2024 Football Roster
Roster
White, Anthony

Jersey Number 38
Anthony White
- Position:
- Defensive Back
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 195
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Abernathy, Texas
- High School:
- Abernathy
Bio
2024 SEASON (REDSHIRT SEASON)
Did not see any game action during second full season on campus … scout team member.
2023 SEASON (FRESHMAN)
Redshirt season … continued recovery from a knee injury suffered during senior year of high school.
HIGH SCHOOL
Local product out of nearby Abernathy High School … one of the top athletes in West Texas for the Antelopes as both a safety and wide receiver … projects to play in the secondary at the college level … missed his entire senior season due to an offseason injury … had previously totaled 1,110 career receiving yards and 22 touchdowns up to that point as well as seven interceptions defensively … helped push Abernathy to a 12-2 record as a junior in 2021 and an appearance in the Class 3A Division II regional finals … that regional final was actually played at Jones AT&T Stadium … credited with 88 tackles, including 13.0 for a loss, to go along with five interceptions, six pass breakups, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries that season … also caught 44 passes for 794 yards on offense, while finding the end zone once on defense, twice on kickoff returns and another on a punt return … was a first team All-District 4-2A selection as both a wide receiver and linebacker … garnered honorable mention All-State accolades by the Texas Sports Writers Association (TSWA) … also a standout on the basketball court and in track and field for the Antelopes … was the District Newcomer of the Year as a freshman in 2020 and then a first team selection each of the next two years … tabbed a three-star prospect by the likes of 247Sports, Rivals and ON3.com … ranked as one of the top-100 recruits in Texas by 247Sports at No. 92 overall … listed as the No. 31 athlete in the country by ON3 and No. 40 by 247Sports.
PERSONAL
Anthony Jay White … born in Lubbock to parents Corey and Cindy White … one of six siblings with an older brother, Corey White Jr., and a sister, Savannah … has three younger siblings in Kane, Darion and Chase … third-generation football athlete at the college level as grandfather, Derrick White, starred at Oklahoma and was drafted in the sixth round of the 1988 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings … father was a football student-athlete at Eastern New Mexico University … father was also one of his high school coaches in Abernathy ... in the explore public service program at Texas Tech.
Did not see any game action during second full season on campus … scout team member.
2023 SEASON (FRESHMAN)
Redshirt season … continued recovery from a knee injury suffered during senior year of high school.
HIGH SCHOOL
Local product out of nearby Abernathy High School … one of the top athletes in West Texas for the Antelopes as both a safety and wide receiver … projects to play in the secondary at the college level … missed his entire senior season due to an offseason injury … had previously totaled 1,110 career receiving yards and 22 touchdowns up to that point as well as seven interceptions defensively … helped push Abernathy to a 12-2 record as a junior in 2021 and an appearance in the Class 3A Division II regional finals … that regional final was actually played at Jones AT&T Stadium … credited with 88 tackles, including 13.0 for a loss, to go along with five interceptions, six pass breakups, two forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries that season … also caught 44 passes for 794 yards on offense, while finding the end zone once on defense, twice on kickoff returns and another on a punt return … was a first team All-District 4-2A selection as both a wide receiver and linebacker … garnered honorable mention All-State accolades by the Texas Sports Writers Association (TSWA) … also a standout on the basketball court and in track and field for the Antelopes … was the District Newcomer of the Year as a freshman in 2020 and then a first team selection each of the next two years … tabbed a three-star prospect by the likes of 247Sports, Rivals and ON3.com … ranked as one of the top-100 recruits in Texas by 247Sports at No. 92 overall … listed as the No. 31 athlete in the country by ON3 and No. 40 by 247Sports.
PERSONAL
Anthony Jay White … born in Lubbock to parents Corey and Cindy White … one of six siblings with an older brother, Corey White Jr., and a sister, Savannah … has three younger siblings in Kane, Darion and Chase … third-generation football athlete at the college level as grandfather, Derrick White, starred at Oklahoma and was drafted in the sixth round of the 1988 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings … father was a football student-athlete at Eastern New Mexico University … father was also one of his high school coaches in Abernathy ... in the explore public service program at Texas Tech.
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