Bob White (offensive lineman)

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Bob White
No. 70, 65
Position: Center
Guard
Personal information
Born: (1963-04-09) April 9, 1963 (age 61)
Lunenburg, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height:6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight:272 lb (123 kg)
Career information
High school: Lunenburg (MA)
College: Rhode Island
NFL draft: 1986  / Round: 7 / Pick: 189
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Games played:24
Games started:10
Player stats at PFR

Robert Arlen White (born April 9, 1963) is a former American football center in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and New England Patriots. He played college football at the University of Rhode Island.

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Early life

White attended Lunenburg High School, where he was a Watchusetts League All-star. He accepted a football scholarship from the University of Rhode Island. He started his first 2 seasons at center. He started at left tackle as a junior.

As a senior, he started at right tackle in an offense that featured quarterback Tom Ehrhardt, who led the nation in total offense, passing an average of 50 times a game, while scoring a total of 42 touchdowns. He was named a team captain and was a part of two Yankee Conference titles in his last 2 years. [1]

In 2011, he was inducted into the Rhode Island Athletics Hall of Fame. [2]

Professional career

New York Jets

White was selected by the New York Jets in the seventh round (189th overall) of the 1986 NFL draft. [3] [4] He was waived on August 25. [5]

Dallas Cowboys

In 1987, he was signed as a free agent by the Dallas Cowboys. He began training camp playing at guard and was switched to center for the last 2 weeks. He was released before the start of the season on September 7. [6] After the players went on a strike on the third week of the season, those games were canceled (reducing the 16-game season to 15) and the NFL decided that the games would be played with replacement players. In September, he was re-signed to be a part of the Cowboys replacement team, which was given the mock name "Rhinestone Cowboys" by the media. He ended up playing well in those 3 games as the starter at right guard, and was kept for the rest of the season playing mainly as a backup and on special teams.

In 1988, he suffered a thigh bruise in training camp that forced him to miss 4 regular-season contests. [7] He appeared in 12 games with 3 starts in place of an injured Tom Rafferty. In 1989, he appeared in 8 games with 4 starts in place of an injured Rafferty.

New England Patriots

On March 23, 1990, he was signed in Plan B free agency by the New England Patriots. [8] He was cut on September 3. He was re-signed on October 26 and released after 2 games on November 6. [9] He was re-signed on November 8 and cut on after one game on November 12. [10]

Personal life

White worked as a sparring partner for local light and middle heavyweights during his first two years in college.

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References

  1. ↑ "Rhode Island Welcomes Newest Hall of Fame Class". University of Rhode Island. January 26, 2011.
  2. ↑ "University of Rhode Island Athletic Hall of Fame" . Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  3. ↑ "1986 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Jets pick players to help shore up their porous offensive line" . Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Jets cut 2nd round draft pick" . Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Transactions" . Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Injury wave strikes Dallas linebackers" . Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Patriots" . Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Patriots Release White" . Retrieved April 21, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Patriots release White, re-sign Douglas". UPI.com. November 13, 1990. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
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