<p id=”par-1_31″>NFL running back Ray Davis traded the gridiron for the red carpet on Thursday when he attended the premiere of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/2025-hallmark-channel-countdown-to-christmas-schedule.html/”>Hallmark Channel’s upcoming Christmas movie</a>, <em>Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story. </em></p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-ray-davis-other-buffalo-bills-players-come-out-for-hallmark-movie-premiere”>Ray Davis, other Buffalo Bills players come out for Hallmark movie premiere </h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Ray-Davis-DeWayne-Carter-Holiday-Touchdown-Premiere.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Ray Davis poses for a photo next to DeWayne Carter, who is wearing a Christmas sweater and sitting in a golf cart” class=”wp-image-3851535″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Ray Davis and DeWayne Carter attend the premiere screening of Hallmark Channel’s ‘Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story’ | Arthur Mola/AP Content Services for Hallmark Media</figcaption></figure>
<p id=”par-2_54″>Davis was one of several Bills players who attended the November 13 event at the Aurora Theatre in East Aurora, New York. Offensive tackle Dion Dawkins and defensive Tackle DeWayne Carter were also there, along with Buffalo Bills alum Steve Tasker and Bills play-by-play announcer Chris Brown. All make cameo appearances in the movie. </p>
<p id=”par-3_23″>“Hey look, we’re Hallmark hunks, you hear me,” Dawkins joked in one of several videos from the premiere that Davis shared on <a href=”https://www.instagram.com/hbk_ray/?hl=en” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Instagram</a>. </p>
<p id=”par-4_26″>[We’re] real deal movie stars,” Carter said in another video. In an interview with <a href=”https://www.today.com/popculture/movies/carson-daly-sister-quinn-attends-premiere-hallmarks-bills-love-story-rcna243891″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Today</a>, he said that he might do more acting in the future. </p>
<p id=”par-5_18″>“I mean, of course. You know, a fun fact about me, I’m actually a theatre minor,” he shared. </p>
<p id=”par-6_10″>Meanwhile, Davis was still pinching himself over the whole experience. </p>
<p id=”par-7_20″>“It was insane. It was crazy, just to be able to even say I’m even in a movie,” he said.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-holiday-touchdown-a-bills-love-story-premieres-november-22″>‘Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story’ premieres November 22 </h2>
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<p id=”par-8_61″>East Aurora certainly rolled out the red carpet to celebrate the new movie. The premiere was preceded by a festive Peppermint Parade, with members of the Bills Mafia lining the street to catch a glimpse <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/buffalo-bills-running-back-james-cooks-girlfriend-bella-cvetanovski.html/”>of Bills players</a> and Hallmark stars. Filming for the movie took place in and around Buffalo earlier this year, with many fans stepping in as extras. </p>
<p id=”par-9_55″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/hallmark-shares-first-look-at-buffalo-bills-christmas-movie.html/”><em>Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story</em></a><em> </em>follows a pair of lifelong friends and Bills superfans (played by Holland Roden and Matthew Daddario) as they unravel a Christmas mystery, discovering their true feelings for each other in the process. The rest of the cast includes Joe Pantoliano<em>,</em> Tracy Pollan, Caroline Aron, Steve Schirripa, and Patti Murin. </p>
<p id=”par-10_39″>In addition to the cameos from Davis, Dawkins, Carter, Tasker, and Brown, Bills coach Sean McDermott will also appear, as well as Damar Hamlin, Dawson Knox, Reid Ferguson, Joshua Palmer, Jim Kelly, Thurman Thomas, Scott Norwood, and Andre Reed. </p>
<p id=”par-11_24″>Luke Russert also has a cameo, paying tribute to his late dad, newscaster Tim Russert, who was known for his love of the Bills. </p>
<p id=”par-12_35″>“My father was a huge champion of Buffalo. He would absolutely love this,” Russert told <a href=”https://www.wgrz.com/article/entertainment/movies/buffalo-bills-fans-pack-east-aurora-for-hallmark-movie-premiere/71-e893ff01-3ded-4926-8fe4-b68a5f69e568″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>WGRZ</a> at the premiere. “The holidays are so special in Buffalo, and that was something deeply meaningful to our family.”</p>
<p id=”par-13_24″><em>Holiday Touchdown: A Bills Love Story </em>airs Sundays, November 22 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Hallmark Channel. It streams the next day on Hallmark+. </p>
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