4th & Goal

When Jed Karl, suffers a career ending leg injury playing for the Baltimore Ravens, he believes football may be gone forever from his life, but when offered an opportunity to head up a small Ohio high school football program, he finds sees a new path. Jed doesn't anticipate the small town dealings and high school politics, which is as tough as any defensive he ever saw in the pros. Jed's life as a football player was nearly perfect, going for it on fourth and goal was a no brainer. He was always able to push through anything. Throughout his career, he always played every play like it was his last, even the play that eventually was. Scrambling to find a niche in football, Jed finished the season by helping out with the Raven's as a volunteer assistant coach. With no position available for the next season, Jed's former high school coach contacts him about a potential coaching opening in a nearby high school. Jed's life takes a new path as Rowlett's new head football coach in a rural high school near his hometown. He believes that his drive that delivered him from this same area to the pros will make him successful coaching too, but Jed quickly learns that Rowlett's recently fired former coach, Mr. Bowman, is also his bitter athletic director. Bowman makes a promise to see Jed fail. In Rowlett, the Bowman loyalists group has their own ideas about the football program. This group pushes their own agenda developed and set into motion in the coffee shops and bleacher seats. Jed struggles to find a way to rebuild a team while facing adversity from almost every side.