Marvin White
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Marvin L. White (born December 5, 1983 in Port Barre, Louisiana) is an American Football safety that is currently playing at the collegiate level for Texas Christian University.
White was a stand out athlete at Port Barre High, where he earned 14 total letters (4 each in football, basketball and track and 2 in baseball). As a senior in 2002, he led the Red Devils to their first-ever Louisiana Class 2A Football State Championship, and was named All-State in both football and basketball. After high school, White attended Kilgore College in Kilgore, Texas, where he was named a junior college All-American while leading the Rangers to a 10-2 record in 2004.
After his two years at Kilgore, White transferred to TCU in Fort Worth. As a junior in 2005, he started nine games, including the last seven of the season and was a big part of TCU's conference championship in their first year in the Mountain West Conference. After the season, White was named second-team All-MWC.
Currently in his senior season at TCU, White is leading the team in both interceptions and tackles. His intense style of play and tenacious hitting, coupled with his being a native of Louisiana has earned him the nickname of "Gator" from his teammates and fans. His most memorable moment at TCU will almost undoubtedly be what has come to be known as "The Great White Hit". In the fourth quarter of a home game against rival Texas Tech, White hit Red Raiders' receiver Robert Johnson so hard that his helmet went shooting in the air, and left Johnson writhing in pain on the grass of Amon G. Carter Stadium (see link below).
The hit caused announcer Glenn Parker to describe White with the following: "he has a suddeness about him and and violence in him."
On December 5, White was named first-team All-MWC, and on December 14 he was selected to play in the East-West Shrine Game.
