Jason Street was the Panthers star quarterback and Coach Taylor's personal protege. Coach Taylor coached him from junior high through high school. Jason was highly recruited by many schools, but mainly Notre Dame. In just the first episode the producers made it clear that Jason had a seemingly perfect life, he had the perfect popular cheerleader girlfriend in Lyla Garrity and ​a one-way ticket to the NFL. He even had plans with his best friend Tim Riggins after the NFL, to buy and ranch and live in Texas forever. This slogan "Texas forever" becomes very important in the show mainly in Tim and Jason's relationship. In the first game of his senior season, he throws an interception, is the only panther who can make the tackle and was mad at himself for throwing the interception and lays a hug