Teenagers at a juvenile detention center, under the leadership of their counselor, gain self-esteem by playing football together.

Based on a true story about a group of teenagers at a juvenile detention center who gain confidence and self-respect when their counselor puts them on a football team. The story was made into a TV documentary of the same name in 1993 with Louis Gossett, Jr. as host. The film will be shot in Camp Kilpatrick, the Los Angeles County Probation Department facility where the story takes place.