HOUSTON — The silver No. 4 pendant dangling from D'Eriq King's necklace tells a story.
For starters, he never wanted that jersey number when he arrived at Houston as a true freshman three years ago. He wanted No. 2. But when the team's starting running back at the time, Duke Catalon, wanted to don No. 2 at the last minute, King was forced to give it up. The team gave him No. 4 instead.
Looking back now, inside Houston's football complex one week before fall camp will begin, King can smile about it. And everything else. His jersey number.