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White

After sitting out the entire 2020 season, White has become a bit of a forgotten name. White was one of the best Group of Five defenders last season, though, and is primed to be a nice get for the Yellow Jackets. At 6-foot-4 and 267-pounds, White has all the size and length to be a tough strong side defensive end. He is a monster run defender, picking up 19 tackles for loss in his lone year of extended play as a redshirt sophomore in 2019. It’s been a long two months for White in the portal, but he’s finally found himself a good program that looks to be on the rise.

White is a quietly big name in the transfer market now. Though he only earned 3.5 sacks last season, he racked up a whopping 19 tackles for loss. Only nine players in the entire country had more. At 6-foot-4 and 267-pounds, he is built perfectly to be a strong side end and could contribute for a number of Power Five teams right now. Whether or not White will have to sit upon transferring this year is unclear, but if nothing else, he will be a good addition for a team in 2021.

Treash notes that White wrapped the fall campaign with a 19.4% pass-rush win rate and a 16.1% pressure rate, both top-20 marks at the position. By traditional metrics, the 6-foot-4, 267-pounder logged 62 tackles (19.0 for loss), 3.5 sacks, an interception and a forced fumble across 12 games played. This outstanding production is made all the more impressive by the fact that White was playing on offense -- tight end, specifically -- back in 2018. Treash ranks White as the No. 6 edge rusher for the 2020 CFB season.

White (6'4/267) never managed to actually bring down FIU’s QB, but he sure made his day stressful. On just 27 pass-rush reps, White was able to register a pressure seven times and forced FIU’s QB into more uncomfortable situations than he would have liked. White even registered a pass defense in his commanding performance. Unfortunately, the Monarchs could not capitalize on his efforts and fell to 1-8 with the loss to FIU.