Jayson Talent has been a manager on the Sweetwater High School basketball team for the last 26 years, serving up water for every Wildcat player that has come through the door.

"He put so much time and care into water and his job than anybody around," Sweetwater Coach Jeremy Henderson told WBIR in the video above. "Jayson is Sweetwater guy, been around for a long time. The guys love him and he loves the guys."

On Wednesday night at Thompson-Boling Arena, Talent took his love for his job to the next level. The Tennessee basketball program surprised Talent, who lives with Down Syndrome, by giving him the water duties when the Vols hosted Alabama State.

Talent sat behind the Tennessee bench during the game, spent time with head coach Rick Barnes before and after, met with Barnes' assistant coaches and the Tennessee players and was able to do the job he's done for so long at Sweetwater.

(Read more on the story here from WBIR's Russell Biven)