The Express

“He changed our country... one yard at a time.”

Ernie Davis (Rob Brown) leaves Elmira for Syracuse University in the late 1950s, recruited by coach Ben Schwartzwalder (Dennis Quaid) to follow Jim Brown (Darrin Henson) in the backfield. Gary Fleder follows him from the practice field into stadiums where opposing crowds shout at him and some hotels won't take his team. His path to the Heisman Trophy is a fight over whether a Black athlete gets to be seen only as the player he is.