We Can, We Will, We Must Update You on Where the Cheer Cast Is Now

There were some stumbles after Cheer's two-season run, namely the shocking 2020 arrest of fan favorite Jerry Harris. After pleading guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, he was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison.

But years after the stars hit their final stunts, "We are super close and we love each other," Aldama proclaimed to E! News in 2023. "I'm always here to support anybody that has ever come to this program in any way that I can."

Forget Coach Taylor! It's all about Coach Monica, the 17-time collegiate national champion whose tough-love approach won the respect of her cheerleaders, as well as binge-watchers everywhere as she guided the team to a big win at Daytona in Cheer's first season.

Of course, Aldama stayed at Navarro, ready to lead the 2020 team, but her plans were derailed by the coronavirus pandemic.

"My heart is breaking for the lost memories and the lost time with my beautiful team," she wrote on Instagram after nationals were canceled in March 2020. "I was not ready to say goodbye so quickly. I was not mentally prepared for the team to turn in uniforms, pack their things and leave town."

When the 2020-21 season kicked off, Aldama was pulling double duty, placing 10th on Dancing With the Stars with pro Val Chmerkovskiy. And in January 2022, she released her book, Full Out: Lessons in Life and Leadership from America's Favorite Coach.

And though the mom to Austin and Ally (she and husband Chris Aldama also became grandparents in February 2025) retired from coaching in 2023, she's still making moves as an executive producer on NBC's cheer mockumentary Stumble.

"You know, it’s scary to have change," she acknowledged to the Los Angeles Times in December 2025. "What I have learned about being in the spotlight is that there are going to be a lot of things said about you. … I view things a lot differently now."

The heart and soul of the Navarro team and the king of mat talk, Harris was perhaps the breakout star from Cheer, winning people over with his heartbreaking backstory, positive attitude and perseverance to make the team. After the show premiered, Harris was signed by an influencer management team, served as a correspondent at the Oscars and counted Oprah Winfrey as one of his biggest fans.

His Navarro family and fans were subsequently shocked when Harris was arrested in September 2020 on a federal child pornography charge for allegedly enticing an underage boy to produce sexually explicit videos and photos of himself.

Three months later, federal prosecutors filed seven additional charges of sex crimes allegedly involving five minors, to which he initially pleaded not guilty.

But in February 2022, Harris pleaded guilty to one count of receipt of child pornography and one count of traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, admitting to the other counts as stipulated offenses.

Sentenced to 12 years in federal prison that July, he is currently at FMC Lexington in Kentucky, slated to be released in January 2031. After serving his time, he must register as a sex offender and complete eight years of court-supervised release, according to the judgment obtained by E! News.

Morgan was ready to win her third consecutive championship as a Navarro flyer, making the tough decision to return for yet another semester with her mentor Monica. Unfortunately, she never got the chance to compete again as she graduated in 2020, just after Nationals was canceled due to the pandemic.

"Navarro College Cheer, You are my everything. My heart hurts that I won't cheer again," Morgan wrote on Instagram that March. "I'm so thankful for the bonds I've created and the memories that I'll carry with me forever."

Though she retired from cheerleading, Morgan still supported the team by going to Daytona as a spectator the following year. One of the breakout stars of season one, Morgan went on to partner with Buick and launched her own collection of scrunchies with Conair and Scunci.

Of course that's just one of the many brand deals the athlete, who appeared on Netflix's competition series Battle Camp, has tied up. Despite marrying Stone Burleson, who works in business development at Matador Resources Company, in 2023, "We actually still haven't been on a honeymoon yet because we've been so busy," she told E! News in April 2025. Thankfully their life together still feels like paradise.

"I married my best friend, so life for us is pretty easy and I just get to spend every day with him," she shared, noting they're eager to add more members to their squad. "We want to start a family together and just continue to love each other and live life."

Soon after winning big at Daytona, Marshall became a world champion when his Cheer Athletics' Wildcats from Plano, Texas, won the Senior Open Large Co-Ed division at Cheer Worlds in April 2019.

While Navarro is a two-year program and Marshall appeared ready to move on from competitive cheerleading at the end of Cheer, coaching a young team and contemplating going into the military, the Bad Girls Club super-fan had a change of heart and returned for the 2020 season. But he did not compete when Navarro hit the mat at the 2021 Nationals.

Making the move to Utah in 2022, Marshall began coaching for Patriot Cheer Allstars and—after a six-year break from college—he began competing with the squad at Ogden's Weber State University. And yes, he hit the surf with his teammates in Daytona after they won two Grand National Championships in April 2025.

Weeks later, he picked up another title with Unity Allstars Black in London. "Be crazy enough to dream," he wrote in a May 2025 Instagram post, "be crazy enough to Act, be crazy enough to truly believe that it’s all yours love."

Cheer fans were devastated to learn that the bleach-blonde star tumbler (and occasional troublemaker) was kicked off the squad at the end of the documentary. But Brumback returned to the the team in January 2020, captioning a photo of her back in the Navarro gym, "Honey, I'm home."

Sadly, Brumback was unable to compete at Nationals after the event was canceled and she ultimately did not return for the 2021 season, though she initially posted on Instagram about her plans to make mat. "Just a few more days till I move back to Corsicana and get to meet everyone of the Navarro cheer team of 2020-2021 :)," Brumback wrote in August of 2020. "This next year is going to be iconic and I'm so excited."

After a three-year break, Brumback mat-talked herself back onto a squad, joining California Allstars Smoed in Los Angeles with fellow Cheer alum Dillon Brandt in 2023.

"I was hesitant to come back because I truly thought my passion for being on the mat was gone (I was also SUPER out of shape lol)," she acknowledged in a 2024 Instagram post. "This past season changed all of that though, I rediscovered my love for this sport and all the growth it brings, both physically and mentally. I had never gotten to be a part of such an amazing all-star team, so for me, I got to experience a whole new perspective into this world. I was planning on retiring again after this past season, but I just don’t feel satisfied with the outcome of everything."

One of the biggest names in cheerleading, Butler was one of the only main stars from Cheer to initially choose not to return to Navarro for the 2020 season after winning two championships. But Butler, who has her own popular YouTube channel, ended up coming back to the mat to cheer for Aldama and was still on the roster following the pandemic.

With 2.6 million followers, Butler is the most-followed cast member on Instagram and has used her platform to launch her own fitness app and athleticwear line, Moxie.

After time spent cheering for the Weber State Wildcats, working on the coaching staff at Navarro, signing with the WWE and filming Battle Camp with Simianer, Butler has been hitting all sorts of mats. Next up: A stint with Pro Cheer League.

"Blessed to be able to meet all the people I have met and have the experiences I’ve had," she wrote in a 2025 New Year's Eve post. "Thank you God for allowing me to have such an amazing year."

The talented-but-anxious flyer was back in the Navarro uniform for the 2020 season for her second attempt at a championship, but her plans were derailed by the pandemic as Ross was one of the cheerleaders graduating that year.

"Didn't think it would ever end like this but I wouldn't trade these people & memories for the world," Ross captioned an Instagram post in April of that year after Nationals was canceled. "Thank you for everything Navarro 2019-2020."

Several months later, Ross updated her followers on her plans, revealing she was would be continuing her cheerleading career at the University of South Carolina. After cheering her final game for the Gamecocks in 2021, Ross mastered some new stunts, modeling for the likes of Kosas and Sephora.