--- title: Friday Night Lights Reunion Photo: Scott Porter description: Scott Porter, who played Jason Street on Friday Night Lights, posted a photo of a reunion with his former castmates. canonical: https://time.com/4054154/friday-night-lights-reunion-porter-charles-lauria/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-29T17:44:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:25:22.558Z og:title: These 'Friday Night Lights' Stars Reunited And It Was Amazing og:description: Clear eyes, full hearts, can't keep it together og:url: https://time.com/4054154/friday-night-lights-reunion-porter-charles-lauria/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These 'Friday Night Lights' Stars Reunited And It Was Amazing twitter:description: Clear eyes, full hearts, can't keep it together twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These _Friday Night Lights_ Stars Reunited and It Was Beautiful > Sponsored content. 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[Scott Porter](https://instagram.com/skittishkid/), who played Jason Street on the show, [welcomed his first child](http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/scott-porter-welcomes-baby-son-mccoy-lee-porter-wife-first-pic-2015245) with wife Kelsey Mayfield in May this year. On Tuesday, Porter posted an Instagram of himself kissing the top of his son McCoy’s head while fellow FNL actors [Matt Lauria](https://instagram.com/MattLauria/) and [Gaius Charles](https://instagram.com/GaiusCharles/) stood smiling with their arms around him. Lauria and Charles portrayed characters Luke Cafferty and Brian ‘Smash’ Williams, respectively, on the acclaimed television drama. “‘Good friends…livin’ large in Texas’…and babies. #TexasForever,” Porter captioned the photo, alluding to one of the most well-known quotes from the show. 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