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White played college basketball at Faulkner State Community College from 1989 to 1991 before transferring to Southern University, where he competed from 1991 to 1993.

White’s junior college years at Faulkner State established him as one of the program’s most productive scorers, and he was later credited as the Sun Chiefs’ all-time leading scorer with a 22.7 points-per-game scoring average during his time there.

In the 1990-91 season at Faulkner State, White averaged 26.6 points and 13.2 rebounds per game, a year that included recognition on a 1990-91 junior college All-American team listing that named him from “Faulkner St. JC.”

After moving up to Division I at Southern, White immediately became the focal point of the Jaguars’ offense and frontcourt production across two seasons in the Southwestern Athletic Conference under head coach Ben Jobe.

In 1991-92, White played in 30 games as a junior and averaged 22.4 points, 12.2 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game while shooting 48.1% from the field, establishing himself as Southern’s leading scorer and top rebounder for the season.

Across that 1991-92 campaign, he produced a high-usage scoring profile while still contributing across the box score, with his season line also reflecting three-point range as part of his overall efficiency metrics that carried into his senior year.

In 1992-93, White appeared in 30 games again as a senior and averaged 20.6 points, 10.1 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game, finishing with a 45.0% field-goal mark while continuing to space the floor from deep as Southern compiled a 21-10 overall record and a 9-5 SWAC record.

Southern’s 1992-93 year-by-year record included a second-place SWAC regular-season finish before the Jaguars won the SWAC Tournament, where they beat Grambling 105-91 in the quarterfinals, defeated Alcorn State 93-75 in the semifinals, and then won the championship game 101-80 over Jackson State to secure the conference’s automatic NCAA Tournament bid.

White’s senior-season team slate also included notable non-conference results reflected on the program’s official schedule, such as opening the season with a 100-83 win over Paul Quinn on December 1, 1992, then playing road games at UAB, Chattanooga, and Middle Tennessee, and later posting high-scoring home wins including 127-91 over Central Florida and 107-73 over Grambling State during SWAC play.

In the 1993 NCAA Tournament, Southern entered as a No. 13 seed and upset No. 4 seed Georgia Tech 93-78 on March 19, 1993, a game that featured a key second-half stretch where White threw down a dunk to break a 59-59 tie into a Southern lead and the Jaguars did not trail again after that point.

Southern’s run ended two days later in the second round with a 90-80 loss to George Washington on March 21, 1993, but White’s scoring and rebounding output across the season anchored a roster that advanced further than most SWAC programs historically did in the NCAA bracket.

Across White’s two Division I seasons at Southern, he played 60 games and produced career averages of 21.5 points, 11.2 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game while shooting 46.6% from the field, 38.8% on three-pointers, and 71.2% at the free-throw line.

White’s overall college résumé across junior college and Southern included a documented jump from NJCAA national scoring impact into Division I lead-option production, and his Southern career concluded in 1992-93 before he entered the 1993 NBA Draft and was selected 53rd overall in the second round.

He completed his college career at Southern in 1993, consistent with graduating prior to 1997.