Baltimore Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey called his work as executive producer of the film “Nothing but a Winner: The Alabama Football Story” an opportunity to do something special for his alma mater.

“Nothing but a Winner” tells the story of Crimson Tide football with a focus on the Alabama eras led by coaches Paul “Bear” Bryant and Nick Saban.

“It was an opportunity to kind of be a part of something pretty special,” Humphrey said during a Friday appearance on NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football.” “My sister lives in (Los Angeles), and she’s always talking about Hollywood and movies and all the different things she does. I saw a good opportunity to not only kind of do something for my alma mater and create this great story, but I played underneath coach Saban and I just saw an opportunity to be a part of something special. And it’s come together just great.”

The film will be shown in theaters on July 31, with tickets available online, after having its red-carpet premiere on Wednesday at the Lyric Theatre in Birmingham.

Humphrey is not among the lineup of players interviewed for the film.

“I feel like to create something special, it’s not really all about you,” Humphrey said. “It’s about what you put into it, who you put around you to help out. And it was just different, going through all the process and different things. I am what I think a pretty good actor myself, but being behind the scenes was cool. It was definitely different. Something I’d always wanted to do. It’s just that the opportunity presented itself sooner than later, and it’s something I’d definitely like to do again. But it was awesome.”

While Humphrey does not appear on camera, other Alabama alumni who played in the NFL in the 2024 season do, including Washington Commanders defensive tackle Jonathan Allen, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts and wide receiver DeVonta Smith, Cleveland Browns wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, New York Jets linebacker C.J. Mosley and Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle.

Players from other eras also are represented, including Humphrey’s father, Bobby Humphrey, who played at Alabama from 1985 through 1988 and left the Crimson Tide for the NFL as the program’s career rushing leader.

“I kind of grew up right there in the shadows of Legion Field in the housing projects,” Bobby Humphrey said on Friday on “Good Morning Football” as he remembered an era when the Tide played most of its home games in Birmingham, “and I sold Cokes in the upper deck and I parked cars there during my time as a young boy. And I always wanted to attend Alabama. I can remember sitting in the upper deck and telling the other Coke guys that ‘One day, I’m going to be playing down there.’ Obviously, none of them believe me.

“But it came true one day when Ray Perkins showed up at my house and started recruiting me when I was at Glenn High School. My time there, we didn’t win a national championship like Marlon did, but we won several games and I had a good time there and was able to leave there as the all-time leading rusher till a lot of other backs came along.”

At one time, Humphrey’s dream of playing for Alabama would have been impossible, and the integration of the football program is included in the documentary.

“It’s one of the reasons I consider coach Bryant as one of the greatest coaches of all time,” Bobby Humphrey said, “because he was the one who pushed the issue, orchestrated the USC game, brought Black players to compete in front of a national audience and at Legion Field, right there in my backyard.

“I think there’s a scene in the film where a lot of the old players who played in that era had the confidence as well as the respect for coach Bryant – they went to Alabama because he asked them to come there – and he told them that he would protect them and to trust in him. And those players trusted him, believed in him, and it was a hard time back then.

“The film addresses it just head-on. That’s a good thing about it. History’s history. It is what it is. And coach Bryant was able to do that.”

Bobby Humphrey was a 1,000-yard rusher in each of his first two NFL seasons and a Pro Bowl selection in 1990.

After playing for Alabama’s 2015 CFP national-championship team and earning first-team All-American recognition by the Football Writers Association of American in 2016, Marlon Humphrey has been a four-time Pro Bowler and three-time All-Pro during his eight seasons in the Baltimore secondary.

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Both players were prep stars in the Birmingham area – Bobby Humphrey at Glenn High School and Marlon Humphrey at Hoover High School.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.