Why Off Campus Is Prime Video’s Hottest New Obsession
Prime Video is trading Cousins Beach for Briar University, lining up a series adaptation of Elle Kennedy’s smash-hit Off Campus after closing the book on The Summer I Turned Pretty.
Prime Video is swapping beach towels for hockey pads. The streamer behind The Summer I Turned Pretty is heading to Boston for Off Campus, a TV take on Elle Kennedy's massively popular college hockey romance series set at the fictional Briar University. Yes, the sports romance your feed keeps shoving at you is officially a show.
So, what is Off Campus?
Based on Kennedy's New Adult novels that #BookTok devours, Off Campus tracks four Briar U hockey players — Garrett Graham, John Logan, Dean Di Laurentis, and John Tucker — as they chase NCAA dreams and, of course, fall messily in love. Season 1 adapts The Deal, which pairs music major Hannah Wells with team captain Garrett in a fake-dating-for-tutoring arrangement that spirals into a real problem: feelings.
Quick book roadmap for the curious: the core series is four novels — The Deal, The Mistake, The Score, and The Goal — followed by The Legacy, an epilogue set years later. Kennedy has also spun the universe forward with the Briar U and Campus Diaries series focused on new protagonists down the timeline.
Who's playing who
- Ella Bright as Hannah Wells
- Belmont Cameli as Garrett Graham
- Antonio Cipriano as John Logan
- Stephen Kalyn as Dean Di Laurentis
- Jalen Thomas Brooks as John Tucker
- Mika Abdalla as Allie Hayes
- Josh Heuston as Justin
- Khobe Clarke as Beau Maxwell
- Steve Howey (Reba, Shameless) as Garrett's father
How spicy does the show get?
Kennedy's books are known for their steam, and showrunner Louisa Levy is not shying away. She framed the series as a more grown, sex-positive look at early-20s romance — and Season 1 builds right off The Deal.
"There's something really unique and special about college-age romances where it 's not really that first love kind of vibe, it is something potentially more, and you're still discovering so much about yourself."
"It's more mature and sexier than high school. These characters are so sex-positive, especially in the first book, which is the tentpole of our first season."
Translation: expect actual chemistry and scenes that matter to who these people are, not just cutaways.
Endgame ( book version)
Season 1 sticks to Hannah and Garrett. If the show follows the novels after that, Logan ends up with Grace Ivers in The Mistake, Dean pairs with Allie Hayes in The Score, and Tucker lands with Sabrina James in The Goal. The Legacy checks back in on everyone later. The show has not confirmed which couple anchors Season 2 yet.
Premiere date, trailer, and filming
Off Campus premieres May 13, 2026 on Prime Video. Filming kicked off in fall 2025, and the cast has been dropping behind-the-scenes bits on the official @offcampusonprime Instagram and TikTok if you want a head start on the vibes.
The first trailer landed in March 2026 and puts Hannah and Garrett front and center, including a blink-and-gasp moment where Hannah accidentally walks in on a very naked locker-room shower situation. The teaser literally spells it out: "At Briar U, the hottest action is off the ice."
Already renewed (yep, before premiere)
Prime Video has pre-renewed Off Campus for Season 2. Season 1 is Garrett-and-Hannah territory; Season 2's lead couple is still under wraps. Worth flagging: India Fowler has already been cast as Grace (Logan's book love interest), and Phillipa Soo signed on in a new role ahead of the premiere — a pretty loud hint at where things might skate next. For anyone counting, the books are four main novels plus The Legacy epilogue, which is why you'll sometimes see people call it a five-book saga.
Author check-in
Elle Kennedy has been all-in since the jump, posting back in July 2025 that she "still can't believe it's happening" and that she was thrilled to see Briar U and its chaos come to life on screen.