All American Season 7 brings him back to where it all began: Beverly Hills and South Crenshaw High.
“I can’t wait for everyone to watch season 7,” showrunner Little Carol said Us Weekly in an exclusive statement on Thursday, December 19. “It was so exciting to bring him back to the high stakes of high school hallways, first loves and NFL dreams. And I’m especially proud and excited about this combination of our incredible original cast and the brilliant new generation that has captured our hearts. Beverly and Crenshaw are back stronger than ever.”
After season 6, the star’s departure from the series To Daniel Ezra Spencer James, All American revealed that it will be revamped by introducing a new generation of teenagers. Season 7 will feature some returning faces; Michael Evans Belling, Greta Onyeogouand Bre-Z everyone will be settling into new roles while Osi Ikhile, Nathaniel McIntyre, Antonio J. Beland Alexis Chicaese make up the cast as new series regulars. Kareem Grimes and Ilia M. Cooper will appear as additional repeating stars.
c us an exclusive first look at season 7 (which you can watch above), All American proves that the new generation will carry the same heart, NFL dream, cross-town rivalries and messy hormones that were introduced by the original cast. The characters that fans have come to love, meanwhile, will be busy learning that they now have to be the adults in charge.
Jordan Baker, for example, appears to be taking over as coach at Crenshaw High to follow in the footsteps of his late father, Billy Baker (Ty Diggs). “It’s the first day of school. I don’t want to screw it up,” he tells his wife Leila Keating (Onyeogou) in the trailer.
While Layla assures Jordan that he’ll be an “amazing coach,” things prove more difficult than expected after Jordan finds himself in the middle of a series of physical altercations between his team—and he struggles to find the balance between coach and confidant.
“You do realize you’re not their teammate, right?” Jordan asks at one point in the teaser after enjoying a dance break with the kids.
Although others doubt him, Jordan seems to be on a mission to honor his father’s legacy. At one point in the trailer, he recruits a student, telling them, “I want you to come play for me,” paralleling Billy asking Spencer to join him in Beverly Hills in the pilot.
Jordan isn’t the only one finding a new role. Elsewhere in the trailer, a new regime of students and coaches at Beverly Hills High begins its journey — and rivalry — as Layla gives her own protégé some much-needed advice. “The longer you let people keep you in a box, the harder it becomes to escape,” she says.
Samantha Loganwho played Samantha Baker also makes a brief appearance in the teaser, and although Logan didn’t return as a regular for Season 7. “My dad was a winner,” she says in a speech as Jordan looks at his dad’s old jersey. “There isn’t a single life he hasn’t had a positive impact on.”
All American premiered in 2018. and followed Spencer James, a young football prodigy from Crenshaw who has been recruited to play for Beverly Hills. The series is based on a real-life NFL star Spencer Paysinger and is produced by Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and CBS Studios. Greg Berlanti, okoro carol, Jameal Turner, Sarah Schechterand David Strauss are executive producers.
A quick look at All American Season 7 premieres on The CW on Wednesday, January 29, and the premiere episode airs again on Monday, February 3.
