From Wolfpack favorite to America's favorite player, WRAL's Aaron Thomas caught up with the parents of DJ Burns to learn what has fueled him during the Wolfpack's improbable Final Four run.
THEIR SON A CROWD FAVORITE. >> FROM THE LOCAL BAR TO THE ARENA EVEN WATCHING AND THE STATE BASKETBALL THIS SEASON. ONE PLAYER IN PARTICULAR STANDS OUT AS DJ BURNS, LIKE THE FANS, HIS PARENTS ARE TAKE THE NATION BY STORM WITH HIS TALENT. >> A 6 FOOT 9 FRAME COMING IN AT UNDER 300 POUNDS. SOME WOULD ARGUE DJ BURNS IS AN UNCONVENTIONAL FIT FOR BASKETBALL TO TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGES THAT HE FACES WHEN IT COMES TO BODY SHAMING, IT FUELS HIM. >> WHEN PEOPLE ARE UGLY AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE STANDS OUT BECAUSE OF THE SITE'S FINDS A WAY TO PLAY THE GAME TO WAIT. >> HIS UNIQUE STYLE, CARY NC STATE'S BASKETBALL TEAM TO ITS FIRST FINAL 4 APPEARANCE IN 4 DECADES. VERY HUMBLING. >> AS YOU JUST WATCHING, LIKE I SAY, THE FRUITS OF HIS LABOR, 2 OF HIS BIGGEST SUPPORTERS, DWIGHT AND TEQUILA BURNS. >> TALK WITH ME FROM THEIR HOME IN ROCK HILL, SOUTH SALLER PAPARAZZI MODE AT THIS POINT. TRYING TO GET ABOUT THE 2 ABOUT THEIR SON BECOMING A NATIONAL SENSATION. TODAY'S LEVELS WILL BEGIN AT THE DINNER TABLE. I THINK GO. WE JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS IN AROUND THE DINNER TABLE. HIS FAMILY INTRODUCED HIM TO READ LEAGUE BALL AT A YOUNG AGE, EVEN HIS SISTER, NADIA BYRNES, PLACE COLLEGE BASKETBALL AT NEWBERRY COLLEGE. BURNS, EVEN LEARN HAND BILLS UPRIGHT BASS TUBA AND SAXOPHONE AS A CHILD. HUGH BURNS AS HIS MUSICIANSHIP COMPLEMENTS HIS SKILLS YOU SEE ON THE COURT TODAY, HE JUST PLAYS BE THE BEAT. >> THE FOOTWORK, ENERGY FANS LOVE WITH DJ BURNS BRINGS TO COLLEGE BASKETBALL AS HE HAS SUCH A GOOD VILLAGE WITH NC STATE AND >> HIS FAMILY. >> NC STATE WOLFPACK PLAYS DO. AND THERE'S ALL OF THIS UPCOMING SATURDAY, MISTER OR MS BURNS PLANS TO FLY ON ARIZONA ON THURSDAY TO WITNESS BIG MAN
