Chelsea is an Audience Journalist who promotes Dallas Morning News content on various social media platforms and manages the homepage. Derric Evans, Gary Edwards, Keith Campbell, Patrick Williams and Carlos Allen were all sentenced to serve time in prison. In another, the boys robbed a Mexican restaurant for $11,000. Samuel L. Jackson enjoyed participating in a movie with a message he truly believed in, and this passion is apparent in his performance bringing Ken Carter to life in Coach Carter. I think that a lot their secondary including Derric Evans, who signed with Tennessee in a hot tub was very talented. It would be the first of 21 robberies that police connected to 15 Carter neighborhood teenagers, including six from the football team. 57 JUCO in 247Sports Composite Purdue, OG Tyre Phillips, No. They were encouraged in part by the May 31 Time magazine cover depicting Carter alongside the headline "Dixie Whistles a Different Tune." Inside, a flattering profile framed Carter as a model "New South" governor. Its what matters more: Your talent on the field or what you do off it? Now: Jackson, a 6-foot-6, 190-pound sophomore forward, has started both games this season for the Tigers (2-0), based in Booneville, Miss. 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. 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. I was just trying to play, Hall said. Johnson becomes one of the biggest leaders of the team and appears to be a model citizen during his time at East Mississippi Community College, having such a great season that at times, hes discussed as the best quarterback theyve had come through the school in recent years, a list that includes former Ole Miss star Chad Kelly, Mississippi State walk-on Wyatt Roberts and Auburn quarterback John Franklin III. August 16, 2017 / 9:40 PM '', Judge Kendall sentenced the teen-agers after they had pleaded guilty to holding up a total of 21 restaurants, including some in which they worked. ", Former Katy High School football player Aundre Dean stars as a high school football player convicted of a series of robberies in the new film "Carter High. "I didn't have respect for the law at that time and now I look at life in a more humble way," said Campbell. ', Korean department story using AI to write ads. Not the ensuing legal battle that nearly kept them out of the playoffs. Judge Kendall said he was a ringleader. Carter, in 1988, allowed 7.9 points per game and never surrendered more than 24 points in any contest. Beginning days after the championship and continuing into the summer, several players, along with other Carter students and graduates, committed a string of armed robberies that would cut their futures short. But the long retired Russeau doesnt spend his time dwelling on the past. He also went on to carry the Olympic torch in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. The debate between Yates and Carter in Texas is a popular one. 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. I didn't let it follow me around. ", The legacy of this team is somewhat of a cautionary tale. But it would be a surprise if East Mississippi C.C. Get the latest breaking news from North Texas and beyond. His involvement in the creative process is what kept the film from having a clichd happy ending, sticking with a Rocky-like ending where the heroes lose the big game. A brisk 11-minute daily walk can help you live longer, a new University of Cambridge study reports. Everything changed. But it didn't happen, and I can't sit around and cry about it. He wanted to be sure that the film showed a story as close to the truth as possible, making it clear that winning wasn't everything for this team. Released in 1996, he has lived quietly for almost 20 years in Houston, building a steady career in the logistics and office supplies business and serving as a plain-spoken object lesson for the virtues - and pitfalls - of willpower. But his incident still follows him around in recruitment, with Allen stating that teams arent recruiting him because of the perception that Im a menace to society.. Throughout the season, references are made to Carters struggles with depression and anxiety, and hes a hit-or-miss presence for much of the year. Carter High is a football movie. Here's a look at the composite top high school basketball player each year during the 2010s and where they are right now. Welcome to Titletown High, Netflix docuseries that followed the lives of teenagers on the football team at Valdosta, the country's all-time winningest high school program. It never crossed my mind after I got out about doing something wrong.". Actors will portray well-known local figures, including former state District Judge Joe Kendall and now-state Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas. Thats it. In reality, Carter's basketball players did all graduate from high school, with many attending college. "Carter High" is being released Friday for theaters in Dallas and Houston, and its backers are hopeful of nationwide release in November. "I'm not afraid of life, man," he said. Kendall, a former Dallas County prosecutor, lectured the 12 teenagers for 10 minutes before sentencing them for a string of 21 armed robberies committed last spring. Editor's note: Take a look back into The Dallas Morning News archives. He was a tough disciplinarian who once reportedly dragged a student from a billiards hall back to school. Lets be real, if that cat wasnt a really good football player we wouldnt be talking to him, Stephens said. You dont understand, brother. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. 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. Six players from that team, a few of them stars, were sent to jail following a series of arrests for armed robbery. Evans and the other former Carter players have praised the accuracy of their former teammate's account, and he now freely discusses his part in the Carter saga, both good and bad. Inflation, interest rates see British house prices suffer largest fall since 2012. ", In the film, Hootnick interviews Texas high school football stars who went on to play professionally. Coach Carter ends after the team comes back to Richmond High after their loss in the state tournament, showing what became of each student following the movie. Carter did have some pushback from the parents, his players, and the community for his actions, but his focus on academics proved successful in real life, as well. Thats the reason executive producer Greg Ellis signed on. Muhammad was on that 1988 state championship team. Ken Carter is still very much in the full stride of his career having continued his work as a motivational speaker and author since the mid-'00s. Cornerback Travion Williams, the No. Carter High is a football movie. The character names and circumstances were made up so as not to embarrass any of basketball coach Ken Carters real students with implications of criminal activities. One of the players from the 1998-1999 season that Carter coached was Courtney Anderson, who became an NFL tight end and played for the Oakland Raiders, the Detroit Lions (the team both Eddie Brock and Axel Foley support), and the Atlanta Falcons from 2004 to 2007. This is just part of the story of ESPN's 30 for 30 documentary What Carter Lost, which premiered Aug. 24. "Carter High" is being released Friday for theaters in Dallas and Houston, and its backers are hopeful of nationwide release in November. 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The actor also seems to have had a strong connection to the story and formed a relationship with the real Carter while preparing for the role. Russeau was invited to a Dallas showing of the movie but said he wasnt contacted about the film prior to that. "But will got me through being locked up, and will got me where I am today. He was surprised a film was made so long after the fact and that he and others still in the area weren't contacted about the script. Former state District Judge Joe Kendall in his sentencing of Carter High players. That title, until it was forfeited, belonged to Dallas Carter High School. Katy football star back in the game in 'Carter'. That team also produced three NFL players. Aside from a few creative liberties to make the story more cinematic, Carter's perspective on the story was honored. He reconnected with former Richmond students in 2018, and one, Wayne Oliver, went on to be an international basketball player after playing under Carter in high school. 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The sentences were handed down before a courtroom packed with relatives of the 12 defendants, one of whom received a deferred sentence and one of whom was sent to a Texas Department of Corrections 'boot camp' for 75 days. I am a former NFL football player, he says, 11 years with the Dallas Cowboys and the last year with the Oakland Raiders.. He has been a contributor to Dave Campbell's Texas Football since 1980, serving as high school editor from 1984 through 2000 and as Managing Editor from 1990 through 2004. Anyone can read what you share. Though West said he and Kendall are friends today, he said he did not speak to Kendall for two years after that. 'If stupidity were a crime, you would all deserve life without parole,' Kendall said. New on 77WABC. / CBS Texas. Think a Gen-Z Friday. Actions have consequences, Kendall wrote. After serving 12 years in federal prison on fraud and insider trading charges . Staff writer Brad Townsend conrtributed to this report. Many of the careers of the teams best talents did end in court. Coach Carter's controversial decision to lock the gym and keep his undefeated team from playing really did change the lives of everyone involved, including his. 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. The CEO. Players in Bold are currently in the league. 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. But sacks were slow to come for the No. Its your choice.. Permian is one of two large 5A high schools, the other being Odessa High School. He founded a school in Texas in 2009 the Coach Carter Impact Academy boarding school of which he is the dean and headmaster. In one instance, two star players used a .22 revolver to take $256 and a movie rental that cost $3.24 from a Video Exchange. He didn't, however, leave the gym locked the entire time, as other sports and classes needed to use the gym. It didnt matter where. Most prominent among those sentenced were Evans, who was picked by UPI as one of the nation's top 100 college football prospects last spring and signed with the University of Tennessee, and Edwards, the center of a grading controversy that almost cost Carter its chance at the 5A playoffs last season. Gavin Evans is a contributor for Complex Media. 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. She graduated from the University of North Texas in 2017. 98 junior college player in the 247Sports Composite, Carter shows all the potential of a dominant defensive tackle, which is why he was signed by Penn State out of high school. "I think that fight for them was not just about wanting to see their football team win, but about resisting being caricatured in a way, and saying, 'We're not cheaters. 41 dogs rescued from hoarder conditions in Missouri. "I dont let anything worry me.. And there are plenty of tales about James. The movie has several Dallas ties. Evans said he came to Houston after being released from prison to live with his mother, who moved to Houston in the early 1990s. Dallas filmmaker Arthur Muhammad, a junior wide receiver on the 1988 Carter team, dreamed for years of making a film about his teammates and finally was able to do so with the help of financial backers including former Dallas Cowboys player Greg Ellis. "But I havent thought about it really. The biggest change from the real Coach Carter story is the students. It took me hearing that it hurt somebody else, me getting kicked out, for it to come back and hurt me.. "After the roller coaster of this season and postseason," Hootnick explains, "you had a few guys on that team really, to my mind, inexplicably going and joining an armed robbery ring for pretty much no reason. But after Penn State kicked Carter off the team for violation of team rules, he wound up at EMCC. It started with an plan to rob a local Jack in the Box and led to a string of others. But after the season, a group of Carter students that included Edwards, Evans and four teammates committed a string of armed robberies before being arrested and sentenced by a judge who told them, "If stupidity were a crime, you would all deserve life without parole.". See the article in its original context from. David Barron reported on sports media, college football and Olympic sports for the Houston Chronicle until his retirement in January 2021. And that's what he wanted, too. Perhaps his finest moment came in 2007, where his number "33" was retired during the Mount St. Mary's v. Loyola game in Knott Arena in Maryland. You go out there and you defend your boys. 2005-2023 CBS INTERACTIVE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. British health secretary allegedly ignored COVID-19 advice for elderly care homes. FBI Director: COVID-19 pandemic 'likely' started as Wuhan lab leak. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. 'Derrick got five years. We always thought that, Wow this would be a great movie, somebody needs to make a movie about this,' Muhammad says. Coach Carter True Story: How Much Is Real & What Happened Next, The True Story Of Till Explained (& What The Movie Leaves Out), Hustle: Every NBA Player In Adam Sandler's Netflix Movie, 10 Best Sports Movies Where The Protagonist Loses, The 5 Best Sports Movie Coaches Of All Time (& The 5 Worst), The Fabelmans True Story: How Accurate It Is To Spielberg's Childhood. To this day, former Principal Clarence C. Russeau insists Carter did nothing wrong in regards to the eligibility controversy. I attacked that the same way I attacked football.". By Laura RiceDecember 22, 20159:45 amArts & Culture, Sports. I was younger, he says. "I've never gone around worrying about getting in trouble again. The film tells the emotionally charged story of one of the greatest and. 98 junior college player in the 247Sports Composite, Carter shows all the potential of a dominant defensive tackle, which is why he was signed by Penn State out of high school. Johnson was invited on a visit to Florida Atlantic on Dec. 9, was offered one day later. Carter, then 47, wore blue jeans and a T-shirt, according to biographer Jonathan Alter.The team, including Carter's wife Rosalynn, now 95, began considering the idea seriously."We never used the . 'But he (Washington) got six months,' Creuzot said. Jessie Armstead arrived with authority. Coach Carter's true story is based on Ken Carter, the real-life basketball coach of Richmond High School in Northern California, and almost all of the events Samuel L. Jackson depicted while playing him actually happened. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. What's the best high school team in modern history? But its not the kind of football movie that Dallas-based writer and director Arthur Muhammad ever imagined hed be making. Things kept deteriorating to the point that Wright notes that he has two offers left: Louisiana Monroe and West Georgia. He believed the judge would have alerted the attorneys if he planned to give prison time so that they could consider a jury trial. "It's a Texas legend. Law went down with a knee injury for a couple games. Teens are shown engaged in the act of armed robbery, pointing guns at the employees of various . We're not thugs.' "It's a story that needs to be retold," he said. Kamonte Carter, defensive lineman, season two: Carter, known as "Kam," committed to Penn State out of high school. So at the end of the day I have something to prove to the world just to get back on top.. After nearly 55 years of marriage, the two still love to tease each other. He continued to coach at Richmond High School until 2002, at which point he left to coach the LA Rumble, a professional SlamBall team. Carter High in Dallas took the statechampionship in 1988, but thisnew film about the team is not all about victory. SEOUL, March 1 (UPI) -- South Korea's Hyundai Department Store announced it will use AI technology to write its advertising copy starting this month. According to Hootnick, it was "mostly two-parent families, mostly professionals. Frankly, I was shocked, recalled West, who also represented Edwards in his criminal case. Five days after winning state, three football players robbed a Jack in the Box at 2:30 a.m., pantyhose pulled over their heads. Urban and suburban schools had just begun to play each other, he said, which brought out racial tensions. I would appreciate it if you commented . People are going to start taking em from you.. 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