Temple said law school has been on his mind for roughly five years, after his father, Collis, who was the first African-American basketball player at LSU, suggested it to him. The 6-foot-5 guard graduated from LSU in 2009 with a business degree and has always had the desire to pursue his education beyond a bachelor’s degree. He knew that an MBA wasn’t practical while playing basketball, but was enticed by law school after watching a TED Talk in 2017 in which a Candian prosecutor talked about the power his profession has. When Temple saw the movie “Just Mercy,” starring Michael B. Jordan, last fall, he was convinced.