( CNN ) One is a former high school cornerback who also loves baseball . The other is a football fan who also played competitive golf . The two University of Oklahoma students at the center of a racist fraternity video have more than sports in common . They 're both under fire since the nine-second clip showed them making racial slurs against blacks . In it , students at the now-disbanded Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity clap , pump their fists and laugh as they hurl racial slurs and make a reference to lynching . School officials have expelled Parker Rice and Levi Pettit because of their alleged `` leadership role '' in the racist chant . Here 's what we know about the two students : . Rice , 19 , was raised in Dallas , where he recently graduated from Jesuit College Preparatory School . In high school , he was an avid sportsman , and he played cornerback on the football team , in addition to baseball , The Dallas Morning News reported . His father , Bob Rice , is a real estate agent in Dallas , where he volunteers for various organizations , including a baseball league and the local YMCA , according to the newspaper . Earlier this year , a sibling of the younger Rice described their close relationship in an interview with their high school newspaper . In the article , the brother says they enjoy playing video games and watching movies together . Rice has apologized for the video , calling his actions wrong and reckless . `` I made a horrible mistake by joining into the singing and encouraging others to do the same , '' he said in a statement Tuesday . His family has fled their home , where protesters gathered Wednesday . They 've also wiped out their social media accounts . As the university tries to heal after days of controversy , some are rallying to Rice 's defense . Matthew Lopez , a friend and fellow student at the university , said the video is not a reflection of who he is . `` That video does not represent his core personality , '' Lopez said . `` Unfortunately though , as things are , that might define him for a while . But it does not define him personally , I feel . '' Lopez described him as a `` charismatic , good person , with a good soul and a good spirit '' who experienced a lapse in judgment . `` His behavior is a result of his influence of the fraternity system and the traditions that have been embedded since pre-civil war times , when the fraternity was made , which obviously were n't the most tolerant times , '' Lopez said . The second student expelled , Pettit does not have much of a digital footprint . What appears to be his now deleted Twitter page mainly focuses on his musings about college football . Pettit played golf at his alma mater , Highland Park High School , The Dallas Morning News reported . In a statement , his parents said their son made a horrible mistake and apologized to African-Americans , students and university faculty . `` He is a good boy , but what we saw in those videos is disgusting , '' Brody and Susan Pettit said . `` While it may be difficult for those who only know Levi from the video to understand , we know his heart , and he is not a racist . '' CNN has reached out to both students but has not heard back from Rice . A spokesman for the Pettit family declined CNN 's request for an interview .
`` That video does not represent his core personality , '' a friend of Levi Pettit says . Parker Rice , the second student expelled , mainly focused on college football on social media .