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.

"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."