Jet Patterson, Henry Cooke, Reggie Reginold Raymond Jr. and Andre Sullivan are going to show you what's it like to be a football player.

The four roommates, who are caricatures of current and former Penn State football players, are the creation of Austin Hinton.

Hinton -- Daryll Clark's former roommate -- is spending 10 months filming the Penn State quarterback through his senior season and up to the NFL Draft in a documentary with the working title, "DC 17 -- The Time is Now."

Hinton, an offensive lineman who played from 2004 to 2007, lived with Clark (Patterson), Dan Lawlor (Cooke) and Dontey Brown (Raymond Jr.), in 4103 Nittany Apartments, and is working on independent entertainment projects to hopefully launch a career in filmmaking.

Others drawn to life in the cartoon are Anthony Morelli (Freddy or Teddy Maserati) -- yes, he has an oversized nose -- Mark Rubin as a loud-mouthed Italian, Spencer Ridenhour as a "real odd-ball" named McSwinnigan and Elijah Robinson.

"It's random," Hinton said. "I was just thinking of weird names."

Hinton has three episodes sketched out but is still fine-tuning production for a May release, around the same time he hopes the documentary on Clark is released.

One episode -- not based on real events -- is about how Hinton's character gets injured and becomes an alcoholic. He gets into a scuffle after a night of drinking and owes money to a couple of guys.

To make money, the character resorts to sports betting, and tries to injure Morelli's character so he is unable to play in the game.

"Those are the stupid ideas I get in my head," said Hinton, who left the football team with one year of eligibility to pursue his film career.

He graduated with a degree in telecommunications and now works as a production coordinator for Fox 5 in New York City.

He's taking personal leave to film the documentary on Clark, traveled with him to Youngstown, Ohio, for the Fourth of July and is shooting footage from the sidelines during games at Beaver Stadium. They video chat after road games.

During that July 4 holiday excursion to Youngstown, the two stopped at a local McDonald's.

Footage of the two going through the McDonald's drive-thru is on YouTube. In the clip, Clark gives insight on why the McDouble is 19 cents cheaper than a double cheeseburger, saying that extra slice of cheese is the only reason for added cost.

But don't assume Hinton's projects are just saving up enough money to buy a camera to goof off.

Fed up with producers' distorted views of football teams in shows like ESPN's "Playmakers" and NBC's "Friday Night Lights," Hinton set out to give viewers a realistic glimpse of how a football player prepares and reacts to a football game, as well as the daily undertakings of being the big man on campus.

His model for doing this? Spike Lee's 2009 documentary on Kobe Bryant.

Hinton got a chance to briefly chat with Lee, as the two work

out with the same trainer in New York.

Later, Hinton viewed a documentary on BET about a player for Georgia Southern.

"There's a lot of things people don't see," Hinton said. "After the Iowa loss, [Daryll and I] talked on phone, and just what goes on in the locker room. It could affect young guys going to college wanting to be quarterbacks, just to see how they take care of themselves, stay outta trouble."

With an idea in mind, he called up Clark, who jumped at the chance to help his former roommate.

In late June they drove from State College to Youngstown, and Hinton interviewed Clark's family, friends and high school contacts

to set the scene for the film's opening.

Hinton hinted at a scene from Youngstown where the two go golfing, saying Clark talked up his golf game before teeing off.

But when the camera was brought out for Clark's first shot, he dribbled it right off the tee.

Clark downplayed his golf skills, then said he shot an 89 last summer.

Another clip from Youngstown is a 4-on-3 basketball game where Clark, Hinton and Akron running back Alex Allen are playing against Clark's little cousins and his mom's boyfriend.

The friendly game of hoops turned serious real quick.

"The second we called for a rematch, they were like, 'Nah, we quit. We're gonna end it on top,' " Clark said. "We weren't playing real serious. They were taking it serious.

"They were playing defense while we were trying to act like the Globetrotters and do silly alley-oops and crazy shots. We realized they had game point. One of the guys, it was a steal or open shot he made, and I'm like, 'Damn, man, they really just beat us.' "

While there's comedic aspects incorporated in the flick -- a prerecorded laughing audience is heard in the McDonald's YouTube clip -- the chunk of the film is a timeline from the Sept. 5 Akron game to bowl season.

In the week leading up to the Ohio State game in early November, Hinton will follow Clark around campus to get a better sense of what could be a definitive game in his college career.

But he hasn't been a distraction, Clark said. Once the season started, he stayed behind the scenes, not constantly calling Clark for footage.

"How this film is, you'll see how he's mature enough to be a man," Hinton said, "take responsibility and go on and go forth."

Mature isn't quite a synonym for "4103."

Lawlor said the four roommates would often fight over video games, almost to the point of actually fist fighting.

Midweek, members of the team would come over and have Clark cut their hair.

"I always would get pissed," Lawlor said.

"No one would clean the hair up out of the sink, and that's disgusting."

In Hinton's cartoon, Lawlor is a blond-haired nerd, even though he's a redhead from his Irish heritage.

"He made me a nerd because I always focused on my school work," Lawlor said.

Hinton drew himself fat because he was an offensive lineman, and he made Brown dress stylish to pay homage to his reputation as being well dressed.

It's the early stages of a dream for Hinton -- a dream he's been chasing since he made the decision to attend film school in the near future.

"I never knew what I wanted to do," Hinton said. "Right now, I have that goal. I feel like getting up every morning because I have something to work for."