Going back to their Mighty Mite football days as kids, Anthony Tedesco knew there was something different about his pal Kenny Pickett.
They grew up about five minutes from the New Jersey shore, and if they weren't splashing around in the surf during the summers at Loch Arbour or Allenhurst beaches, they were playing football or sports of some kind.
"Kenny was the most competitive kid out there, whether we were playing mini-golf or football," Tedesco said. "If we had one yard to get for a first down, he was going to do anything he had to get it.