<Li> Ray "Voodoo" Tatum (Aldis Hodge)--A Louisiana resident who was displaced by Hurricane Katrina, hence the nickname, and Panther quarterback for two weeks after being brought to town by Buddy Garrity to replace Matt Saracen . The other players are quickly turned off by his refusal to befriend them . He tells Coach Taylor that this situation was a "marriage of convenience" as it benefited both parties and confesses that he felt out of place in Texas and yearns for his hometown in Louisiana . In the third game, against the Tigers, he refused to follow Coach Taylor's game plan, which confused his teammates and left them a touchdown behind at the half . During the halftime team meeting he is confronted by a furious Coach Taylor and his violent temper led to him being expelled from the team right then and there . The Panthers end up having to forfeit the game he led them to win after it is discovered he was not eligible to play for them . The Dillon Panthers meet him again in the State Final against his current high school West Cambria at the end of Season 1 . Prior to the game, he attempts to play mind games with Smash by trying to entice him to West Cambria . </Li> <Li> Angela Collette (Dana Wheeler - Nicholson)--Mother of Tyra Collette and former mistress to Buddy Garrity . She ends up having an affair with Buddy, which ultimately destroys his family life once it is revealed that Buddy has been repeatedly unfaithful to Lyla's mother for years . </Li> <Li> Santiago Herrera (Benny Ciaramello)--Befriends Lyla Garrity after getting out of juvy . Despite his criminal record, Santiago had surprisingly good grades in school, as revealed by then - guidance counselor Tami Taylor . Buddy Garrity gives him a job and a place to stay and Santiago joins the football team, where he becomes a standout defensive player . Due to the writers' strike, his storyline was abandoned the following season and the character disappeared from the series entirely . </Li> <Li> J.D. McCoy (Jeremy Sumpter)--A very talented quarterback who joins the varsity team as a freshman and eventually replaces Matt Saracen as the starter . During his freshman year, his overbearing father Joe attempts to bribe Coach Taylor into starting him . He has trouble relating to his older teammates who don't share his straight - laced habits . In the fourth season, JD becomes heavily arrogant due to Joe becoming President of the Booster Club, and Wade Aikman becoming head coach of the Panthers . In the fifth season it is revealed during the East Dillon / Dillon game that he is no longer the starting QB of the Panthers, even though at this point, he would be a Junior . The reason for this, is that after the loss to East Dillon at the end of Season 4, JD, Joe McCoy and Wade Aikmen left Dillon . </Li>

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