Anthony White

2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT SEASON) Did not see any game action during second full season on campus … scout team member. 2023 SEASON (FRESHMAN) Redshirt season … continued recovery from a knee injury suffered during senior year of high school. HIGH SCHOOL Local product out of nearby Abernathy High School … one of the top athletes in West Texas for the Antelopes as both a safety and wide receiver … projects to play in the secondary at the college level … missed his entire senior season due to an offseason injury … had previously totaled 1,110 career receiving yards and 22 touchdowns up to that point as well as seven interceptions defensively … helped push Abernathy to a 12-2 record as a junior in 2021 and an appearance in the Class 3A Division II regional finals … that regional final was actually played at Jones AT&T Stadium … credited with 88 tackles, including 13.0 for a loss, to go along with five interceptions, six pass breakups, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries that season … also caught 44 passes for 794 yards on offense, while finding the end zone once on defense, twice on kickoff returns and another on a punt return … was a first team All-District 4-2A selection as both a wide receiver and linebacker … garnered honorable mention All-State accolades by the Texas Sports Writers Association (TSWA) … also a standout on the basketball court and in track and field for the Antelopes … was the District Newcomer of the Year as a freshman in 2020 and then a first team selection each of the next two years … tabbed a three-star prospect by the likes of 247Sports, Rivals and ON3.com … ranked as one of the top-100 recruits in Texas by 247Sports at No. 92 overall … listed as the No. 31 athlete in the country by ON3 and No. 40 by 247Sports. PERSONAL Anthony Jay White … born in Lubbock to parents Corey and Cindy White … one of six siblings with an older brother, Corey White Jr., and a sister, Savannah … has three younger siblings in Kane, Darion and Chase … third-generation football athlete at the college level as grandfather, Derrick White, starred at Oklahoma and was drafted in the sixth round of the 1988 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings … father was a football student-athlete at Eastern New Mexico University … father was also one of his high school coaches in Abernathy ... in the explore public service program at Texas Tech.