Signing Tony Raymond

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Signing Tony Raymond

Jan 2026

1h 45m

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A young college football coach (armed with a lucrative NIL offer) is sent to rural Alabama to sign the nation's top high school defensive end and soon finds himself trying to outflank a frenzy of rival recruiters, fight off grifting townsfolk, and somehow win over the player's wildly dysfunctional family.

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Mark Jackson

Epoch Times

Feb 3

2.5/5

The film works best when it reminds us that college football is also about grateful scholarship kids and low-tier coaches who stick around for love of the game.

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William Schwartz

Book & Film Globe

Jan 24

The world of Signing Tony Raymond is not meritocratic. It isn’t even ethical. Just like America, money threatens to pervert everything, but because down-home Americans are good at heart, everything just about works.

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Alise Chaffins

MacGuffin or Meaning (Substack)

Jan 23

3.5/5

Signing Tony Raymond is a sweet, caring film that highlights some of the issues surrounding college football recruitment while also casting a light on how that impacts families.

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Jan 23

Maybe it deserves credit for trying to tackle the cesspool of contemporary college football recruiting, but this comedy is too detached from reality to score either as a broad lampoon or an underdog crowd-pleaser.

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Simon Foster

Screen-Space (Substack)

Jan 22

3/5

Owen exhibits a depth of understanding for his working class characters (notably a terrific Mira Sorvino as the damaged but determined mom) and sharp wit in his takedown of principle-free college ‘ball big business.

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Tara McNamara

Common Sense Media

Jan 20

2/5

College football fans will find some amusement in this sports personality-packed comedy, but Glen Owen's uneven recruitment tale grades out closer to redshirt than blue chip.

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C

Jan 21

Great movie. After watching all the upcoming previews, this was a great choice. Highly recommend seeing this movie.

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barry w

Jan 20

Funny in a quirky character sort of way but also very heartwarming. Its got a sports theme but much deeper than that. Great family or date night movie. My wife was lukewarm going in - not into sports much - but loved it.

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Christina

Jan 20

Great movie!! All college prospects should see this movie.

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Kathy B

Jan 19

Great family movie. Lots of laughs and I love how they tied in mental health too.

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Richard G.

@bballrichg4214 Jan 31

Kept my attention from the beginning. Sometimes money isn’t everything. Highly recommend

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jesse v

Jan 29

It's 1/4 of actually football stuff and the rest is the main character being stranded in Alabama and bonding with a few townsfolk there. Characters just pop up randomly to keep conversations going, not so much the story

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Synopsis

A young college football coach (armed with a lucrative NIL offer) is sent to rural Alabama to sign the nation's top high school defensive end and soon finds himself trying to outflank a frenzy of rival recruiters, fight off grifting townsfolk, and somehow win over the player's wildly dysfunctional family.

Director: Glen Owen
Producer: John Thomas, Kristy Clabaugh, Don Mandrik, Glen Owen
Screenwriter: Glen Owen
Distributor: Iconic Events
Production Co: Southern Isles Pictures, FitzHenry Films, Point South Productions, Georgia Production Finance, State Line Films, SB Pictures
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sports
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 16, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 1h 45m

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