A talented high school football player encounters trouble in a college program.

John Derek
as Steve Novak

Donna Reed
as Melissa McCabe

Sidney Blackmer
as T.C. McCabe

Alexander Knox
as Professor Megroth

Elliott Lewis
as Eddie Abrams

Aldo Ray
as Gene Hausler (as Aldo DaRe)

Howard St. John
as Belfrage

Otto Hulett
as Coach 'Preacher' Tennant

Alvin Baldock
as Francis 'Clay' Clayborne

Wilbur Robertson
as Bob Whittier