Keion White (born January 20, 1999) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

defensive end Defensive end (DE) is a defensive position in the sport of gridiron football. This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formation (American football), formations over the years have substantially ...

for the

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of the

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(NFL). He played

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Old Dominion Old Dominion most commonly refers to: *The Old Dominion, a nickname for the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia ** Colony of Virginia *Old Dominion University, a public university in Norfolk, Virginia **Old Dominion Monarchs, the athletic teams represe ...

and Georgia Tech.

Early years

White grew up in

Raleigh, North Carolina Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seats, seat of Wake County, North Carolina, Wake County in the United States. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most ...

and attended

Garner Magnet High School Garner Magnet High School (GMHS) is a comprehensive public high school in Garner, North Carolina, United States, a city southeast of Raleigh. The school was founded as Garner Senior High School (GSHS), which graduated its first class in 1969. Gar ...

, where he was a starter at tight end and defensive end on the football team. He was named first team All-Greater Neuse River Conference as a senior after catching 20 catches for 243 yards and four touchdowns. White was rated a three-star recruit and committed to play

at Old Dominion over offers from Elon, Norfolk State, North Carolina A&T, and Virginia State.

College career

White began his college career playing for the Old Dominion Monarchs, where he initially played tight end. After redshirting his true freshman season, he started eight games and caught 11 passes for 124 yards as a redshirt freshman. White moved to defensive end entering his redshirt sophomore season. In his first season on defense, he made 62 tackles with 3.5 sacks and 19 tackles for loss and was named Second-team All-

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. White opted out of his redshirt junior season in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and eventually entered the NCAA transfer portal. White ultimately transferred to Georgia Tech. He broke his ankle playing in a pick-up basketball game prior to his transfer and missed the first eight games of the 2021 season. White played in the final four games of the Yellow Jackets' season and recorded four tackles. White used the extra year of eligibility granted to college athletes in 2020 due to the

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and returned to Georgia Tech for the 2022 season.

Professional career

White was drafted by the

in the second round, 46th overall, in the

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References

External links

Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets bio

Old Dominion Monarchs bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Keion Living people American football defensive ends People from Garner, North Carolina Sportspeople from Wake County, North Carolina Players of American football from North Carolina Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players Old Dominion Monarchs football players 1999 births New England Patriots players Garner Magnet High School alumni