Jason Mitchell Street is a fictional character in the NBC/DirecTV (The 101 Network) television drama Friday Night Lights, portrayed by Scott Porter. Introduced as the small town "All-American," Jason was the starting quarterback of the Dillon Panthers, with a promising future career. until an injury during the season-opening football game results in paralysis of his lower body.
His character was inspired by the real-life events in the career of David Edwards, a high school player in San Antonio, Texas.
Famous quotes containing the word street:
“If you would learn to write, ‘t is in the street you must learn it. Both for the vehicle and for the aims of fine arts you must frequent the public square. The people, and not the college, is the writer’s home.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)