White grew up in
Laurinburg, North Carolina and attended
Scotland High School, where he was a member of the football and track teams.[2] As a senior, White rushed for 2,086 yards (14.1 yards per carry) and 34 touchdowns and won the Sam B. Nicola Award as the national high school player of the year before tearing his ACL in the second round of the state playoffs.[3][4][5] White was a consensus top-five recruit at the running back position and committed to play
college football at
Georgia over offers from
Alabama,
Clemson,
North Carolina and
Ohio State.[6]
College career
White
redshirted his true freshman season after suffering a second torn ACL during summer training camp.[7][8][9] White scored the first touchdown of his college career on September 7, 2019, against
Murray State in an eight carry, 72 yard effort in a 63–17 win.[10] He rushed for a season high 92 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries against
Baylor in the
2020 Sugar Bowl.[11] White finished his redshirt freshman season with 408 yards and three touchdowns on 78 carries with two receptions for 20 yards.[12][13][14] In the shortened 2020 season, White was Georgia's leading rusher with 779 yards and 11 touchdowns on 144 carries.[15] In 2021, White again led all Georgia running backs—a platoon that included
James Cook,
Kenny McIntosh, and
Kendall Milton—with 856 yards and 11 touchdowns on 160 carries.[16] On January 14, 2022, White declared for the
2022 NFL Draft.[17]
White was selected in the fourth round (122nd overall) by the
Las Vegas Raiders in the
2022 NFL Draft.[21] On June 8, 2022, White signed his rookie contract for the Raiders.[22] As a rookie, White appeared in 14 games and had 17 carries for 70 yards.[23]
White made his first career start in Week 15 against the
Los Angeles Chargers after starter
Josh Jacobs was ruled out due to an injury. In the game, he rushed 17 times for 69 yards and his first career touchdown.[24]