the 6-foot-2, 185-pound white, whos the younger brother of arizona state quarterback brady white, said he also likes what he has seen and heard about tennessee, including what he has been told by former vols quarterback joshua dobbs.
i actually got to pick at josh dobbs brain and talk his ear a little bit at this same camp that i was at last year, white said this week during his stay at jordan palmers qb summit. i worked out with the college guys last year because my brother was working out with them, so i came down and he was there, so i got to talk to josh a lot and we worked out together.
i asked him a lot about tennessee, because ive always been interested in tennessee and kind of what it has to offer, and kind of the different lifestyle it brings to a southern california kid. I would say what he told me the fan base and just the overall atmosphere of tennessee was really what drew me there.
white said hes real excited to go check out tennessee with his family sometime between april 15-23 after talking frequently with first-year vols quarterbacks coach mike canales over the past several weeks.
i heard its a wonderful place to be, white said. i mean, probably the biggest thing that ive seen, from watching josh and watching all the games on tv, is probably just how much they ask of their quarterback. Any football program is going to obviously ask a lot of the quarterback. I mean, it's the most important position.
but josh is an athlete. You saw him run the ball and just the tough grit that he had to get the extra yards when he needed it, or standing in the pocket and take a hit. Just kind of the overall gamer he was, i really kind of saw myself fitting in that role.
and talking to coach canales, and him being new there, all the character traits that hes looking for fit with me that i think would be really compatible just somebody whos tough and can stand in the sec. And im not the biggest guy, but just the fact that coach canales believes in me and believes in my abilities, that really says something.
i definitely can see myself ending up at tennessee if i like the visit and i like the atmosphere there and i like knoxville. And, obviously, you know how i feel about the football program. I think the world of the football program and the school.
tennessee might be one of several east coast schools white visits while hes on the road next month. He said hes going to visit probably auburn, with chip lindsey being there as the new offensive coordinator, and he might make stops at georgia, north carolina, harvard and boston college.
He admitted the visits will be big since hes hoping to decide on a college by this summer.
