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Florida State Seminoles–No. 4 | |
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Position | Wide receiver |
Class | Sophomore |
Major | Sociology |
Personal information | |
Born: | Birmingham, Alabama | May 5, 2004
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) |
Career history | |
College |
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Bowl games | |
High school | Clay-Chalkville (Clay, Alabama) |
Marquarius Malik "Squirrel" White (born May 5, 2004) is an American football wide receiver for the Florida State Seminoles, he recently played for the Tennessee Volunteers.
White's great-grandmother nicknamed him "Squirrel" as an infant because he imitated the movement of a squirrel in her garden. According to White, "When she was holding me, there was a squirrel in her garden. It picked her tomato. And when the squirrel moved, I moved at the same time. So she started calling me [Squirrel]." [1]
He attended Clay-Chalkville High School in Clay, Alabama. As a senior, he had 49 receptions for 1,162 yards and 16 touchdowns. [2] White committed to the University of Tennessee to play college football. [3] [4] White also ran track in high school. [5]
As a true freshman at Tennessee, White played in 12 games and had 30 receptions for 481 yards with two touchdowns. [6]