When the Stadium Lights Fade, One Linebacker Must Face the Fight of His Life ... in Combat Boots.

Brutus "Brutal" Townsend, a Pro Bowl linebacker, a team captain, a feared enforcer, has it all talent, fame, fortune as well as a busted ankle and a temper he can't shake.

So when a devastating loss sends him over the edge, he blows up and challenges a soldier to a fight on live TV.

Faced with career-threatening backlash, he agrees to a week-long immersion with a battle-hardened Army unit.

No cameras. No endorsements. Just early mornings, cold chow, grueling drills in a squad that wants nothing to do with a pampered celebrity.

Staff Sergeant Linda Castellanos is a by-the-book Army fire team leader with zero tolerance for bs.

She had to work real hard to get where she is in her male-dominated world and is in no mood to babysit a six-foot-five distraction with something to prove

But in the unforgiving grind of training, mutual respect turns into something neither of them expected... and both of them are afraid to want. Falling for each other could cost them everything.