Netflix’s Untold: Swamp Kings examines the Florida Gators football team’s success under coach Urban Meyer. The four-episode docuseries, which just released a teaser trailer, tells the story of Meyer’s reign via exclusive interviews with those intimately involved in the team.
“The players’ stories are unfiltered, deeply personal, and often full of humor. They describe what it’s like to hear the roar of the crowd, to feel the sweat dripping down their backs, and to know they’re at the center of it all. The joy of beating a rival, the glory of winning a national title,” explained director Katharine English.
English added: “But as well as the adoration of Gator Nation and near-celebrity status, the players also suffer adversity and heartbreak along the journey. What emerges is a human story. It is a story about more than football – it’s a story of brotherhood, relentless effort, and young men putting it all on the line in pursuit of the American dream. I hope we have done justice to their experience and presented them not just as the sports heroes they are, but as role models who stand tall with the power and gift to inspire future generations.”
Swamp Kings is the fourth and final installment in Untold Volume 3. Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child premiered on August 1, 2023 followed by Untold: Johnny Football on August 8. Untold: Hall of Shame debuted on August 15, and all four episodes of Swamp Kings arrive on Netflix on August 22.
Untold: Swamp Kings Synopsis:
College football is life in Florida, nowhere more apparent than in the extraordinary story of the Florida Gators from 2005 to 2010. After a blazing run in the 1990s under Coach Steve Spurrier, the University of Florida’s winning streak had dried up by 2005. Enter Urban Meyer, the Gators’ demanding new head coach whose take-no-prisoners style breeds not only a string of legendary victories, but also unrelenting drama that rippled well beyond the locker room.
In their own words through extensive sit-down interviews paired with archival footage, Meyer and the titans he coached (Brandon Siler, Tim Tebow, Brandon Spikes, Major Wright, and Ahmad Black, among many others) give viewers a bird’s-eye view of how they catapulted the Florida Gators from underdogs to winners of two BCS National Championships. Drilling down with a riveting play-by-play of some of the Gators’ most blistering wins and losses, this four-episode docuseries zooms in on each turbulent year of Meyer’s reign and isn’t afraid to tackle the challenging sides of his leadership and the perils of his players being star athletes at such a young age.
