Brian Bosworth, Actor: The Longest Yard. Former NFL Seattle Seahawks linebacker, the always controversial Brian "Boz" Bosworth only played three seasons in the NFL but during that period he made plenty of headlines for a mixture of reasons, however he was forced to retire due to a chronic shoulder injury - which then saw "Boz" pitched as a new action star in the cinema. Bosworth's first film was the fiery action film Stone Cold (1991) ...