Tigers LB White gives credit to graduate Harris

Memphis' Shareef White (left) brings down Houston's Demarcus Ayers (right) during first half action of a college football game Saturday, October 11, 2014 in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Mark Weber)

As a freshman at the University of Memphis, Shareef White usually had class at 8 a.m. followed by two hours of free time. So that's when Charles Harris, the player ahead of him on the depth chart, would call.

"Hey, let's get in the film room," Harris would say.

So to the film room they'd go, the Tigers' senior leader and one of its freshmen linebackers from Grenada, Mississippi, population 12,000.