James White
20  James White
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

High School:
St. Thomas Aquinas

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 197

Position:
RB

Experience:
2V

11/05/2011

Postgame Notes: Wisconsin vs. Purdue

10/24/2011

Bielema meets media as Badgers prepare for Ohio State

Head coach Bret Bielema reflects on loss at Michigan State, looks ahead to road test vs. Buckeyes

10/17/2011

Bielema looks ahead to clash with Michigan State

Head coach Bret Bielema offers updates on prep for Spartants in weekly press conference

10/15/2011

Badger Bits: Wisconsin vs. Indiana

Badgers score every which way, while defense continues strong performance

10/15/2011

Postgame Notes: Wisconsin vs. Indiana

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
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)

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

Career Rushing Statistics
Season GP/GS Att. Yds. TD Yds/Att Long
2010 12/0 156 1052 14 6.7 66
2011 14/0 141 713 6 5.1 49
Totals 26/0 297 1765
20
5.9
66

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)

Career Receiving Statistics
Season Rec. Yds. TD Yds/Rec
Long
2010 11 88 0 8.0 26
2011 15 150 0 10.0 40
Totals 26 238
0
9.2
40

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)

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
Totals 32
644 0
20.1 31

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)

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 84.1
Totals 1765 238 0
644
2647
101.8

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)

Career Game Highs
Rushing Attempts 23 at Michigan, Nov. 20, 2010
Rushing Yards 181 at Michigan, Nov. 20, 2010
Rushing Touchdowns 4 vs. Austin Peay, Sept. 25, 2010
Long Rush 66 vs. Austin Peay, Sept. 25, 2010
Receptions 4 vs. Purdue, Nov. 5, 2011
Receiving Yards 40 vs. UNLV, Sept. 1, 2011
Receiving Touchdowns N/A
Long Reception 40 vs. UNLV, Sept. 1, 2011
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
Season Game Highs
Rushing Attempts 17 (2x), MR vs. Purdue, Nov. 5, 2011
Rushing Yards 95 vs. South Dakota, Sept. 24, 2011
Rushing Touchdowns 2 vs. Purdue, Nov. 5, 2011
Long Rush 49 vs. South Dakota, Sept. 24, 2011
Receptions 4 vs. Purdue, Nov. 5, 2011
Receiving Yards 40 vs. UNLV, Sept. 1, 2011
Receiving Touchdowns N/A
Long Reception 40 vs. UNLV, Sept. 1, 2011
Kickoff Returns 4 at Ohio State, Oct. 29, 2011
Kickoff Return Yards 78 at Ohio State, Oct. 29, 2011
Kickoff Return Touchdowns N/A
Long Kickoff Return 40 vs. UNLV, Sept. 1, 2011
All-Purpose Yards 181 vs. UNLV, Sept. 1, 2011