"We're both diehard college football fans. When we saw Eli as Chad Powers, we knew that was the way into a big, fun story about this world," Powell and cocreator Michael Waldron said in a February ...

According to a synopsis of the series, it follows a “disgraced college quarterback named Russ Holliday,” who “disguises himself as Chad Powers and walks onto a struggling southern football ...

Inspired by an episode in Eli Manning's ESPN docuseries Eli's Place in 2022, Chad Powers follows the story of a once-promising college quarterback, Russ Holiday (Glen Powell). His football career ...

He would go undercover as ‘Chad Powers’ and attend college football tryouts. Welch went viral last year for being interviewed in the street while on a night out, and giving a graphic ...

He disguised himself to try out as a walk-on for the Penn State football team. Glen Powell stars as the titular character, Chad Powers, who is the alter ego of Manning’s character dressed as a ...

In it, when bad behavior nukes hotshot QB Russ Holliday’s (Powell) college career, he disguises himself and walks onto a struggling Southern football team as the talented, affable Chad Powers.