No. 82 – Seattle Seahawks | |||||
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | Novi, Michigan, U.S. | November 28, 1998||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||
Weight: | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Walled Lake Western (Walled Lake, Michigan) | ||||
College: | Michigan State (2017–2019) | ||||
Undrafted: | 2020 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||
Roster status: | Practice squad | ||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||
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Player stats at PFR |
Cody White (born November 28, 1998) is an American professional football wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Michigan State.
White was born and grew up in Novi, Michigan and attended Walled Lake Western High School, where he was a member of the baseball, basketball, football, and track teams. [1] As a senior he played the first three games of the season at quarterback due to an injury to the team's starter, passing for 638 yards and nine touchdowns and finished the season with 43 catches for 705 yards and nine touchdowns while also rushing for 576 yards and seven touchdowns and won Michigan's Mr. Football Award. [2]
White played for the Michigan State Spartans for three seasons. He set a school record for true freshmen with 490 receiving yards on 35 catches and scored four touchdowns. [3] White missed four games due to injury as a sophomore but still led the Spartans with 555 receiving yards on 42 receptions with two touchdown catches. [4] As a junior, White led Michigan State with 66 receptions for 922 yards and six touchdowns. [5] Following the end of the season he announced that he would forgo his senior season to enter the 2020 NFL draft. [6] White finished his collegiate career with 143 catches for 1,967 yards and 12 touchdowns. [7]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
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6 ft 3+3⁄8 in (1.91 m) | 217 lb (98 kg) | 32+1⁄2 in (0.83 m) | 10 in (0.25 m) | 4.66 s | 1.56 s | 2.70 s | 4.52 s | 7.19 s | 35.5 in (0.90 m) | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) | ||
All values from NFL Combine [8] [9] |
White signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent on April 25, 2020, shortly after the conclusion of the 2020 NFL Draft. [10] He was waived by the Chiefs on July 29, 2020. [11]
White was signed by the New York Giants on August 11, 2020. [12] He was waived six days later on August 17. [13]
White was signed by the Denver Broncos on August 23, 2020. [14] He was waived on September 5, 2020, during final roster cuts. [15]
White was signed to the Pittsburgh Steelers' practice squad on September 24, 2020. [16] He remained on the practice squad for the remainder of the 2020 season and signed a reserve/futures contract with the team on January 14, 2021. [17] White was waived on August 31, 2021, at the end of training camp but was re-signed to the Steelers' practice squad. [18] He was elevated to the active roster on September 26, 2021, for the team's week 3 game against the Cincinnati Bengals and made his NFL debut in the game, catching two passes for 17 yards in a 24–10 loss. [19] White was signed to the Steelers' active roster on October 9, 2021. [20]
On August 30, 2022, White was waived by the Steelers and signed to the practice squad the next day. [21] [22] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 10, 2023. [23] He was waived/injured on August 21, 2023 and then reverted to injured reserve. He was released on August 25, 2023.
On October 18, 2023 the Seattle Seahawks signed White to their practice squad. [24] He was released on October 24, and later re-signed on November 26. [25] [26] He signed a reserve/future contract on January 8, 2024. [27]
White was waived by the Seahawks on August 27, 2024, and re-signed to the practice squad. [28] [29]
White's father, Sheldon White, played defensive back in the NFL for six seasons and was a member of the Detroit Lions front office for 19 seasons before joining Michigan State's coaching staff. [30]
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