John White IV is an American football running back who is currently a member of the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League.
Education
He attended South High School in Torrance, California. He finished his career as the first running back in Utah history to gain 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons, one of two Utes all-time with two 1,000-yard seasons and the school"s single-season rushing record holder with 1,519 yards in 2011.
Career
He first enrolled at Los Angeles Harbor College before transferring to the University of Utah. White played lettered in football and track for the South High School Spartans. He was an all-conference, all-state and all-CIF selection.
He recorded 1,850 rushing yards and 29 touchdowns in nine games as a senior in 2008.
Los Angeles Harbor College
White played for the Los Angeles Harbor Seahawks from 2009 to 2010. He set school career records with 2,527 rushing yards, 34 rushing touchdowns, 41 total touchdowns, 248 points, 3,767 all-purpose yards and single-season records with 18 rushing touchdowns, 25 total touchdowns, 152 points and 2,056 all-purpose yards.
University of Utah
White played for the Utah Utes from 2011 to 2012. He set schools record for career rushing yards per game with 106.7 and career 100-yard games with 14.
He ranked sixth in school history with 2,560 career rushing yards, fourth all-time in 534 career rushes and tied for fourth with 23 career rushing touchdowns.
Edmonton Eskimos
White signed with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League on May 8, 2013. In his first season in the league White carried the ball 69 times for 260 yards, only averaging 3.8 yards per carry, with a lone rushing touchdown. He became a bigger part of the Eskimos rushing attack in 2014.
White was named Canadian Football League Offensive Player of the Week for Week 14 of the 2014 Canadian Football League season after recording 199 combined yards, including 192 rushing yards on 17 carries, a 36-yard touchdown run and a 10-yard touchdown catch in Edmonton"s 24-0 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on September 26, 2014.
He finished the season with 123 carries for 852 yards (69 yards per carry) with 2 rushing touchdowns. White finished the season 3rd in the league in rushing yards, trailing only Jon Cornish (CAL) and Anthony Allen (social security).
He also contributed 182 receiving yards on 17 catches, with 1 receiving touchdown. Following the season White was awarded for this outstanding season by being named both a Canadian Football League West All-Star and a Canadian Football League All-Star.
White injured himself during practice on June 7, 2015.
On June 8, the Edmonton Eskimos announced he would miss the 2015 Canadian Football League season due to a ruptured left Achilles tendon.