Pat White

Patrick Christian White (born February 25, 1986) is an American football coach and former player who is an offensive assistant for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL).

He played professionally as a quarterback on the NFL and Canadian Football League (CFL).

Against USF, White led the Mountaineers to their first undefeated Big East season since 1993 with a 177-yard, two touchdown rushing performance.

He had the longest rush of his career to date, a 76-yard run, and also totaled 89 yards and score through the air for his third consecutive 200-yard game of his freshman season.

He was drafted in the fourth round of the 2004 MLB Draft by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and in later rounds by the Cincinnati Reds in 2008 and New York Yankees in 2009, but never played for those organizations except in instructional leagues.

White was voted 3rd in the Mr. Football for Alabama his senior high school season.

His senior season he rushed for 1,905 yards and 31 touchdowns at Daphne High.

He also passed for 1,488 yards and 15 touchdowns.

He became a class 6-A All-State first team for football, but played pitcher and outfield in baseball as well, winning two state championships.

White was being pursued by West Virginia, Auburn, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, and Vanderbilt.

However, West Virginia University promised White a chance to play quarterback in college.

He originally had committed to LSU as a wide receiver but changed his mind and signed his letter of intent to WVU.

White passed up a career in affiliated baseball and a six-figure salary with the Anaheim Angels to play college football.

He began the season as a co-starter along with Adam Bednarik.

He started his season out against Syracuse, with 63 yards passing and 20 yards rushing.

In the 35–7 victory over Wofford, White passed for 82 yards on six passes out of 10, and rushed for 107 yards and a score.

In the 31–19 victory over Maryland, White rushed for 62 yards on nine carries.

In the 20–15 victory over ECU, White scored his first ever passing touchdown of his collegiate career and added 64 yards passing.

In the 34–17 loss to Virginia Tech, White came into the game in the second half.

He totaled 9 passes out of 11 attempts for 85 yards for two touchdowns and 44 yards on the ground.

White's shared time with Bednarik continued until the seventh game of the season against Louisville.

With WVU down 24–7, White came in to replace an injured Bednarik and led the Mountaineers to a 46–44, triple overtime victory.

He teamed-up with freshman running back Steve Slaton to lead the Mountaineers with his 118 total yards on the game, while Slaton scored a Big East record 6 touchdowns.

The game marked the first major game in the duo's memorable career together.

The next game, the 45–13 victory over Connecticut, White totaled 106 passing yards and a touchdown, along with 63 rushing yards and two touchdowns for a total of 169 yards and three scores.

In the 38–0 victory over Cincinnati, White passed for 100 yards and a score and rushed for 111 yards on only eight carries for 211 total yards.

It marked the first 200-yard game of his career.

One of 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 a touchdown, and ran for 220 yards and 2 touchdowns in the 45–13 win.

It was only White's second career 200-yard game and it had come consecutively to his previous 200-yard game against Cincinnati.

With 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.

In what was essentially a home game for the Bulldogs as the Sugar Bowl was moved to the Georgia Dome due to Hurricane Katrina, White had what many described as his "coming-out party", rushing for 77 yards and throwing for 120 yards and a touchdown in WVU's 38–35 win against the Bulldogs.

That season, he passed for 828 yards and 8 touchdowns.

He also rushed for 952 yards and 7 touchdowns, which was then a new Big East and WVU record for quarterback rushing yards in a season.

He also had three consecutive 200-yard games, which ended when he came short with 197 yards in the Sugar Bowl.

White and Steve Slaton ended the season with 2,995 total yards and 24 touchdowns between the two players.

White, running back Steve Slaton, and fullback Owen Schmitt were featured on one of the six regional covers of the August 21, 2006, 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.

He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers and was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the second round of the 2009 NFL draft.

White was also a baseball outfielder.