Connor Stalions, the former Michigan staffer implicated in a sign-stealing scandal that rocked college football last season, is set to appear in a Netflix documentary called “Sign Stealer” that will premiere Aug. 27, the company announced Monday.
The documentary is one of three announced Monday as part of Netflix’s “Untold” series. The upcoming releases also include a documentary on the 2009 murder of Tennessee Titans quarterback Steve McNair and a documentary on U.S. soccer star Hope Solo.
The Michigan documentary will be “told directly by viral villain Connor Stalions, who forever changed college football thanks to his role in the scandal,” according to the Netflix announcement. The film is directed by Micah Brown, a former Kansas football player who also directed a documentary for ESPN’s “30-for-30” series and served as director and showrunner for the Peacock series “WWE Evil.”
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Stalions was accused of orchestrating a scheme to buy tickets for games involving Michigan’s opponents and collecting video footage of opponents’ signals. The scandal prompted an NCAA investigation, and the Big Ten suspended Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh for the final three regular-season games for violations of its sportsmanship policy. Stalions resigned from his position at Michigan in November and has not spoken publicly about his role in the scandal. The Wolverines went on to win the national title, and Harbaugh left for the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers.
“Sign Stealer” follows two college football documentaries released last year by Netflix: “Johnny Football,” about former Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, and “Swamp Kings,” a documentary about Florida under Urban Meyer.
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