Tre'Davious White

Tre'Davious White
No. 27 Buffalo Bills
Position: Cornerback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1995-01-16) January 16, 1995
Place of birth: Shreveport, Louisiana
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight: 192 lb (87 kg)
Career information
High school: Shreveport (LA) Green Oaks
College: LSU
NFL Draft: 2017 / Round: 1 / Pick: 27
Career history
Roster status: Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com

Tre'Davious White (born January 16, 1995) is an American football cornerback for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at LSU, and was drafted by the Bills in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft.

Early years

White attended Green Oaks High School in Shreveport, Louisiana. He played both cornerback and quarterback in high school. He was rated by Rivals.com as a five-star recruit and was ranked as the fourth best cornerback and 18th best overall player in his class.[1] White committed to Louisiana State University (LSU) to play college football.[2]

College career

As a true freshman at LSU, White played in 13 games with 11 starts. He finished the season with 55 tackles and two interceptions.[3] As a sophomore in 2014 he started all 13 games and also served as the punt returner. He recorded 33 tackles, two interceptions and a punt return touchdown.[4][5] As a junior, he was chosen to wear the No. 18 jersey, which signifies the player with the best leadership qualities on the team.[6] He finished the year with 44 tackles and returned a punt 69 yards for a touchdown against Syracuse. The Associated Press and Southeastern Conference (SEC) coaches both selected White for their All-SEC second team.[7][8] White was expected to be a late first-round choice in the 2016 NFL Draft, but he instead chose to return to LSU for his senior season.[9] After the season, he earned first-team All-SEC honors from the AP.[10]

Professional career

White was invited to the Senior Bowl and was set to play until he injured his ankle during practice.[11] He was able to raise his draft stock after practicing well and showing an ability to learn quickly while working with Cleveland Brown's defensive backs coach DeWayne Walker for the Senior Bowl. He attended the NFL Combine and was able to complete all the combine and positional drills. White also participated at LSU's Pro Day and opted to attempt to beat his combine times in the 40, 20, and 10-yard dash, but was unable to.[12] NFL draft experts and analysts projected him to be selected in the first or second round. He was ranked the third best cornerback in the draft by Sports Illustrated, Pro Football Focus, and ESPN, ranked the fourth best cornerback by NFL analyst Bucky Brooks, ranked the fifth best cornerback by NFL analyst Mike Mayock, and ranked the seventh best cornerback by NFLDraftScout.com.[13][14][15][16][17]

Pre-draft measurables
Ht Wt Arm length Hand size 40‑yd dash 10-yd split 20-yd split 20‑ss 3‑cone Vert jump Broad BP
5 ft 11 in
(1.80 m)		 192 lb
(87 kg)		 32 1⁄8 in
(0.82 m)		 9 1⁄8 in
(0.23 m)		 4.47 s 1.52 s 2.61 s 4.32 s 6.90 s 32.0 in
(0.81 m)		 9 ft 11 in
(3.02 m)		 16 reps
All values are from NFL Combine[18]

The Buffalo Bills selected White in the first round (27th overall) of the 2017 NFL Draft.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "Tre'Davious White". rivals.com. Yahoo!. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ Morris, Kelly (February 6, 2013). "Tre'Davious White inspires team, community en route to LSU". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ Rosetta, Randy (August 9, 2014). "With a blueprint left by two former stars, LSU's Tre'Davious White is primed to emerge as a star in the secondary". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  4. ↑ Rosetta, Randy (October 25, 2014). "Tre'Davious White's return for an LSU TD was a relief & a good sign for the Tigers". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  5. ↑ Rabalais, Scott (August 16, 2015). "D-B-U: LSU’s secondary expected to be team’s rock". The Advocate. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  6. ↑ Guilbeau, Glenn (August 8, 2015). "Tre’Davious White proud to wear LSU’s coveted No. 18". USA Today. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  7. ↑ "2015 Associated Press All-SEC football team". Associated Press. December 14, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  8. ↑ Kalland, Robby (December 8, 2015). "2015 Coaches' All-SEC Team: Alabama leads the way with 10 selections". CBS Sports. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  9. ↑ Higgins, Ron (January 23, 2016). "Tre'Davious White chooses LSU purple and gold over NFL green". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved November 2, 2016.
  10. ↑ "It's a Sweep: No 1. Alabama Cleans up on AP All-SEC Team". ABC News. Associated Press. December 8, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
  11. ↑ Josh Katzenstein (January 26, 2017). "LSU's Tre'Davious White to miss Senior Bowl game with ankle injury". Nola.com. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  12. ↑ "TreDavious White, DS #7 CB, LSU". nfldraftscout.com. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  13. ↑ Chris Burke (April 24, 2017). "2017 NFL draft rankings: Top prospects by position". si.com. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  14. ↑ Jeff Legwold (April 22, 2017). "Ranking the 2017 Draft's Top 100 Prospects". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Top 32 Prospexts of the 2017 NFL Draft". profootballfocus.com. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  16. ↑ Bucky Brooks (April 25, 2017). "Bucky Brooks' 2017 NFL Draft position rankings 3.0". NFL.com. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  17. ↑ Mike Mayock (April 12, 2017). "Mike Mayock's 2017 NFL Draft position rankings 3.0". NFL.com. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
  18. ↑ http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/tre'davious-white?id=2557867
  19. ↑ Browm, Chris (April 27, 2017). "Bills add experienced, principled cover man in White". BuffaloBills.com.
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