Oregon rundown: In San Jose, some people see Ducks' running back Byron Marshall as a star off the field as well

by Jason Quick from the Oregonian:
I wrote about Oregon running back Byron Marshall in today’s Oregonian, which details why his family has nicknamed him “Big” ... but there’s another person in San Jose who happens to think Marshall is bigger than life.
His name is Andrew Watson, and he has been the team manager for Valley Christian High for the past 15 years. He is 30 years old, has Down Syndrome. and is somewhat of a legend around the Valley Christian community.
Watson is so close to the football program, he inspired coach Mike Machado seven years ago to start Camp for the Stars, the first football camp in the nation for kids with Down Syndrome. The camp has since branched to Pittsburgh, PA and draws celebrities such as former 49ers coach Steve Mariucci, former 49ers players Dana Stubblefield, Ronnie Lott and Keena Turner to name a few.
Here is a great video about the camp, which I guarantee will make you smile.
The camp is hosted at Valley Christian, and each summer the campers get to choose a player from the team to be their counselor.
“Every year when it came time for Andrew to pick, there was never a doubt who he was going with,’’ Machado said. “It was B.’’
Said Marshall: “Andrew is such a cool kid. We got close.’’
Marshall doesn’t know how to explain their bond, it’s just something that is there he says, and Machado said it was beyond a manager being infatuated with the school star.