Linebacker, Mississippi State, to 2010

Chris White

Number
No. 50
Height
6′4″
Hometown
Vancleave, MS
Born
Jan 15, 1989, in Mobile, Alabama

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Chris White played linebacker at Mississippi State (to 2010). The Buffalo Bills took White in round 6, No. 169 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
2010
First-team All-SEC
Drafted
No. 169
Round 6, 2011 NFL Draft (Buffalo Bills)

Honors

Regional honors: Conerly Trophy 2010

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Defense

SeasonTeamInt
2010Mississippi State2

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacksIntPBUHur
20091244317540.5031
201013545611015.56212
On file988718519.56.5243

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Mississippi State50LB
2010Mississippi State50LB6′4″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2010 Mississippi State 2 games with an interception on file, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultInt
Oct 30vs.KentuckyW 24–⁠171
Nov 13atAlabamaL 10–⁠301

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2011
Height6′2¾″
Weight240 lb
Arm length30⅞″
Hand size9″
Wingspan76⅜″W
40-yard dash4.73 s
10-yard split1.66 sW
Vertical jump34″
Broad jump9′7″
Bench press17 reps
3-cone drill6.95 s
20-yard shuttle4.25 s

Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

4 seasons, 26 games with a stat; latest team: New England Patriots.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2011Buffalo Bills5800
2012Buffalo Bills71100
2013New England Patriots9800
2014New England Patriots5600
NFL career263300

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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