Donna Kelce Helps Bring the 'Christmas Magic' as She Makes Acting Debut in Holiday Touchdown: See the Trailer!

'Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story' premieres Nov. 30 on Hallmark Channel

Donna Kelce is taking on the small screen!

A glimpse at the NFL mom's acting debut is featured in the all-new trailer for Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story, which is set to premiere on the Hallmark Channel on Nov. 30.

Kelce joined the co-hosts of the Today show — including Jenna Bush Hager, who also appears in the TV movie — on Nov. 14 to reveal a first look at the upcoming Hallmark film. “Ladies and gentlemen, please turn your attention to midfield!” Bush Hager, 42, kicked off the preview by saying. 

The Hallmark Channel teamed up with the NFL to create the movie, which follows a love story between the Chiefs' director of fan engagement (Tyler Hynes) and one of the team’s superfans (Hunter King). Kelce plays the manager of a barbeque restaurant, who can be seen offering advice in the trailer.

Just days after Kelce finished filming her scenes, King and Hynes spoke with PEOPLE on set, gushing over her warm presence.

“She's just so sweet,” King says. “Such a doll and just, it was like having a mom there.”

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A still of Donna Kelce in Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story.

Hynes agrees, calling Kelce a “sweetheart” and revealing she even asked him and King to write her son Travis Kelce, a tight-end for the Chiefs, a note to put in his locker since they were filming at the actual stadium.

“I wrote the lyrics to ‘Friends in Low Places,’,” Hynes says. “And I said, ‘Don't ever change.’”

“I think I wrote something like, ‘Thanks for letting us steal your field and your mom,’” King adds.

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A still of Hunter King and Tyler Hynes in Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story.

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Hynes admits that he and Donna have stayed in touch, and he shares that she sent him a bunch of photos from her time on set — including one that still brings him a good laugh.

“The last one was just herself, cropped off,” he says. “This is my favorite thing ever. I was like, this is maybe the best photo I've ever received in my life.”

The movie also features an impressive lineup of stars and cameos in addition to Donna, Hynes, King and Bush Hager: Diedrich Bader, Megyn Price, Richard Riehle, Christine Ebersole, Richard Christie and Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid, alongside a handful of Kansas City Chiefs players.

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Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story premieres Nov. 30 on Hallmark Channel as part of the network's 15th annual Countdown to Christmas.

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