James White
20  James White
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

High School:
St. Thomas Aquinas

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 197

Position:
RB

Experience:
2V

12/07/2012

Badgers hand out awards at team banquet

Abbrederis and Ball, Taylor and Borland named team's most valuable players

11/10/2012

Ball and White Help Wisconsin Run Past Indiana 62-14

Montee Ball and James White combined for 359 yards and five touchdowns.

09/01/2012

Badger Bits: Wisconsin hits the ground running

Nine of Wisconsin's first 14 plays are on the ground

07/19/2012

Ball and White named Doak Walker Award candidates

Ball highlights list of nation's top college running backs

11/05/2011

Postgame Notes: Wisconsin vs. Purdue

11/19/2011

Wisconsin vs Illinois - Nov. 19, 2011

Photos from the Badgers' game against Illinois on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. (Neil Ament photo)

11/12/2011

Wisconsin vs Minnesota - Nov. 12, 2011

Photos from the Bagders' football game against Minnesota on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011.

James White Photo Gallery

Honors and Awards
2012 Preseason:
Named to the Doak Walker Award Watch List
2010:
Consensus Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... second-team All-Big Ten (media), honorable mention All-Big Ten (coaches) Rivals.com, Sporting News and CollegeFootballNews.com first-team Freshman All-American ... Wisconsin's Rookie of the Year ... Midseason: Named third-team All-Big Ten by Phil Steele

Career

Tied freshman record with four rushing touchdowns in one game ... average of 13.2 yards per attempt against Austin Peay on 9/25/10 ranks fourth-best at UW for one game (min. 10 attempts)

2012: Rushed for 4 yards on six carries against Stanford in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 ... ran for 119 yards on 15 carries and tied a career high with 4 touchdowns, threw a 3 yard touchdown pass, and had one catch for 22 yards in the Big Ten Championship game against Nebraska on Dec. 1 ... had seven carries for 13 yards at Penn State on Nov. 24 ... carried the ball eight times for 33 yards against Ohio State on Nov. 17 ... recorded 14 carries for 161 yards and two touchdowns at Indiana on Nov. 10 ... had seven carries for 16 yards against Michigan State on Oct. 27 ... recorded the second-best rushing output of career, running for 175 yards on 15 carries and three touchdowns, against Minnesota on Oct. 20 ... went over the 100-yard mark for the sixth time in his career with 124 yards rushing and one TD at Purdue on Oct. 13 ... rushed six times for 42 yards and caught a career-long 62-yard pass for a touchdown against Illinois on Oct. 6 ... had one carry and returned one kickoff at Nebraska on Sept. 29 ... scored two touchdowns and ran for 65 yards in first career start against UTEP on Sept. 22 ... carried the ball three time for 11 yard and had two catches for 17 yards against Utah State on Sept. 15 ... had three carries for 11 yards and one catch for 12 yards at Oregon State on Sept. 8 ... carried the ball nine times for 47 yards against Northern Iowa on Sept. 1 ... also recorded two kick off returns for 42 yards

2011: Earned second letter ... played in all 14 games ... finished second in the team with 713 rushing yards and third with 1,178 all-purpose yards ... had 30 yards on eight carries in Rose Bowl vs. Oregon ... gained 73 yards on 16 carries against Penn State on Nov. 26 ... ran for 87 yards on 14 carries at Minnesota on Nov. 12 ... tied season high with 17 rushing attempts for 50 yards and two touchdowns and caught career-high four passes for 23 yards against Purdue on Nov. 5 ... gained 16 yards on five carries, caught one pass for six yards and returned four kicks for season-high 78 yards at Ohio State on Oct. 29 ... rushed for 42 yards on 11 carries, caught one pass for 12 yards and returned two kicks for 44 yards at Michigan State on Oct. 22 ... named UW's offensive player of the week after scoring one touchdown and rushing for 87 yards on 13 carries against Indiana on Oct. 15, also returned one kick for 13 yards ... gained 26 yards on 11 carries, caught two passes for 17 yards and returned three kicks for 62 yards against Nebraska on Oct. 1 ... season-high 95 rushing yards, including season-long 49-yard TD rush, on nine carries, also caught two passes for 16 yards and returned one kick for 21 yards against South Dakota on Sept. 24 ... tallied 91 rushing yards and one touchdown on eight carries and tied career high with three catches for 35 yards against Northern Illinois on Sept. 17 ... rushed 17 times for 53 yards and returned one kick for 20 yards against Oregon State on Sept. 10 ... named UW's co-offensive player of the week after rushing for team-high 64 yards and a touchdown, catching one pass for career-high 40 yards and returning three kickoffs for 77 yards, including career-long 40 yard return, against UNLV on Sept. 1

2010:
Earned first letter ... played in 12 games ... average of 6.74 yards per rush ranks second-best in school history (min. 100 attempts) ... 1,052 rushing yards is fourth-most in a single-season by a freshman at UW ... led team in rushing yards and all-purpose yards ... second on team in rushing TDs, rushing yards per game, kick return yards and total offense ... finished third at UW in rushes and total points ... gained 23 yards on eight carries against TCU in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 ... became fourth freshman in school history to go over 1,000 yards in a season after rushing for 134 yards and scoring one touchdown on 20 attempts, also caught one pass for five yards, against Northwestern on Nov. 27 ... Big Ten Freshman of the Week after career-high 181 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries, two catches for 19 yards and two kick returns for 46 yards (career-high 246 all-purpose yards) at Michigan on Nov. 20 ... returned from injury to rush for 144 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries against Indiana on Nov. 13 ... did not play at Purdue on Nov. 6 due to injuries ... gained 10 yards on six carries and caught one pass for no gain before leaving Iowa game on Oct. 23 with an injury ... named UW's co-offensive player of the week after rushing for 75 yards and one touchdown on 17 carries and catching two passes for nine yards in win over No. 1 Ohio State on Oct. 16 ... game-high 118 rushing yards with two touchdowns on 19 carries against Minnesota on Oct. 9 ... earned second-straight Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors after tallying 235 all-purpose yards (98 rush with 2 TDS, 6 rec., and 131 on kick returns) at Michigan State on Oct. 2 ... named Big Ten Freshman of the Week and UW offensive player of the week after rushing 11 times for 145 yards and freshman-record tying four touchdowns against Austin Peay on Sept. 25; scored on 66-yard run and added one catch for 12 yards and 43 kickoff return yards on two retuns ... team-high 133 total yards (40 rush, 93 kickoff return) against Arizona State on Sept. 18 ... gained 25 yards on six carries and returned two kicks for 16 yards against San Jose State on Sept. 11 ... rushed for 59 yards on 11 carries and caught three passes for 37 yards in Badger debut at UNLV on Sept. 4

High School: Rated as No. 42 running back in the country by Rivals, No. 68 by ESPN/Scouts Inc. and No. 70 running back by Scout ... 65th-best player in Florida according to Rivals ... top-15 running back in Florida by ESPN/Scouts Inc. ... in his career, rushed 319 times for 2,568 yards and 38 touchdowns and made 65 catches for 473 yards and eight touchdowns ... as a senior, named first-team all-county as he rushed 136 times for 1,145 yards and 15 touchdowns and made 24 catches for 253 yards and five touchdowns ... all-county second-team as a junior after rushing for 18 touchdowns and 960 yards on 127 carries and catching 17 passes for 184 yards and three touchdowns ... named honorable mention all-county as a sophomore, rushing for 463 yards and five touchdowns on 56 carries ... earned letters in football and baseball ... head coach was George Smith

Personal: Parents are Tyrone and Lisa White ... relatives Santana and Sinorice Moss play in the NFL for the Washington Redskins and New York Giants, respectively ... relative, Craig White, played football at the University of Minnesota ... hobbies include dancing and video games ... majoring in agricultural and life sciences with a focus in communication

Career Rushing Statistics
Season GP/GS Att. Yds. TD Yds/Att Long
2010 12/0 156 1052 14 6.7 66
2011 13/0 141 713 6 5.1 49
2012 14/2 125 806 12 6.4 69
Totals 39/2 422 2571 32 6.1 69

Game-by-Game Rushing (Att.-Yds., TD)
2010 SEASON: UNLV (11-59); San Jose State (6-25); Arizona State (6-40); Austin Peay (11-145, 4); Michigan State (10-98, 2); Minnesota (19-118, 2); Ohio State (17-75, 1); Iowa (6-10); Indiana (19-144, 2); Michigan (23-181, 2); Northwestern (20-134, 1); TCU (8-23)

2011 SEASON: UNLV (11-64, 1); Oregon State (17-53); Northern Illinois (8-91, 1); South Dakota (9-95, 1); Nebraska (11-26); Indiana (13-87, 1); Michigan State (11-42); Ohio State (5-16); Purdue (17-50, 2); Minnesota (14-87); Illinois (1-(-1)); Penn State (16-73); Oregon (8-30)

2012 SEASON: UNI (9-47): OSU (3-11); USU (3-11); UTEP (15-65, 2); NEB (1-(-5); ILL (6-42); PUR (16-124, 1); MINN (15-175, 3); MSU (7-16); IND (14-161, 2); Ohio State (8-35); PSU (7-13); Nebraska (15-119, 4); Stanford (6-4)

Career Receiving Statistics
Season Rec. Yds. TD Yds/Rec
Long
2010 11 88 0 8.0 26
2011 15 150 0 10.0 40
2012 6 127 1 21.2 62
Totals 32 365 1 11.4 62

Game-by-Game Receiving (Rec.-Yds., TD)
2010 SEASON: UNLV (3-37); Austin Peay (1-12); Michigan State (1-6); Ohio State (2-9); Iowa (1-0); Michigan (2-19); Northwestern (1-5)

2011 SEASON: UNLV (1-40); Northern Illinois (3-35); South Dakota (2-16); Nebraska (2-17); Michigan State (1-12); Ohio State (1-6); Purdue (4-23); Penn State (1-1)

2012 SEASON: OSU (1-12); USU (2-17); UTEP (1-14); ILL (1-62); Nebraska (1-22)

Career Kickoff Return Statistics
Season Returns Yards TD Avg/Ret Long
2010 17 329 0 19.4 31
2011 15 315 0 21.0 40
2012 6 114 0 19.0 26
Totals 38
758 0
19.9 40

Game-by-Game Kickoff Returns (Att.-Yds., TD)
2010 SEASON: San Jose State (2-16); Arizona State (4-93); Michigan State (7-131); Michigan (2-46)

2011 SEASON: UNLV (3-77); Oregon State (1-20); South Dakota (1-21); Nebraska (3-62); Indiana (1-13); Michigan State (2-44); Ohio State (4-78)

2012 SEASON: UNI (2-42); OSU (1-20); NEB (1-7); PUR (2-45)

Career All-Purpose Yards
Season Rush Rec.
PR KR
Total Avg./G
2010 1052 88 0 329 1469 122.4
2011 713 150 0 315 1178 90.6
2012 806 127 0 114 1047 74.8
Totals 2571 365 0 758 3563 91.4

Game-by-Game All-Purpose Yards
2010 SEASON: UNLV (96); San Jose State (41); Arizona State (133); Austin Peay (200); Michigan State (235); Minnesota (118); Ohio State (84); Iowa (10); Indiana (144); Michigan (246); Northwestern (139); TCU (23)

2011 SEASON: UNLV (181); Oregon State (73); Northern Illinois (126); South Dakota (132); Nebraska (105); Indiana (100); Michigan State (98); Ohio State (100); Purdue (73); Minnesota (87); Illinois (-1); Penn State (74); Oregon (30)

2012 SEASON: UNI (89); OSU (43); USU (28); UTEP (79); NEB (2); ILL (104); PUR (169); MINN (175); MSU (16); IND (161); Ohio State (33); PSU (13); Nebraska (131); Stanford (4)

Career Game Highs
Rushing Attempts 23 at Michigan, Nov. 20, 2010
Rushing Yards 181 at Michigan, Nov. 20, 2010
Rushing Touchdowns 4 (2x) MR vs. Nebraska, Dec. 1, 2012
Long Rush 69 at Indiana, Nov. 10, 2012
Receptions 4 vs. Purdue, Nov. 5, 2011
Receiving Yards 62 vs. Illinois, Oct. 6, 2012
Receiving Touchdowns 1 vs. Illinois, Oct. 6, 2012
Long Reception 62 vs. Illinois, Oct. 6, 2012
Kickoff Returns 7 at Michigan State, Oct. 2, 2010
Kickoff Return Yards 131 at Michigan State, Oct. 2, 2010
Kickoff Return Touchdowns N/A
Long Kickoff Return 40 vs. UNLV, Sept. 1, 2011
All-Purpose Yards 246 at Michigan, Nov. 20, 2010
2012 Season Game Highs
Rushing Attempts 15 (3x), MR vs. Nebraska, Dec. 1
Rushing Yards 175 vs. Minnesota, Oct. 20
Rushing Touchdowns 4 vs. Nebraska, Dec. 1
Long Rush 69 at Indiana, Nov. 10
Receptions 2 vs. Utah State, Sept. 15
Receiving Yards 62 vs. Illinois, Oct. 6
Receiving Touchdowns 1 vs. Illinois, Oct. 6
Long Reception 62 vs. Illinois, Oct. 6
Kickoff Returns 2 (x2) MR vs. Purdue, Oct. 13
Kickoff Return Yards 42 vs. Northern Iowa, Sept. 1
Kickoff Return Touchdowns N/A
Long Kickoff Return 26 vs. Purdue, Oct. 13
All-Purpose Yards 175 vs. Minnesota, Oct. 20