White received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of California, Berkeley, where he played for the Golden Bears teams from 1990 through 1992.

[6] He enrolled in 1989, but was ineligible to play as a freshman under the NCAA's Proposition 48 because he did not score high enough on the SAT college entrance exam.

In the Bears' 1990 season opener against the Miami Hurricanes on September 15, the first time he ever touched the ball in a college game, he returned a kickoff 99 yards for a touchdown.

During his three-season college career, he amassed 3,367 yards and a 5.1 yards-per-carry average to become the Golden Bears' all-time rushing leader.

White is now a teacher and was hired as the new head football coach at Castlemont High School in Oakland, California on April 30, 2010.