The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) March 2, 2018 Most fans knew Derek Luke for starring in Antwone Fisher in 2002. Lets be real, if that cat wasnt a really good football player we wouldnt be talking to him, Stephens said. Here's the list: 2010- Harrison Barnes - Starter for the Sacramento Kings - Starter for his whole career, incl. The film's director, Adam Hootnick, said he made the documentary because he felt the Carter story was never fully told. Aside from a few creative liberties to make the story more cinematic, Carter's perspective on the story was honored. As far as we know, Ken Carter, 61, remains to be a motivational speaker and author today. Carter/Fulton high schools. In the film, Thornton tells his team that to win state, they'll have to beat "a team of monsters" from Carter High School in Dallas (which they fail to do). A native of Tyler, he is a graduate of John Tyler High School, Tyler Junior College and The University of Texas at Austin. Bonner, who transferred from Louisville to East Mississippi, was seen as one of the teams great raw talents, a player with tremendous burst off the line. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. He landed a steady job in 1999 with OfficeMax and remained with the company for 13 years before moving to his current job. In a previous photo caption, filmmaker Adam Hootnick's last name was misspelled as Hootnik. That was done. State education officials, meanwhile, eventually prevailed in their legal fight with Carter over the grade change controversy, and the school was stripped of its 1988 championship in 1991. The team ultimately lost in the second round of their district playoffs instead of the first round of the state tournament. 80 junior college player in the 247Sports Composite, Allen is expected to start at Texas Techs WILL linebacker position. But it would be a surprise if East Mississippi C.C. Evans, 44, who in 1988 was talented enough to be considered one of the nation's top high school defensive backs and flamboyant enough to sign his letter of intent while sitting in a hot tub in front of television cameras, served six years of a 20-year prison term for committing four armed robberies in the spring of 1989. Clarence Russeau Jr. near Routh Street in the State Thomas neighborhood where he grew up. A new film, written and directed by a former player for Carter High, details their triumphant road to the 1988State Championship and the controversy that surrounded the team after they won. Not only does he become a playmaker on the field, but hes a star off it, helping a teammate with algebra homework at one point and getting exceptional grades. But if you look at the real team's journey to the 1988 state title, you'll find a story about race and the pressures young athletes face a story Adam Hootnick explores in his documentary What Carter Lost. The graduation rate for student-athletes in Richmond was low, and Carters basketball players all graduated during his time as coach from 1997 to 2002. Carter was ultimately stripped of its 1988 state title, and there's no doubt that the Carter community's fight to defend its reputation got a lot harder because of what those young men did. Instead of going off to play for college teams,those players went to prison. A prime candidate for a sports comedy like Dodgeball, SlamBall is a form of basketball that is played on four trampolines that also has a professional league that originally aired games on Spike TV. As the credits roll for "Carter High," viewers hear comments from some of the real Carter players, including Evans, who served prison time, talking about the consequences of their actions. Thats the reason executive producer Greg Ellis signed on. And despite Lane Kiffin taking over the job on the 12th, Johnson signed with the Owls two days later without ever meeting his future head coach. That title, until it was forfeited, belonged to Dallas Carter High School. In his final two seasons with the Bulldogs, Carter disrupted the interior of the defensive line behind six sacks, 18.5 tackles for loss, four passes defensed and two forced fumbles over 27 games . But eventually, retirement got him. Others reacted with joy because they believed young troublemakers had gotten what they deserved. Many of the careers of the teams best talents did end in court. Football has taken Robert Hall from Texas Tech to Houston, Amsterdam and Canada. If thats told, hopefully some high school kids that are watching it learn from some of those mistakes and say, thats not a road I want to go down. Kristen Taketa/Staff Writer, Former Carter High School coach Freddie James at the premiere of Carter High at Studio Movie Grill in Dallas. Clifton Abraham was good. Hundreds of friends and relatives of the defendants wedged into a corridor outside the courtroom, and several began screaming and throwing their hands into the air after the sentences were announced. Before the crossing guard gig, James would organize outings for neighborhood seniors so they could pass the time telling stories to each others. You dont understand, brother. Carter, in 1988, allowed 7.9 points per game and never surrendered more than 24 points in any contest. The top-rated prospect on the East Mississippi team as the No. We're not thugs.' Russeau, who rose from a shoe shiner to a teacher and administrator, was inducted into the local African American Hall of Fame for his contributions to Dallas education. 56 overall JUCO player and a Southern Miss commitment, is also ready to rock on defense. And so to fall from grace like that, that's a long way down.". Advocates are pushing for legislation to help them. It didnt matter where. Ellis, the executive producer, told The Monday Morning Quarterback that he hopes viewers will take a similar message away from the film. Carter prevailed in court and beat Converse Judson 31-14 for the Class 5A state title. Thanks to a likable cast of characters, Wagners brilliance and a newsworthy season Stephens was ejected for getting into a shoving match with a linesman one game, while a full-team brawl in the final regular season contest resulted in the premature end of EMCCs season the show took off and was quickly renewed for a second season. Talented and bold, the Oak Cliff team ruled high school football in Texas. Its still early in the ranking process for junior college players many of the top prospects for the upcoming year havent started yet. Carter High School is really an afterthought in Friday Night Lights -- the evil, thug-like team that stole a championship. She graduated from the University of North Texas in 2017. He believed the judge would have alerted the attorneys if he planned to give prison time so that they could consider a jury trial. Caution, however, can work both ways. All of us can think back to when we were teenagers and the decision processing of teenagers, Ellis says, that part of our brain is not fully developed until youre about the age 25.. At the courthouse, it simply doesnt matter that you can run the football. But that 1988 Permian Panthers team, if you remember, didnt actually become champions. This video took me 4 hours to make and edit. Their faces may be a little more wrinkled, their hair a little thinner and their memories a lot hazier but . "That personality followed me off the field, which caused me to get into trouble and make some bad decisions. Eva-Marie Ayala/Staff Writer, Mesquite Horn offensive coordinator Robert Hall during football practice at John Horn High School in Mesquite. So I dont feel anything in particular," Russeau said. But in April 2016, Carter was kicked off the team for a violation of team rules. He really missed being around students. 'But he (Washington) got six months,' Creuzot said. "The number of scholarships they got, the number of guys who went on to play some form of professional football by every measure this was one of the greats," Hootnick says of the school's reputation. "I didn't have respect for the law at that time and now I look at life in a more humble way," said Campbell. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. What's the best high school team in modern history? Gary Edwards, 17, a football player who played a prominent role in Carter's drive for a state championship, was sentenced to 16 years on three counts. The CEO. So though hes 78 and often uses a cane to walk, James has spent the last three years working as a school crossing guard in South Dallas, a few miles east of his beloved Carter High. To this day, former Principal Clarence C. Russeau insists Carter did nothing wrong in regards to the eligibility controversy. I was still feeling the sting of that decision, he said. Derric Evans, Gary Edwards, Keith Campbell, Patrick Williams and. Among those sentenced by state District Judge Joe Kendall were Parade magazine All-American defensive back Derric Evans, who was sentenced to 20 years on each of four armed robbery counts, and running back-defensive back Gary Edwards, who received three 16-year terms. Muhammad was on that 1988 state championship team. Johnson was invited on a visit to Florida Atlantic on Dec. 9, was offered one day later. People are going to start taking em from you.. Thats definitely still part of the film, but its not the main focus. FBI Director: COVID-19 pandemic 'likely' started as Wuhan lab leak. 2017 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. He hopes this new movie wont dwell on the robberies and the mistakes his teammates made as much as he says the first Friday Night Lights movie did. The first thing that came up is I got kicked out of Penn State. Evans said he came to Houston after being released from prison to live with his mother, who moved to Houston in the early 1990s. March 1 (UPI) -- Nigerian election officials declared Bola Ahmed Tinubu, 70, the winner of Saturday's presidential election, keeping the country's ruling All Progressive Congress Party in power. I think it shows football actually as the hedge, Muhammad says. In the end, five Carter players served time in prison. But the real issue for opponents was not many people could stop the pass rush. It seems that Ken Carter, the father and former basketball coach who inspired Coach Carter, continues to be a role model to this day. Last season she set records of single-season steals (123), single-game steals (14) and she's now . Former state District Judge Joe Kendall in his sentencing of Carter High players. Courtesy of ESPN Films In another, the boys robbed a Mexican restaurant for $11,000. March 1 (UPI) -- Animal officials in Missouri said on Tuesday it rescued 41 dogs from hazardous hoarder conditions in Newton County in Joplin. Former Katy High football player Aundre Dean stars as a high school football player convicted of a series of Dallas robberies in the new film, "Carter High. You dont even get a chance to think about the past, trying to think about the present, he said. However, when it comes to violating the law, at the courthouse it simply doesn't matter than you can run the football.'. A 12th still faces sentencing. A still from the 2015 movie 'Carter High' about the 1988 Dallas-area football team mired in controversy. / CBS Texas. None of the students depicted in the movie are actual students that Ken Carter coached during his time at Richmond, other than his own son Damien, played by Robert Richard. And that's what he wanted, too. The inspirational and true story starred Samuel L. Jackson as the new head coach of his old high school's basketball team, with the superstar portraying Ken Carter, the real-life figure who. March 1 (UPI) -- FBI Director Christopher Wray told Fox News that he believes the COVID-19 pandemic likely started as a lab leak in Wuhan, China. Anyone can read what you share. The second episode of the season focuses heavily on Johnsons situation, with Johnson acknowledging his mistake and his parents expressing their disappointment. The 1988 Carter team is one of the most memorable tales of Texas football. DALLAS -- Ten current and former high school students, including five members of Dallas Carter's Class 5A championship football team, were sentenced to prison terms Friday by a judge who told them, 'If stupidity were a crime, you would all deserve life without parole.'. Gold at Carter meant that you were rich. I guess they found somebody thats got my side," Russeau said. But soon after he became governor in 1971, Carter's team envisioned him as a national player. A high schoolstatefootball championship in Texas is arguably about more than just temporarybragging rights. In fact, five players served time and one got probation. The other, mostly white schools fought a legal battle to kick Carter out of the playoffs. Despite all the public attention, you are nothing but a bunch of crimnials who went out, put guns on honest working people, terrified them and took their money. The No. I think at some level they were chasing a rush.". That caused Stephens to get on Wright at halftime of a big game. They stopped calling me. Those memories, though, were soon overshadowed by bigger games at Texas Tech. The film was produced by MTV Films in 2005, hitting the top spot at the box office. Heres a look at where each of the stars of the second season of Last Chance U are now. I did my own thing and now thats what I gotta do, Wright said. He was a wide receiver who served seven-and a-half years of a 25-year sentence for armed robbery. Actors will portray well-known local figures, including. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Things turned. The film tells the emotionally charged story of one of the greatest and. A grade-changing scandal and accusations of player ineligibility tainted their championship run that almost didn't happen, because of rulings made by state athletic officials. That same fearlessness I had on the football field, I translated that when I got out of the penitentiary into the business side. This is one of the best teams in high school football history and yet this is a team that nobody knows from Friday Night Lights," said Hootnick. If you look in the media, my names just some person who does bad things, a person who just doesnt make great decisions, Rivers said. (Lisa Davis/Associated Press). The players were arrested, tried and convicted. But. "What Carter Lost" (CBS11) It was a historic season that included a national football championship for the predominantly black . Looking back on their involvement while serving time, Edwards and Evans came to a similar conclusion to their mindset while being a part of the football team. I want the younger audience to know that your decision that youre making right now can affect the rest of your life, Muhammad says. ', Korean department story using AI to write ads. The much-anticipated return of Netflix's Last Chance U is finally here, and the third season of the Emmy-nominated documentary series on junior college football takes a different . Carter High hits theaters here Oct. 30. (Vernon Bryant/Staff Photographer). March 1 (UPI) -- British house prices suffered their biggest fall in more than a decade with higher interest rates and inflation pushing them down by 1.1% in the year to February, the country's second-largest lender said Wednesday. "I've never gone around worrying about getting in trouble again. Derric Evans, Gary Edwards, Keith Campbell, Patrick Williams and Carlos Allen were all sentenced to serve time in prison. 2 junior college player in the 2018 class. Urban and suburban schools had just begun to play each other, he said, which brought out racial tensions. Solomon: DeMeco Ryans the right coach at the right time, 3 pressing questions facing new Astros GM Dana Brown, Jabari Smith Jr. growing up in NBA with an assist from his father, Poor parent behavior is driving high school sports refs away. It never crossed my mind after I got out about doing something wrong.". Keith Campbell, 18, received a 25-year. Season Two is somewhat of a Greek tragedy for the now-sophomore. represented Evans, said they were shocked by the stiff sentences. The famed "golden boy" of Enron, Jeffrey Skilling is back on the Houston energy scene with a new startup. March 1 (UPI) -- U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday amid ongoing special counsel investigations into the potential mishandling of classified documents by two presidents. The 1988 Dallas Carter High School football team stormed its way to a state championship -- only to be brought down by an armed robbery scandal which sent half a dozen players to prison.. ET. "For every action there is a consequence good bad or indifferent," said Campbell. The case went before Kendall, who rejected pleas for leniency and ordered most of the defendants to prison for sentences that ranged from two to 25 years. As the legal wrangling continued through the playoffs, the Carter Cowboys stayed focused and pushed forward to win the state championship. He made some bad choices, but he didn't have a bad character. It started with an plan to rob a local Jack in the Box and led to a string of others. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. I would appreciate it if you commented . Ashley Steffeck. And there are plenty of tales about James. Arguably the greatest high school football team in Texas state history, Carters story is also seemingly made for film or print. 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It all depended on how much money you had," Williams said during a presentencing hearing. He begins as arguably the teams biggest star, earning offers from Florida State and Auburn before producing the highlight of the season when he went airborne over a defender to score a touchdown against Mississippi Gulf Coast. Carters 1988 state title run was almost halted in district court as a battle raged between the Texas Education Agency and Carter over the eligibility of a player. Played on the team with the . He called me crying that night, Carter said. Related: 10 Best Sports Movies Where The Protagonist Loses. Le'Shai Maston was a really intriguing player because he was all over the field and so active. But even after a great season and after Wagner said she hadnt seen any EMCC players still penalized for their previous transgressions before heading to campus the offers didnt materialize.