Jordan Baker

Jordan Baker is the star quarterback at Beverly Hills High, comfortable at the top of the food chain until his father, the coach, recruits a new player from South Crenshaw. Confident, a little entitled, and used to being the golden boy, Jordan doesn't take well to sharing the spotlight—or his father's attention.

The show could have made Jordan a simple rival, but it gives him real stakes: a complicated relationship with his coach-father and a wounded pride that's more insecurity than arrogance. Michael Evans Behling plays that tension honestly, letting Jordan's resentment soften into something more layered as the season goes on.