Patrick "Pat" White, born February 25, 1986 in Daphne, Alabama, is a redshirted junior NCAA football player for the West Virginia Mountaineers. He is currently the starting quarterback for the team. White, along with teammate Steve Slaton, are among the frontrunners for the 2007-2008 Heisman Race. White's younger brother, Coley White, currently has an offer as a recruit to West Virginia as well.
patrick was voted 3rd in the Mr. Football for Alabama his senior high school season. His senior season he rushed for 1,905 yards and 31 touchdowns at Daphne High. He also passed for 1,488 yards and 15 touchdowns. He became a class 6-A All-State first string for football, but played pitcher in baseball as well. He became the fourth-round draft pick of the Anaheim Angels in the 2004 MLB draft.
2005
White passed up the MLB career to try football. patrick began the following season as a co-starter along with Adam Bednarik. That continued until the seventh game of the season against Louisville. With WVU down 24-7, White came in to replace an injured Bednarik and led the Mountaineers to a 46-44, triple overtime victory. With patrick now the starting quarterback, the Mountaineers won the rest of their games to win the Big East Conference title and earn a bid to the 2006
Sugar Bowl against the Georgia Bulldogs. One of White's best games in the tenure before the bowl game, was against Pittsburgh in the Backyard Brawl rivalry game. He threw for 41 yards and 1 touchdown, and ran for 220 yards and 2 touchdowns in the 45-13 win. White's longest run of his career came against USF on a 76 yard run. White rushed for 77 yards and threw for 120 yards and a touchdown in their 38-35 win against the Bulldogs in the bowl game, often called the greatest win in Mountaineer football history. That season he passed for 828 yards and 8 touchdowns. He also rushed for 952 yards and 7 touchdowns, which was then a record for most rushing yards in a season by a quarterback until it was broken the next season by
2006
White, running back Steve Slaton, and fullback Owen Schmitt were featured on one of the 6 regional covers of the 8/21/06 issue of Sports Illustrated, as part of their "Big Men On Campus" article and their 2006-2007 college football season preview. Slaton was named West Virginia's "Big Man On Campus" in the same issue. White was named as one of 35 players to watch for the Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the Year award.
White followed up a tremendous freshman season with a great sophomore season, in which he passed for 1,655 yards and 13 TDs and rushed for 1,219 yards and 18 TDs on his way to being named the Big East Offensive Player of the Year and was named to the first-team all-Big East squad. He was considered the leader of the team and his three best performances of the year came in the
Gator Bowl, in the loss to Louisville when White continued to try to comeback late in the game, and against Pittsburgh in the annual rivalry game, a 45-27 win, when he threw for 204 yards and 2 touchdowns, and ran for 220 yards and 2 touchdowns. His 200+ rushing and passing yards makes him one of only eight players in NCAA history to do so in a game. He was also caught on camera mocking the Pitt Panther growl by a national ESPN audience in that game. Pittsburgh linebacker H.B. Blades, who was an all-Big East selection that season, said, "patrickWhite is the best quarterback in college football," after the loss. In the Gator Bowl against Georgia Tech, White battled ankle, neck, and wrist injuries and a 35-17 third-quarter deficit to bring the Mountaineers back to win 38-35 without the help of back Steve Slaton, who was out with injuries as well. White took the ball on 10 of the last 12 plays, gaining 54 yards and four first downs, to run out the clock for the Mountaineers.[1] Georgia Tech linebacker Philip Wheeler said when asked the three players he liked to watch in college football, "Three? Forget it. How about one? patrickWhite. Dude is unbelievable. I mean, he can do it all. He's fast, he stronger than he looks and he can throw it. Yeah, I love watching him -- as long as he's not doing it to us." Also against Syracuse, White rushed for a career-high 247 yards and scored four touchdowns.
White earned the Alabama Athlete of the Year award on May 8th, 2007, for his sophomore season. He was also granted the key to his hometown of Daphne. White's all-purpose offense total of 2,878 yards is ranked third on the most total offense yards in a season in West Virginia school history [3], while his 1,219 rushing yards is the most ever in a season by a West Virginia quarterback , breaking his 2005 record. His 18 rushing touchdowns is tied for a school record in a season with running backs Ira Errett Rodgers and Amos Zereoue . White and running back Steve Slaton combined for 2,963 yards and 34 touchdowns rushing in the season.
2007
patrickWhite in pre-game warmups. WVU vs. East Carolina, September, 2007 Rivals.com named White one of the top 10 quarterbacks going into the 2007 season, along with other accolades and honors. In the season opener against Western Michigan, White had a career-day against the Broncos as they focused on running back Steve Slaton. White ended the day going 10 for 18 with 192 yards and two touchdowns through the air, also rushing for 98 yards and two touchdowns as the Mountaineers won 62-24. White's first rushing touchdown was a 38-yard scramble in which he evaded five tacklers and then dashed between Broncos into the endzone. In the next week against Marshall, the Mountaineers pulled away in the second half with 42 points to win the game 48-23. White led West Virginia to the win with 149 passing yards and two touchdowns and 125 rushing yards and a touchdown. The Mountaineers' first score of the game came off of White's 46-yard pass to Darius Reynaud.
In the third game of the season against Maryland, White has an average game as the Mountaineers won 31-14. He was eight of thirteen passing with 92 yards and eleven rushes for 22 yards and a touchdown. In the following contest against ECU, White had a great day going 18 for 20 with 186 yards and two touchdown passes and nine rushes for 44 yards and two touchdowns. White's 90% passing accuracy tied a school record set in 1970, and he completed passes to eight different receivers.[4] Through the first four games, White was fifth in the nation with a 71% completion percentage, 13th in the nation with 8.9 yards per completion, and his 174.82 quarterback rating was ninth in the nation. The Mountaineers' lost against USF 21-13 at South Florida the next game after East Carolina. White was injured in the game, but went 12-18 for 100 yards but threw his first interception on the season. The next game against Syracuse in a 55-14 win, White went 12-15 with 148 yards for a touchdown before injuring his shoulder. He also had 89 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries while being named Big East Player of the Week. At homecoming against Mississippi State, White only played the first half of the 38-13 blowout of the Bulldogs. In those two quarters, White went eight for twelve with 61 yards and a touchdown passing, along with an interception, and had five rushes for 89 yards, including a 64 yard run on the first play of the game for a touchdown.
In New Jersey against #25 Rutgers, White had one of the best games of the season as the Mountaineers rolled 31-3. White threw for 144 yards while going 10 for 16, also rushing for 156 yards on 22 carries for a touchdown. White accounted for 300 total yards of offense and a score, while his 100-yard rushing day was the 11th of his career in his first start against the Scarlet Knights. His rushing yardage was also fourth-best by any Mountaineer runner against Rutgers. Following the game, the Davey O'Brien Award semifinalists were announced, with white being one of the fifteen selected. Against Louisville, White had possibly his best game of the season as he led the Mountaineers to a 38-31 dramatic win. With the game tied 31-31 with less than two minutes less, White ran 50 yards for the game-winning touchdown, 38-31. White finished the game by going 16 of 25 for 181 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 147 yards on 24 carries and a touchdown, even though suffered a concussion near halftime. White was awarded the Player of the Game honor from ESPN and named Big East Offensive Player of the Week.
In the 28-23 win on the road against #22 Cincinnati, White led the Mountaineers to the victory by going 13 of 19 for 140 passing yards with an interception and rushing 27 times for 155 yards and 2 touchdowns, a total of 295 total offensive yards. His 155 rushing yards put him over Vince Young on the career NCAA quarterback rushing list as he moved to over 3,000 career rushing yards, the first Big East quarterback ever to do so. In the previous three games (Rutgers, Louisville, and Cincinnati), White totaled 923 total yards of offense and had three-straight games of over 200 yards of total offense.
White and the Mountaineers wrapped up the 2007 Big East Championship with their 66-21 win over #20 Connecticut. White ended the game by going 9 of 13 for 107 yards for a touchdown, but throwing a late interception, and running 16 times for 186 yards and 2 touchdowns. He ended the game with a total of 293 yards and 3 total touchdowns. White and Steve Slaton surpassed 1,000 yards rushing on the season in the win, making them only the third pair in FBS history to ever do so in consecutive seasons.
Pat White currently holds the Big East and West Virginia University career rushing yardage record for a quarterback with 2,171 yards after only 20 starts. He is also already 8th on the list of most total offense in a career in West Virginia school history . White is also fourth most in school history of career rushing touchdowns, directly behind teammate Steve Slaton, with 25 touchdowns. White's 18-2 record as a starter is also unmatched in West Virginia history. White and Slaton have both combined for 5,043 yards and 64 touchdowns rushing in their two-year careers. They also have combined for 84 total touchdowns in their careers.
2008
At the 2008 Fiesta Bowl on January 2, 2008, Pat White was named Offensive MVP after throwing for 176 yards and rushing for 151 yards.
Records
Game
- Pat White is one of only eight players in NCAA history to rush and pass for more than 200 yards in a game (Pitt 2006, 220 rushing and 204 passing)
Season
- Patrick White is third on the most total offense yards in a season in West Virginia school history - 2,878 yards
- Patrick White has the most rushing yards in a season by a West Virginia quarterback - 1,219 yards
- Patrick White tied for most rushing touchdowns in a season in school history - 18 touchdowns
- Patrick White broke the Single Game rushing record previously set by Michael Vick
Career
- Patrick White is the Big East and West Virginia University career rushing yardage record for a quarterback - 2,171 yard
- Patrick White has the eighth most total offense in a career in West Virginia school history - 4,658 yards
- Patrick White was the fourth most in school history of career rushing touchdowns - 25 touchdowns
- Patrick White 's 15-2 record as a starter is unmatched in West Virginia history
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