The Jersey

**The Jersey** is a live-action television series created by Gordom Korman. The series premiered on January 30, 1999 and aired for three seasons until March 23, 2004.

## Plot

Nick Lighter, Morgan Hudson, Coleman Galloway, and Elliot Riffkin are four teenagers who discover the magic of "the jersey", a mystical football jersey that transports them into the bodies of professional athletes. This is done in a way similar to the way that the "Sam", the main character in Quantum Leap, travels from body to body, and there is a different athlete featured in every episode. The show had several athletes as guest actors, including Dan Lyle, Michael Andretti, Terrell Davis, David Robinson, Malik Rose, Tony Gonzalez, Shannon Sharpe, Donovan McNabb, Byron Dafoe, Michael Strahan, Kurt Warner, Stephon Marbury, Sergei Fedorov, Kordell Stewart, Jerome Bettis, Junior Seau, Scott Steiner, Booker T, Eddie George, Sabrina Bryan, Randy Johnson, Tony Hawk, Laila Ali, Peyton Manning, and Danny Farmer.

## Episodes

### Main

* Michael Galeota as Nick Lighter
* Courtnee Draper as Morgan Hudson
* Jermaine Williams as Coleman Galloway
* Brianne Prather as Hilary Lighter
* Cheselka Leigh as Willa Conklin
* Theo Greenly as Elliot Rifkin
* Michael Bofshever as Mr. Lighter
* McNally Sagal as Mrs. Lighter
* Meagan Good as Tamika
* Vance Yudell as Phill Parker

### Guest Stars

* Rob Moore as Himself
* Junior Seau as Himself
* Jeremy Roenick as Himself
* Byron Dafoe as Himself
* Jamal Anderson as Himself
* Michelle Kwan as Herself
* Kordell Stewart as Himself
* Jerome Bettis as Himself
* Lisa Leslie as Himself
* David Robinson as Himself
* Malik Rose as Himself
* Michael Johnson as Himself
* Dave Mirra as Himself
* Tony Hawk as Himself
* Laila Ali as Herself
* Maurice Greene as Himself
* Brad Johnson as Himself
* Blaine Wilson as Himself
* Marvin Harrison as Himself
* Peyton Manning as Himself
* Terrell Davis as Himself
* Shannon Sharpe as Himself
* Tim Brown as Himself
* Hardy Nickerson as Himself
* Tony Siragusa as Himself
* Marcus Allen as Himself
* Tony Gonzalez as Himself
* Dan Lyle as Himself
* Street Luger Biker Sherlock as Himself
* Lenny Krayzelburg as Himself
* Dara Torres as Himself
* Stephen Davis as Himself
* Bruce Smit as Himself
* Scott Steiner as Himself
* Booker T as Himself
* Michael Andretti as Himself
* Christian Fittipaldi as Himself
* Kelly Slater as Himself
* 3LW as Themselves
* Doug Flutie as Himself
* Donovan McNabb as Himself
* Bobby Taylor as Himself
* Amani Toomer as Himself
* Sam Garnes as Himself
* La'Roi Glover as Himself
* Tim Couch as Himself
* Tiki Barber as Himself
* Ron Dayne as Himself
* Eddie George as Himself
* Kevin Dyson as Himself
* Takeo Spikes as Himself
* Danny Farmer as Himself
* Marquis Smith as Himself
* Lee Thompson Young as Himself
* Warrick Dunn as Himself
* Grant Hill as Himself
* Tony Dorsett as Himself

## Cast and Characters

See Also: List of The Jersey Episodes

 2 | 21
 3 | 24

## Production

While production on the show wrapped in April 2001, new episodes were shown until March 2004. The last few episodes aired early Saturday mornings on Disney Channel and after all 64 episodes were shown, The Jersey was completely taken off the air in June 2004.