Jamison Crowder had already committed to play football at Duke, but coach David Cutcliffe figured it would be worth the time for another visit to Crowder and his family.
With the football season already over, Cutcliffe joined Jamison’s parents, Brenda and James, and his younger brother, Jamaris, in the stands for a basketball game while Jamison was a senior at Monroe High School in North Carolina.
Jamaris was born with Down syndrome and is nonverbal. Though Jamaris can not audibly cheer on his older brother, Cutcliffe immediately realized he was in the presence of Jamison’s biggest fan the moment he sat with the Crowders.