Friday Night Lights: Where Are They Now?

Not to give you a heart attack, but it's been over a decade since Friday Night Lights premiered and over six years since the finale aired. While we're still in mourning, the stars have moved on to big movies and hit TV shows. The lovable Coach Taylor has been causing trouble on a Netflix series, best-mom-ever Tami Taylor moved to Nashville, and Tim Riggins? Well, we still want to run our hands through his luscious hair. While we're secretly hoping the series will get rebooted, take a look at what the cast has been up to since the series ended in 2011.

Kyle Chandler as Coach Eric Taylor
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Kyle Chandler as Coach Eric Taylor

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Kyle Chandler Now

Since winning an Emmy for his final season as Coach Taylor, Chandler has appeared in a number of high-profile movies, including Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, The Wolf of Wall Street, and Carol. He's currently starring in the Netflix original drama Bloodline, and his latest film, Manchester by the Sea, was nominated for several Oscars. Next he'll be in the comedy Game Night and Godzilla: King of the Monsters.

Connie Britton as Tami Taylor
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Connie Britton as Tami Taylor

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Connie Britton Now

Britton has been straight-up killing it lately. She starred on the first season of American Horror Story before landing a lead role on Nashville. She turned up on the big screen in This Is Where I Leave You, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and American Ultra. More recently, she popped up as Faye Resnick on American Crime Story: The People v O.J. Simpson.

Aimee Teegarden as Julie Taylor
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Aimee Teegarden as Julie Taylor

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Aimee Teegarden Now

Teegarden starred on The CW's short-lived fantasy drama Star-Crossed in 2014 before taking a break from acting. She recently starred in Rings, the third movie in the Ring series, and next up has A Change of Heart.

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Taylor Kitsch Now

Kitsch had no trouble transitioning to the big screen, nabbing roles in Battleship, John Carter, and Savages. Unfortunately, none of those films were very well received by critics. Things turned around when he starred alongside Mark Wahlberg in Lone Survivor, and he was the highlight of True Detective's not-so-great second season. Up next, he'll star in American Assassin.

Jesse Plemons as Landry Clarke
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Jesse Plemons as Landry Clarke

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Jesse Plemons Now

Plemons has been all over the big screen since his role as Landry came to an end. He has appeared in Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, and Black Mass, Bridge of Spies, and most recently, he starred on the second season of Fargo (and subsequently got engaged to his costar, Kirsten Dunst). Did we mention his arc on Breaking Bad and his part in last year's Sundance darling Other People? Yeah, he's doing just fine. Also, he'll reunite with his FNL costar Kyle Chandler in Game Night.

Minka Kelly as Lyla Garrity
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Minka Kelly as Lyla Garrity

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Minka Kelly Now

Kelly's post-FNL series, Charlie's Angels, didn't last too long (eight episodes), but she did play Jackie Kennedy in Lee Daniels's The Butler and had a long arc on Almost Human. Now you can catch her on Hulu's new series, The Path, with Aaron Paul, and on Jane the Virgin.

Adrianne Palicki as Tyra Collette
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Adrianne Palicki as Tyra Collette

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Adrianne Palicki Now

While her Wonder Woman TV series never took flight, Palicki has been starring on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Bobbi Morse. She also turned up in 2013's G.I. Joe: Retaliation and John Wick in 2014.

Scott Porter as Jason Street
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Scott Porter as Jason Street

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Scott Porter Now

Porter transitioned to a leading man role on Hart of Dixie, which ran from 2011 to 2015. He's been keeping busy lending his voice to the Ultimate Spider-Man TV series and appearing on Scorpion.

Zach Gilford as Matt Saracen
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Zach Gilford as Matt Saracen

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Zach Gilford Now

Gilford starred on a couple of short-lived TV shows, including Off the Map and The Mob Doctor, before finding his stride with a pair of horror movies in 2014: The Purge: Anarchy and Devil's Due. Now you can see him on ABC's new drama, The Family.

Michael B. Jordan as Vince Howard
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Michael B. Jordan as Vince Howard

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Michael B. Jordan Now

Jordan is one of the show's biggest success stories. He broke out in 2013's Fruitvale Station, starred alongside Zac Efron in That Awkward Moment, earned the role of Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four (which, sadly, was not a great movie), and impressed everyone with his chops in 2015's Creed. Next, he has a role in Marvel's Black Panther.

Matt Lauria Now
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Matt Lauria Now

After Lauria left Friday Night Lights, he turned up Parenthood (another Jason Katims show) as Ryan York. He last starred on the boxing drama Kingdom alongside Nick Jonas.

Dora Madison as Becky Sproles
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Dora Madison as Becky Sproles

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Dora Madison Now

Madison appeared with Teegarden on Star-Crossed before landing a role on Chicago Med and Chicago Fire. You can catch her in the recent Richard Linklater film Everybody Wants Some, and she has a number of indie films in the works.

Gaius Charles as Brian "Smash" Williams
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Gaius Charles as Brian "Smash" Williams

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Gaius Charles Now

Grey's Anatomy fans will recognize Charles from his role as Dr. Shane Ross, which he played from 2012 to 2014. He has also appeared in the film The Stanford Prison Experiment and on various TV shows, including Aquarius, Blindspot, and most recently, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Taken.

Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Jess Merriweather
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Jurnee Smollett-Bell as Jess Merriweather

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Jurnee Smollett-Bell Now

Smollett-Bell was another cast member to show up on Parenthood, then she had a turn on True Blood. Now you can see her on the historical series Underground about the Underground Railroad. She was also on the big screen last Summer in the boxing movie Hands of Stone.

Derek Phillips as Billy Riggins
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Derek Phillips as Billy Riggins

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Derek Phillips Now

Phillips has kept busy with small parts on TV and movies like 42. He actually appeared with his former onscreen brother, Kitsch, in the short film The Pieces, which Kitsch directed.

Brad Leland as Buddy Garrity
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Brad Leland as Buddy Garrity

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Brad Leland Now

Leland has been in a number of small films over the past few years, and he appeared as Bill O'Brien on Veep until last year, and then starred in Mark Wahlberg's oil spill film, Deepwater Horizon.