The New Orleans Saints on Tuesday signed Jarrius Robertson to be their "hype man" for Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs.
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The 14-year-old Robertson is a Saints super fan. He also is battling biliary atresia -- a chronic liver disease which affects his physical growth -- and has been in and out of hospitals since receiving a liver transplant when he was 1. He now needs another, and is on the waiting list. He's had 13 surgeries, and even was in a coma for an entire year.
But Robertson's attitude has made a lasting impression on the Saints since players met him last year at Ochsner Children's Hospital in New Orleans, and he now attends a few practices a week to provide constructive criticism.