Eli Grant was a legend at West Texas Central—until a catastrophic injury ended his career and revealed the pressure-cooker culture of painkillers, silence, and exploitation beneath the glory. A decade later, Eli is a shadow of himself: divorced, broke, and working as a scout, trading in potential like cattle.
When he’s called back to the school to keep an eye on CJ Hart, a cocky, gifted freshman QB, Eli sees a chance to matter again. But as CJ rises, Eli watches history repeat: brutal training regimens, hush-hush injuries, coaches protecting wins over players, and boosters pulling strings. He sees himself in CJ—and he sees the crash coming.
As Eli wrestles with his own demons, he has to choose whether to play along for his second chance—or blow the whistle and risk ending CJ’s shot, just like his was ended.
