NFL Network's coverage of the 2015 NFL season features a slate of original programming, highlighted by the premiere of a new documentary series Football Town, starting this Tuesday night. Following that show, NFL Network will return the Emmy-nominated series Undrafted for a second season.
New for 2015, NFL Network introduces Football Town, a series which will explore small towns and cities where football is much more than a sport - it's the thread that weaves the community together. The subject for the first season premiering Tuesday, September 22 at 9:00 PM ET is Barrow, Alaska and the Barrow High School football team.
Football Town: Barrow, Alaska is an eight-episode cinematic docu-series that will follow the incredible journey of the Barrow High School Whalers, who live at the northernmost point in the United States, as they attempt to win the state championship for the first time in school history. Following the premiere episode on September 22, Football Town: Barrow, Alaska will air Tuesdays at 8:30 PM ET on NFL Network, with a special encore presentation of each episode every Thursday following the Thursday Night Football postgame show.
320 miles north of the Arctic Circle, the Barrow High School Whalers play on a blue turf football field located on a narrow peninsula between the Arctic Ocean and a frozen lagoon. Despite never having experienced the Friday night lights of the lower 48 states, the Barrow High School team lives for football. Over the past 10 years in Barrow, football has been something for the small Native American community of 4,000 people to rally around and believe in. With no highway roads in or out of Barrow -- and with the closest opponent 500 miles away -- the team must fly to every away game.
The Emmy-nominated series Undrafted returns for a second season. Undrafted premieres on NFL Network Tuesdays at 8:00 PM ET beginning September 22 through November 3, with a special encore presentation of each of the eight episodes Thursday following the Thursday Night Football postgame show.
All eight episodes tell the stories of players who were undrafted and are currently working to make their dream of playing the NFL a reality. The following players are profiled this season on Undrafted: (click links below to view an embeddable clip on each athlete)
Cole Jaeschke -- QB from Upper Iowa University
Harold Legania -- DT from University of Minnesota
Chad Toocheck -- WR from University of West Alabama
Troy Torrence -- WR from St. Francis University