5 Best Fictional Football Players

 Football season is now in full swing, in addition to writing about 5 underrated football movies. I dug a little deeper and looked at football players in movies. Here are 5 of the best fictional football players in TV and film.

5. Smash Williams

Brian Williams nicknamed "Smash" was the flashy yet hard running star running back of the Dillion Panther's in the Friday Night Light's TV series. Loosley based on Boobie Miles, Smash is a complex teenager who gets to display throughout his three season run on the show. While on the field with the ball in his hand's, The Panther's always were in the game with a chance to win. Despite some setbacks his skills allowed him to walk on to the team at Texas A&M in the series.

4. Shane Falco

Shane Falco was a scab hired to finish out a strike shortened season in 2000 The Replacements. A college football star who flamed out, he used his second chance to rehabilitate his playing style and career. He had the arm and the heart, he just had some mental issues he had to work through and get's to show his talent in leading a team full of scabs to 3 of 4 wins in a faux NFL.  

3. Alvin Mack

Alvin Mack was the middle linebacker for Eastern State University Timberwolves in 1993's The Program. Much like in real life defensive players don't get as much shine, but he was the heart of the defense. Riling his teammates up, and racking up the tackles on a path to the NFL, he struck fear in his opponents mostly through shit-talking  A game changer on defense, if he was a real person he would be in the conversation as one of the best linebackers ever.

2. Becky "Ice Box" O'Shea

Yes, she's a girl. Yes, it was pop warner football but Becky O'Shea changed the momentum of the game for the Little Giants in the 1994 film. She was arguably the best overall player on the field on both sides of the ball, playing linebacker and quarterback for the team as she spearheaded a comeback against the more talented Cowboys. The fact her putting down the pom poms and following her heart of being a football player, changed the game. Showed how much of a impact she made on the field.

1. Willie Beamen

Steamin Willie Beamen though a fictional player probably inspired guys like Cam Newton, Deshaun Watson, and Lamar Jackson. A backup quarterback for the Miami Shark's in 1999's Any Given Sunday, he is soon given the starting spot and never let's it go. He had a dizzy and dazzling style of play and was dangerous with his legs and his arm. He was also brash and hard-headed but stood on his morals, and his quick rise to fame got in his head. Evident by his commercial , despite all that he was a playmaker on the field and one that was a highlight every time he touched the ball.