Patrick White Bio in 2007
Rivals.com named Patrick 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, Patrick White had a career-day against the Broncos as they focused on running back Steve Slaton. Patrick 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.
Pat White currently holds the Big East and West Virginia University career rushing yardage record for a quarterback with 2,171 yards after only 17 starts. Patrick White is also already 8th on the list of most total offense in a career in West Virginia school history. Patrick White is also fourth most in school history of career rushing touchdowns, directly behind teammate Steve Slaton, with 25 touchdowns. Patrick White 's 15-2 record as a starter is also unmatched in West Virginia history. Patrick White and Slaton have both combined for 5,043 yards and 59 touchdowns rushing in their two-year careers.
Patrick White Bio in 2006
Patrick 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. Patrick White was named as one of 35 players to watch for the Walter Camp Football Foundation Player of the Year award.
Patrick White followed up a tremendous freshman season with a great sophomore season, in which Patrick White 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. Patrick White 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. Patrick White 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, "Patrick White 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. Patrick 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. Georgia Tech linebacker Philip Wheeler said when asked the three players he liked to watch in college football, "Three? Forget it. How about one? Patrick White. 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, Patrick White rushed for a career-high 247 yards and scored four touchdowns.
Patrick White earned the Alabama Athlete of the Year award on May 8th, 2007, for his sophomore season. Patrick White was also granted the key to his hometown of Daphne. Patrick 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, while his 1,219 rushing yards is the most ever in a season by a West Virginia quarterback, breaking his 2005 record. Patrick White 18 rushing touchdowns is tied for a school record in a season with running backs Ira Errett Rodgers and Amos Zereoue. Patrick White and running back Steve Slaton combined for 2,963 yards and 34 touchdowns rushing in the season.
Patrick White Bio in 2005
Patrick White passed up the MLB career to try football. He sat out his freshman season as a redshirt while Rasheed Marshall started. Patrick White 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, Patrick White came in to replace an injured Bednarik and led the Mountaineers to a 46-44, triple overtime victory. With Patrick White 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 Patrick 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. Patrick 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 Patrick White passed for 828 yards and 8 touchdowns. Patrick White 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 Patrick White.
Patrick White Bio in High School
Patrick White was voted 3rd in the Mr. Football for Alabama his senior high school season. Patrick White senior season he rushed for 1,905 yards and 31 touchdowns at Daphne High. Patrick White also passed for 1,488 yards and 15 touchdowns. Patrick White became a class 6-A All-State first string for football, but played pitcher in baseball as well. Patrick White became the fourth-round draft pick of the Anaheim Angels in the 2004 MLB draft.
Patrick White was born February 25, 1986 in Daphne, Alabama. Patrick White is a redshirted junior NCAA football player for the West Virginia Mountaineers. Patrick White is currently the starting quarterback for the team. Patrick White, along with teammate Steve Slaton, are among the frontrunners for the 2007-2008 Heisman Race. Patrick White's younger brother, Coley White, currently has an offer as a recruit to West Virginia as well.