The “Perfect 10” documentary chronicles the Heisman winning Hall of Famers series

There are only 10 men in history who have won the Heisman Trophy and been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

That elite group is the focus of FOX Sports Films’ new documentary “The Perfect 10,” premiering Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app.

The film features a group discussion among seven of the 10 men who have this distinction. Featuring Raiders legends Marcus Allen and Tim Brown (of USC and Notre Dame fame, respectively), Texas and Houston Oilers icon Earl Campbell, Pitt and Cowboys star Tony Dorsett, Oklahoma State and Lions legend Barry Sanders, Navy and Cowboys legend Roger Staubach, and Michigan, Raiders and Packers star (and FOX Sports NFL analyst) Charles Woodson.

Brown and Woodson also serve as executive producers of the film.

The documentary uses archival footage and first-person accounts from the players of each of their achievements, offering a glimpse into their lives both on and off the football pitch.

At an induction ceremony Saturday afternoon in Tempe, Arizona, Brown recounted how he learned of the rare club on Hall of Fame induction day in 2015. The 1987 Heisman Trophy winner said he was in disbelief that so few players had accomplished the two feats.

“Wow, what an incredible legacy we’ve left on the football field,” Brown said Saturday. “Can we come together and leave an incredible legacy off the field? So that was the beginning of the whole thought process.”

Sanders said he was also amazed by the exclusivity, and as the movie shows, more men have walked on the moon than have won the Heisman and made it to Canton.

“I was surprised, like Tim was, thinking, ‘There must be more guys who have done both,'” Sanders said.

“A lot of us cross paths here and there, and we’re at similar events. So many of these guys I admired… and always had a lot of respect for, even before this came together.”

Allen, Brown’s former Raiders teammate and good friend, said it was an easy decision to participate in the film when his friend made the request.

“I look around (at other Heisman-winning Hall of Famers) and I’m like, ‘Do you like me?’ I’m like a kid in a candy store, with Earl Campbell, Tim Brown, Charles Woodson, Barry Sanders, Tony Dorsett. And these are my friends,” Allen said Saturday.

“So this was a great meeting for me to really kind of have a locker room talk, and that’s really what we do most of the time. … The more we talk, the more we realize we have things in common.”

Woodson, the youngest of the group, was the last to join the club when he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2021. The Michigan cornerback also made history as the first player who played primarily defense to win the Heisman.

“I just think about all the people that have played this game — the amount of little league players, middle school, high school, college and then professional football,” Woodson said. “And just taking that piece of wood and carving it into 10 guys that have done this particular thing… We’ve done something that not a lot of people have done.”

Produced in association with Hall of Fame Village Media, H2H Productions and NFL Films, the film is narrated by two-time Emmy Award winner Andre Braugher of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.”

“FOX Sports is thrilled to introduce audiences to the fascinating and inspiring stories behind these legendary football icons as we celebrate their personal legacies leading up to Super Bowl Sunday,” FOX Sports Vice President of Development and Original Programming Barry Nugent said.

The director is four-time Emmy winner Steve Trout (“Hard Knocks”). Trout said Saturday that getting the seven members of the group together to film in Dallas was “six hours of magic.”

“In movies, we always try to humanize everybody. You take the helmets off and these aren’t football robots, and that was admirable with them.” Trout said.

“We saw the true sides of all of them, and that was the goal. We wanted to make that room, the biggest meeting room in the biggest clubhouse in NFL history.”

The other three members of the elite group are the late Paul Hornung (Notre Dame and Packers star) and Doak Walker (SMU and Lions halfback) and OJ Simpson (USC, Bills and 49ers).

“The Perfect 10” premieres the day before the Chiefs face the Eagles in Super Bowl LVII, which begins Sunday at 6:30 PM ET on FOX and the FOX Sports App.

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