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'{{short description|American football linebacker}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox NFL biography | name = Devin White | image = GA VS LSU E101318 11 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = White in 2018 | current_team = Tampa Bay Buccaneers | number = 41 | position = [[Middle linebacker]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|2|17}} | birth_place = [[Springhill, Louisiana]] | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 237 | high_school = [[North Webster High School|North Webster (Springhill, LA)]] | college = [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]] | draftyear = 2019 | draftround = 1 | draftpick = 5 | pastteams = * [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] ({{NFL Year|2019}}–present) | status = Unsigned draft pick | highlights = * Butkus Award (2018) * Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[2018 College Football All-America Team|2018]]) * Second-team [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[2017 College Football All-America Team|2017]]) * 2× First-team All-[[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] ([[2017 All-SEC football team|2017]], [[2018 All-SEC football team|2018]]) | statleague = NFL | statseason = | statweek = | statlabel1 = | statvalue1 = | statlabel2 = | statvalue2 = | statlabel3 = | statvalue3 = | nflnew = devinwhite/2562781 | pfr = WhitDe02 }} '''Devin White''' (born February 17, 1998) is an [[American football]] [[linebacker]] for the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL). He played [[college football]] at [[LSU Tigers football|LSU]]. ==High school career== White was a controversial recruit out of high school, having multiple run-ins with police. In November 2015, he and his teammate Keuntra Gipson were arrested for having consensual sex with a 14-year-old, a misdemeanor in Louisiana.<ref>{{cite news |title=North Webster star RB-LB Devin White faces sex charges |work=Shreveport Times |date=November 20, 2015 |url=https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/sports/recruiting/2015/11/20/north-webster-star-rb-lb-devin-white-faces-sex-charges/76126520/ }}</ref> One month later, White was arrested for misdemeanor charges of “careless operation of a motor vehicle and flight from an officer.”<ref>{{cite news |title=As college decision looms, Devin White arrested again |date=December 31, 2015 |work=USA Today |url=http://usatodayhss.com/2015/as-college-decision-looms-devin-white-arrested-again }}</ref> Because of his legal situation, White was dismissed from the 2015 [[Under Armour All-America Game]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Devin White dismissed from Under Armour All-America game due to "ongoing legal situation"|date=December 11, 2015|accessdate=March 29, 2018|work=USA Today High School Sports|url=http://usatodayhss.com/2015/devin-white-dismissed-from-under-armour-all-america-game-due-to-ongoing-legal-situation}}</ref> Despite these controversies, he was still able to sign with LSU to play football.<ref>{{cite web|title=Controversial football recruit Devin White picks LSU|author=Rohrbach, Ben|url=http://usatodayhss.com/2016/controversial-football-recruit-devin-white-picks-lsu|date=January 8, 2016|accessdate=March 29, 2018|work=USA Today High School Sports}}</ref> ==College career== In his sophomore season at LSU, White led the SEC in tackles with 133 total, the 4th most tackles in a single season in school history.<ref>{{cite web|title=How stud LSU linebacker Devin White became the SEC's tackle leader|author=Dellenger, Ross|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_0ab87682-ed95-11e7-a35c-439703e21399.html|work=The Advocate|date=December 30, 2017|accessdate=March 29, 2018}}</ref> He also became the first player in SEC history to be named Defensive Player of the week 4 times in the same season.<ref>{{cite web|title=LSU LB Devin White lands a historic fourth SEC honor|author=Dellenger, Ross|url=http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/lsu/article_1120f20a-d397-11e7-a556-bba829b024a8.html|date=November 27, 2017|accessdate=March 29, 2018|work=The Advocate}}</ref> Following his junior year, White decided to forego his senior year and enter the [[2019 NFL Draft]]. ===College statistics=== {|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |! colspan="18" style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|LSU Tigers|color=white}};" |<center>'''LSU Tigers'''</center> |- align="center" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Class ! rowspan="2"| Position ! rowspan="2"| GP ! colspan="5"| Tackles ! colspan="5"| Interceptions ! colspan="4"| Fumbles |- ! Solo !! Ast !! Total !! Loss !! Sack !! Int !! Yards !! Avg !! TD !! PD !! FR !! Yards !! TD !! FF |- ! [[2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2016]] !! [[Freshmen]] !! [[Linebacker|LB]] | 8 || 15 || 15 || 30 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 |- ! [[2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2017]] !! [[Sophomore]] !! [[Linebacker|LB]] | 13 || 37 || 96 || 133 || 13.5 || 4.5 || 1 || 3 || 3.0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- ! [[2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2018]] !! [[Junior (education)|Junior]] !! [[Linebacker|LB]] | 13 || 62 || 61 || 123 || 12.0 || 3.0 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 3 |- |} ==Professional career== {{NFL predraft | height ft = 6 | height in = 0 | weight = 237 | arm span = {{frac|32|1|8}} | hand span = {{frac|9|3|4}} | dash = 4.42 | ten split = | twenty split = | shuttle = 4.17 | cone drill = 7.07 | vertical = {{frac|39|1|2}} | broad ft = 9 | broad in = 10 | bench = 22 | wonderlic = | note = All values from NFL Combine }} ===Tampa Bay Buccaneers=== White was drafted by the [[Tampa Bay Buccaneers]] in the first round with the fifth overall pick of the [[2019 NFL Draft]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Teope |first1=Herbie |title=Buccaneers choose linebacker Devin White at No. 5 |url=http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000001028033/article/buccaneers-choose-linebacker-devin-white-at-no-5 |website=NFL.com |accessdate=26 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref> He is the highest selected LSU Tigers defensive player since [[Patrick Peterson]] in [[2011 NFL Draft|2011]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{football stats}} [https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/players/devin-white-1.html Sports Reference (College)] *{{Twitter|devinwhite__40}} *[http://www.lsusports.net/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210632291&DB_OEM_ID=5200 LSU Tigers bio] {{Dick Butkus Award (collegiate)}} {{2018 NCAA Division I FBS College Football Consensus All-Americans}} {{2019 NFL Draft}} {{BuccaneersFirstPick}} {{Tampa Bay Buccaneers roster navbox}} {{DEFAULTSORT:White, Devin}} [[Category:1998 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:All-American college football players]] [[Category:American football linebackers]] [[Category:LSU Tigers football players]] [[Category:People from Springhill, Louisiana]] [[Category:Players of American football from Louisiana]] [[Category:Tampa Bay Buccaneers players]]'