Inside the Vikings' crowded defensive backs room, Anthony Harris is at the front of the class.
Perhaps that helps explain how Harris, once undrafted from the University of Virginia, has become coach Mike Zimmer's go-to fail-safe at safety whenever starters Harrison Smith or Andrew Sendejo are sidelined. It's those three — Smith, Sendejo and Harris — who anger teammates whenever Jerry Gray, the Vikings' defensive backs coach, tosses them a softball during the competitive weekly pop quizzes in the DB room.
"Because it's like — that's too easy for him," safety Jayron Kearse said. "For Anthony, and guys like Dejo, you can't give them the simple ones; you've got to give them the toughest ones you've got.