James Van Der Beek (Dawson's Creek) leads the action in this exciting, funny coming-of-age story about a small-town high schooler confronting the pressures and temptations of gridiron glory. At first, backup quarterback Jonathon "Mox" Moxon (Van Der Beek) is nowhere close to being a football star. He's perfectly content to stay on the bench and out of the win-at-all-cost strategies of coach Bud Kilmer (Jon Voight). But when the starting quarterback is injured, Mox is in the game... and in direct conflict with his hotheaded coach and girlfriend. Soon everyone is Mox's football-crazed community will realise there's not just a new star quarterback in town, there's a new kind of hero.