons (having to schedule pesky post-sundown practices). |
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