2023 Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame - Round 1

Jake Bradford

TV Show/Movie Appeared: Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
Actor/Actress: Blake Jenner
Position Portrayed: Pitcher
Played For:: Southeast Texas
Why you should vote:: If you liked this film, he was after all the center of which the film revolved around.
Why you should not vote:: Was he really that good? We never really found out.
How did this movie not do better?

Considered the spiritual sequel to “Dazed and Confused”, Richard Linklater had a gem with this look at the first weekend of a college baseball team in Texas (where else?). The focal point was freshman Pitcher, Jake Bradford, a hotshot Pitcher in High School, but in typical Linklater fashion, Baseball was not exactly forefront on his mind.