Sonny Shroyer ... in the movie The Longest Yard (1974) with another FSU football player, Burt Reynolds). However, his football career was cut short by an injury, and Shroyer finished his education ...

They were there to use the Georgia State Prison as the real-life set for "The Longest Yard," a comedy about a prison football team. Hearing that Sonny had been cut by the Rams, Reynolds invited ...