The Redshirt: A Novel

"Corey Sobel’s stunning debut novel follows two college football players – Miles, a closeted gay man, and Reshawn, a quiet prodigy – as they navigate their lives at a Southern college. Sobel, who played football for Duke University, looks at the toxic masculinity that has defined the sport since its inception, with a gimlet eye and a rare sensitivity. The Redshirt is an understated yet seething novel about what it means to be a man and is one of the best football novels to come along in recent years."