Don Billingsley, a Permian halfback who frequently finds himself in trouble with the coaches. He is the only senior player from the 1988 Panther football team to receive a Division I football scholarship, attending Texas Christian University. He struggles to enjoy playing football, realizing that there should be more to life and spends much of his time in thought. A punishing hitter with excellent reflexes and athleticism, Christian is a religious person. Ivory Christian, a Linebacker for the Panthers. He is mostly seen as an example of the good in Odessa, a diamond among rocks. He is valedictorian of his class and attends Harvard University after graduating from Permian. Brian Chavez – A very intelligent player. He feels a lot of pressure from the town and peers alike. 
He is portrayed by Bissinger as a boy who is mostly level-headed, but prone to nerves.
Mike Winchell, the starting quarterback for the Panthers. He would never recover 100% and eventually quit the team in a rage. #Night book summary chapter 4 professional#
Boobie was being heavily recruited by major college football programs such as Nebraska, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas A&M and USC and had professional football aspirations before suffering a knee injury in the preseason. This season would be the season for him to shine and lead the team to a Texas state championship. The previous season he had rushed for 1,385 yards and showed flashes of brilliance.
James "Boobie" Miles – Star fullback for Odessa high heading into the 1988 season. Bissinger moved his family to Odessa and spent the entire 1988 football season with the Permian Panther players, their families, their coaches, and even many of the townspeople in an effort to understand the town and its football-mad culture. Permian High School and its football team, the Permian Panthers, had a substantial, rich history of winning in Texas' 4A and 5A division, having won championships in 1965, 1972, 1980, and 1984. Bissinger returned to The Inquirer briefly, received a Pulitzer Prize, and then took off in search of a community for which high school football was paramount. It was while he was at Harvard that the idea to write a book focused upon the role high school football plays within American society, in particular rural society, took hold. 
Bissinger was a journalist for The Philadelphia Inquirer when he was selected as a Harvard Nieman Fellow.
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