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The Louisiana Legislature is teaming up with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to support its mission of finding cures and saving lives while honoring the late St. Jude patient and New Iberia native Markell Gregoire.

By the time he was a teenager Markell Gregoire faced more adversity than most of us will see in a lifetime—and even though he lost his battle with cancer, he is still "unstoppable."

There may be no bigger St. Jude superstar we have ever met than New Iberia's Markell Gregoire.

If you watched the NFL Draft's first round last night you were more than likely watching to see what our beloved New Orleans Saints did with the 15th overall pick. That selection was presented a little differently though as Commissioner Roger Goodell was joined at the podium by St. Jude patient and New Iberia native Markell Gregoire to announce the pick.