Player Bio: Dewayne White :: Football

  Dewayne White

Dewayne White

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Marbury, Ala.

High School:
Marbury

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 280

Position:
DL

Birthdate:
10/19/1979

Experience:
2L

  • 2002 Football News Preseason All-America First Team
  • 2002 Lindy's Preseason All-America First Team
  • 2002 Street & Smith's Preseason All-America Second Team
  • 2002 Phil Steele's Preseason All-America Second Team
  • 2002 Sporting News Preseason All-America Second Team
  • 2002 Athlon Preseason All-America Second Team
  • 2002 Preseason Conference USA First Team Defense
  • 2002 Conference USA Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2001 Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year
  • 2001 All-Conference USA First Team
  • 2001 Collegefootballnews.com All-America Second Team
  • 2001 Sporting News All-America Third Team
  • 2001 Football News All-America Third Team
  • 2001 Preseason All-Conference USA
  • 2000 Liberty Bowl Defensive MVP
  • 2000 Freshman All-Conference USA
One of the nation's dominant pass rushers ... national leader over the last two seasons with 27 sacks ... nation's returning sacks leader after ranking No. 2 nationally with 15 as a sophomore ... his 23 tackles for a loss last season rank No. 2 nationally among returning players ... named the Preseason Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year and the nation's No. 3 defensive end by The Sporting News ... heading into his junior campaign he already ranks No. 3 at Louisville and No. 5 in Conference USA history with 27 sacks -- he needs five sacks to own the U of L record and nine for the C-USA record ... he also ranks No. 2 at U of L with 41 career tackles for loss, only two behind Michael Josiah for the school record ... during his two-year career, Louisville's defense has led the nation in sacks (96) and ranks No. 2 nationally in takeaways (69) and interceptions (44) ... preseason second team All-American selection by both The Sporting News and Athlon ... named to the Rotary Lombardi Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy preliminary watch lists.

2001: Earned Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year honors after ranking No. 2 nationally and leading C-USA with a league single season record-tying 15 sacks ... also tied for the conference lead with a school record 23 tackles for loss ... led the conference with 23 solo tackles for loss ... one of only two players to win league defensive player of the week honors twice in 2001 ... led all C-USA defensive linemen with 86 tackles, including 73 solo stops ... tallied six multiple-sack games ... notched three sacks over the final two games of the regular season despite playing with a fractured hand ... totalled two sacks and a season-high 11 solo tackles against Kentucky ... five of his eight solo tackles against Tulane were for loss, including three sacks ... notched six tackles and blocked a field goal at Illinois ... tallied two sacks, forced a fumble and notched 12 tackles in Louisville's 7-2 win over Colorado State ... earned Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week honors after logging two sacks and five tackles despite playing nearly the entire second half with a broken hand in the Cards' 39-34 title-clinching win at East Carolina.

2000: Starter in the last nine U of L contests ... third-team freshman All-America choice by The Sporting News ... accounted for 11 of his 12 sacks over the final nine games ... Conference USA all-freshman selection by the coaches and media ... 52 total tackles on the season including 17 for loss ... topped U of L with 22 quarterback pressures ... batted down five passes ... two sacks among three tackles for loss and a forced fumble in Liberty Bowl loss ... four tackles including a pair for loss in 52-0 win over Grambling in Week Two ... a pair of sacks in his first collegiate start against UConn ... three tackles for loss among his five stops in win at UAB ... one-man wrecking crew versus East Carolina recording a career-high nine tackles ... particularly devastating in the second half notching three sacks of David Garrard ... a pair of tackles for loss and a sack in win over Tulane ... three tackles and a sack versus Southern Miss ... deflected, intercepted and returned a pass 35 yards for a touchdown to give U of L a 14-point second half lead against then No. 11 Southern Miss ... team-high seven tackles in victory at Houston to clinch Liberty Bowl bid ... added a pair of sacks and three tackles for loss at Houston.

1999: Did not see game action.

High School: Two-time all-Alabama 2A performer at Marbury High ... carried the ball 200 times for 1,805 yards and 29 touchdowns as a senior ... earned 2A Back of the Year honors in 1998 ... all-Autauga County choice as well as offensive player of the year ... recorded 120 tackles, caused seven fumbles and recovered four more ... 122 yards on 32 carries and intercepted four passes including one for a touchdown as a senior ... all-metro selection as well ... honorable mention all-state performer as a sophomore ... ran for 904 yards on 145 carries ... made 111 tackles with 15 going for loss in 1996 ... three-time all-state performer in basketball averaging more than 20 points and 10 rebounds per game ... an all-county and all-metro choice on the hardwood ... named Role Model of the Year for the state of Alabama by Southern Living magazine ... selected U of L over Tennessee Tech and Alabama State.

Personal: Justice administration major ... born October 19, 1979 ... oldest of four children.

White's Statistics

Year	UT	AT	TT	TFL	Sacks	FR	FF	Int.	PBU
2000	41	11	52	17-77	12-65	0-0	0	1-35	5
2001	73	13	86	23-122	15-105	1-0	1	0-0	4
Totals	114	24	138	40-199	27-170	1-0	1	1-35	9
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