Marvin White
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| Cincinnati Bengals — No. 26 | |
| Safety | |
| Date of birth: December 5, 1983 | |
| Place of birth: Port Barre, Louisiana | |
| Height: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | Weight: 199 lb (90 kg) |
| National Football League debut | |
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| 2007 for the Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Career history | |
| College: Texas Christian | |
| NFL Draft: 2007 / Round: 4 / Pick: 114 | |
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Marvin L. White (born December 5, 1983 in Port Barre, Louisiana) is an American Football safety that plays for the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football for Texas Christian University. He was drafted in the 4th round in the 2007 NFL Draft.
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[edit] High School Years
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.
[edit] College career
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.
During his senior season at TCU, White led the team in both interceptions and tackles. His performance earned him first team All-MWC honors as well as an invitation to play in the annual East-West Shrine Game.
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 came off, and Johnson was removed from the game due to injury.
The hit caused announcer Glenn Parker to describe White with the following: "he has a suddenness about him and violence in him."
He was an education major.
[edit] Professional career
White was selected by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fourth round (114th overall) in the 2007 NFL Draft. He started three games at free safety and made a total of 19 tackles that season. He is expected to be the teams' starting free safety in 2008.
[edit] Personal
White along with fellow Teammates Chinedum Ndukwe,Rashad Jeanty,Daniel Coats,and a few other bengals, took place in the charity fund-raising basketball game for the Cody Holp Fund, It was played on March 1st 2008 at Tri-County North High School in Lewisburg, Ohio
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