"It's just the way he talks," one of Hurts' former teammates said. "But even deeper than that, it's more so the way he looks at life."

Harris-Gowdy, who competes in basketball, bowling, track and golf in Special Olympics competitions, has worked as a special correspondent for his local Port St. Lucie, Fla., CBS news station, served as a guest announcer for the St. Lucie Mets minor league affiliate and was a guest at the 2015 ESPY's.