The Jersey is a television series produced by the Disney Channel

Disney Channel

Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...

 and based on the Monday Night Football Club books by Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman

Gordon Korman is a Canadian author, primarily of novels for children and young adults. He lives in Long Island's Great Neck, New York, with his wife and three children....

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Premise

The Jersey is about Nick Lighter, Morgan Hudson, Coleman Galloway, and Elliot Riffkin, four teens who discover the magic of "the jersey", a mystical football jersey that transports them into the bodies of professional athletes. This is done in a way similar to the way that the main character in Quantum Leap, Sam, travels from body to body, and there is a different athlete featured in every episode. The show has several sports superstars as guest actor

Actor

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s, including Dan Lyle

Dan Lyle

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, Michael Andretti

Michael Andretti

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, Terrell Davis

Terrell Davis

Terrell Lamar Davis is a former American football running back who played for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League from 1995 to 2001. Davis was drafted by the Broncos in the sixth round of the 1995 NFL Draft. Davis is the Denver Broncos all-time leading rusher, with 7,607 rushing...

, David Robinson

David Robinson

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, Malik Rose

Malik Rose

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, Tony Gonzalez, Shannon Sharpe

Shannon Sharpe

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, Donovan McNabb

Donovan McNabb

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, Byron Dafoe

Byron Dafoe

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, Michael Strahan

Michael Strahan

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, Kurt Warner

Kurt Warner

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, Stephon Marbury

Stephon Marbury

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, Sergei Fedorov

Sergei Fedorov

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, Kordell Stewart

Kordell Stewart

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, Jerome Bettis

Jerome Bettis

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, Junior Seau

Junior Seau

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, Scott Steiner

Scott Steiner

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, Eddie George

Eddie George

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, Sabrina Bryan

Sabrina Bryan

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, Randy Johnson

Randy Johnson

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, Tony Hawk

Tony Hawk

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, Laila Ali

Laila Ali

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 and Danny Farmer

Danny Farmer

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Cast

• Michael Galeota
  Michael Galeota
  Michael Galeota is an American actor. He is probably best known for his role as Nick Lighter in the Disney Channel Original Series The Jersey.-Movies:...
  
   as Nick Lighter
• Courtnee Draper
  Courtnee Draper
  Courtnee Alyssa Draper is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Morgan Hudson in the Disney Channel series The Jersey . Draper was a cast member on The Bold and the Beautiful from April to October 2002 as Erica Lovejoy.Draper was born at the Naval Hospital in Orlando, Florida. She...
  
   as Morgan Hudson
• Jermaine Williams
  Jermaine Williams
  Jermaine Williams is an American actor and dancer. He dances for the Norwood Kids Foundation.He is appeared in the spoof film The Comebacks as iPod. He was Mush Mouth in Fat Albert...
  
   as Coleman Galloway
• Brianne Prather
  Brianne Prather
  Brianne Prather is a former American actress best known for playing the ultra-feminine Hillary Lighter on the Disney Channel show The Jersey. Brianne began acting professionally at the age of fourteen appearing in regional and national commercials...
  
   as Hilary Lighter
• Cheselka Leigh as Willa Conklin
• Theo Greenly as Elliot Rifkin
• Anna Newman as Mrs. Lighter
• Meagan Good
  Meagan Good
  Meagan Monique Good is an American film and television actress and occasional film producer. Beginning her career at the age of four, Good has appeared in numerous commercials, television shows, feature films, and music videos....
  
  as Tamika
• Vance Yudell as Phill Parker

Production

While production on the show wrapped in February 2002, new episodes were shown until 2003. The last few episodes aired early Saturday mornings on Disney and after all 65 episodes were shown. The Jersey was completely taken off the air in early-mid 2004. At this time, the network still required all of its shows to end after 65 episodes to avoid repeating storylines and find newer, fresher shows to bring in a broader audience.