"The Prospect"

Tagline – “This is Swagger”

“25 words or less” – A two-time Heisman-winning college football star’s future is put at risk when he begins accepting illegal benefits and goods from shady boosters and agents

Full Summary:
Devin Marshall is an all-world college football star in Miami, Florida who has just won the Heisman Trophy in his junior year. He single-handedly puts the team on his back and gets them to the national championship game. Although he dominates the game, and is clearly the best player on the field, he fumbles in the waning minutes setting up his opponents for a game-winning field goal as time expires.

Universally believed to be the #1 draft pick coming out in his junior year by all pundits, Devin shocks everyone by announcing he’s returning for his senior year to take care of some “unfinished business,” namely to win a national championship with his fellow teammates.

His noble intentions quickly turn to selfishness as his great play catches the eyes of shady boosters and shady agents. Long the ethical athlete who has always turned his back to handouts of any kind, Devin finally acquiesces when he decides that he wants to “get his.” Tired of watching his extraordinary play make money for everyone except himself, Devin begins to bond with these men whom he thinks has his best interests at heart.

$100 here, a $1,000 there, complimentary bottle service at the hottest clubs on South Beach, strip club visits with VIP room access, free steak dinners at fancy Miami restaurants, yacht trips to the Caribbean and an endless parade of easy women; everything is available to Devin for the taking. It goes to show that it pays to run a 4.3 40… literally. All this attention and admiration goes to Devin’s head and his outsized ego makes him believe that he’s a modern day Superman who can do anything.

This feeling of invincibility turns dangerous as he begins to fall into a world of drugs provided to him by his seemingly endless supply of benefactors. Devin’s erratic behavior doesn’t hurt his performance on the field though, as he turns in an even better season his senior year than his junior one on his way to picking up his second straight Heisman trophy and a return trip to the national championship game.

But the constant pressures of success and effects from his drug use begin to take their toll on him. Can Devin persevere and win that elusive national championship he came back to school for? Can Devin parlay all his on-field success into becoming the #1 draft pick and untold riches in the NFL?
The Prospect Screenplay