Cocaine Quarterback: Signal-Caller for the Cartel
★ 8.4 · 2025 · Documentary · Crime
The unbelievable true tale of convicted drug trafficker Owen Hanson's rise from USC college football champion to smuggling for the world's most dangerous cartel.
Episodes
1. Dr. O-Dog38m · Owen Hanson rises from modest beginnings in California to join the powerhouse USC football team. The lure of fast money soon overshadows his sports career as he enters a dangerous underworld, forming a risky alliance with a powerful Mexican drug lord and intertwining his quest for wealth with the deadly world of organized crime.
2. Junior DeLuca40m · Owen Hanson faces turmoil as he dives headlong into a dangerous career of international cocaine trafficking. Crossing paths with a shadowy gambler called "Robin Hood 702" who is known for targeting the corrupt, Owen suffers a catastrophic loss, triggering a perilous conflict. As pressure mounts from both his criminal associates and Robin Hood, Owen's world edges toward collapse.
3. Mr. Don Corleone46m · In our final chapter, Owen Hanson confronts a life-or-death choice: pay his debt to the Mexican Cartel or face dire consequences. Driven by ambition, he rises to become a powerful drug kingpin himself just as law enforcement begins to close in. With everything at stake, Owen must decide: continue down a dangerous path or escape before his world collapses.More Like This
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