When the real King Arthur and his knights are captured by the evil sorceress, Morgana, Merlin is forced to use his magic to find suitable replacements. The group he finds is a day of modern day highschool football players, known as the Knights. With his magical might, he transports these young men back into time, and equips them with fabulous magical suits of armor, signature weapons, and shields endowed with powerful guardian animal spirits. Now, the new King Arthur and the Knights of Justice must defend Camalot while searching for a way to free the real Arthur and his knights so that they too may go home.