Sophomore linebacker logged a career-high nine tackles in the conference title game.
NOTE: The JJ Russell "Get To Know Me" feature first appeared in the Tigers Football GameDay program Oct. 13 when Memphis hosted UCF.
Backtrack to the fall of 2014. Remember former Memphis defensive greats Genard Avery and Shareef White, both natives of Grenada, Miss.? That was the tandem's freshman campaign, and their first year away from Grenada High School, where another future Tiger was developing.
Jump ahead to 2017 when Avery and White played their final season, but a collegiate career was just beginning for JJ Russell, another member of the Grenada-to-Memphis pipeline.