Hometown Victory

The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe''s Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a friend to coach a team of struggling high school kids on a 23-game losing s ...

The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe''s Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a friend to coach a team of struggling high school kids on a 23-game losing streak.Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers when his childhood friend and former high school teammate suddenly died from an opioid overdose. Keanon dropped everything––including the plum NFL job he had been working towards since childhood––leading him to a position as football coach at a struggling high school back in his hometown. At the time, Parkrose High Schoo