[2] He rushed for 4,194 yards in his high school career, an Orange County record at the time.

The Dodgers drafted White in the second round in 1975, and gave him a signing bonus of $60,000: he had been offered a football scholarship by UCLA.

In the last decades of his life, White was unable to work and was taken care of by his wife Anita.

White died from complications relating to diabetes on August 4, 2018, in Cabazon, California and he will forever be remembered.

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