By Michael Barnes | Saturday, March 8, 2008, 07:11 PM

Are these guys for real? Every time we encounter the “Friday Night Light” actors, male or female, older or younger, they are friendly, down to earth, composed, completely winning. Whatever happened to the myth of the high-maintenance star? Scott Porter, Jesse Plemons and Zach Gilford were supremely down to earth, friendly, modest, informative and kind during the Beyond the Lights Celebrity Golf Classic at the lodge-like Hyatt Lost Pines on Friday afternoon.

They posed and exchanged stories with Chris Canales, who, as a student at San Marcos Academy, had been paralyzed in a football accident. Seeking to help other athletes in his condition, Chris and his father, Eddie, formed Gridiron Heroes, a chief beneficiary of the golf tournament. While the Canales family is doing admirable work for injured student athletes, the “FNL” cast was jazzed to learn that the series may be close to a deal with Direct TV, which could cement Season No. 3.

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