Xavier White - Football Coach - Texas Tech Red Raiders

Xavier White

Title:
Offensive Assistant (Wide Receivers)

Player Bio (2019-23)

Xavier White rejoined the Texas Tech football program in a new role this offseason as he enters his first season as an offensive assistant working with the Red Raider wide receivers.

This is the first coaching position for White, who concluded his playing career in 2023 as one of the most-versatile Red Raiders in recent memory. His hire reunites the Lubbock native with not only head coach Joey McGuire but offensive passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach Justin Johnson after he was White’s position coach as a senior.

White, a product of Lubbock Monterey High School, returned to West Texas after playing his true freshman season at Dodge City Community College in Kansas. He was a breakout performer of preseason camp prior to the 2019 campaign, rising from a walk-on to a member of Texas Tech’s receiver rotation by the season opener. He transitioned to running back the next season, giving the Red Raiders a dynamic option out of the backfield and in the return game.

White moved back to the wide receiver room upon McGuire’s hire in 2022 as he was Texas Tech’s leader in all-purpose yards that season and its second-leading receiver. White led the Red Raiders with 556 receiving yards as a senior in 2023 en route to concluding his career with 133 catches for 1,524 yards and six touchdowns.

White appeared in 51 games overall for the Red Raiders, totaling 2,731 all-purpose yards during that span thanks to an additional 754 rushing yards and five touchdowns on the ground and 453 yards as either a punt (46) or kick (407) returner. To date, he is one of only two Red Raiders since 2000 to record multiple games with at least 100 rushing yards in a career as well as two or more 100-yard receiving performances, joining Taurean Henderson.

White earned his bachelor’s degree from Texas Tech in 2022 in university studies. He married his wife, Jaiden, in June 2024.