Episodes

  • Next Level Trailer
    Sep 7 2023

    On night one of the NFL Draft, Alabama star Brian Branch sat backstage anxiously waiting for his name to be called.

    This was the defining moment of his lifetime; the culmination of years of hard work, struggle, and determination. The small-town kid turned Alabama football star was expected to be picked in the first round, that's why he had received one of the coveted invitations to attend the draft in person. Various experts had predicted that he would be drafted as high as pick 11. Would they be right? Or, as he so often felt, would Brian Branch have something to prove?

    NEXT LEVEL follows Branch on his journey from high school player, to college star, to NFL hopeful. We learn Brian’s story, and the details of his early life that both challenged and motivated him: an absent father who struggled with mental illness, a single mother who fought to make ends meet and who, when Branch was 11, was diagnosed with an aggressive breast cancer. Along the way, we hear from the people who believed in Branch: his supportive mother, legendary coach Nick Saban, locker room friends, and more.

    And, of course, we will ride along for Pro Day, the Combine, and Draft Day itself - all while Branch provides a firsthand account of one of the most demanding, intense, unpredictable experiences in professional sports.

    Join Brian Branch as he tries to make it to the NEXT LEVEL.

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    2 mins
  • Episode 1: Small Town, Big Dreams
    Sep 7 2023
    Brian took to football like a duck to water, and played like he had something to prove.
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    20 mins
  • Episode 2: Friday Night Lights
    Sep 7 2023
    Brian creates a reputation on the high school football field and hopes to get drafted to play with Nick Saban in Alabama.
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    21 mins
  • Episode 3: Roll Tide
    Sep 7 2023
    Brian gets a full ride at Alabama. After a stellar college career, a big decision: should he stay at Alabama another year or should he declare for the draft and forego his degree?
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    20 mins
  • Episode 4: A Crucial Catch
    Sep 7 2023
    Brian becomes an ambassador for A Crucial Catch, a partnership between the American Cancer Society and the NFL.
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    14 mins
  • Episode 5: NFL Combine
    Sep 7 2023
    Weeks after his final game as a college player, Brian will once again be exhibiting his skills for a crowd. This time, it will be a crowd of NFL owners, coaches, general managers, scouts, and sports journalists at the NFL Combine.
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    16 mins
  • Episode 6: Pro Day, Make It Count
    Sep 7 2023
    It's Pro Day, where teams visit some of the colleges providing players in this year’s draft. But will Brian’s performance be enough to get him a coveted invite to the Draft?
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    19 mins
  • Episode 7: The Calm Before The Storm
    Sep 7 2023
    Brian is rated the top safety coming into the Draft, he is in high demand to visit teams for so-called 30 visits.
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    20 mins