White attended D.H. Conley High School in his hometown of Greenville, North Carolina and won two state championships with the team.

On July 30, 2011, White was traded to the Colorado Rockies with Drew Pomeranz, Matt McBride, and minor leaguer Joe Gardner for Ubaldo Jiménez.

[7] With the Rockies, White did not enjoy his half season of 2011 with Colorado, as his ERA sat at 8.42 in 7 starts, he also surrender 12 home runs in just 36.1 innings.

On September 10, 2012, White hit his first career home run off Ryan Vogelsong of the San Francisco Giants.

On June 16, 2018, White signed with the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.