While doing research for Friday Night Lights cast members and director Peter Berg were in the stands the night David Edwards suffer his injury. As he followed the Austin Westlake team to the next game in San Antonio at the Alamodome Chris and I were introduce to Peter Berg and a relationship between Gridiron Heroes and Friday Night Lights was created. Gridiron Heroes LaJuan Moore of Houston Sharpstown H.S and Chris Canales worked on the movie as extras.