2010 Recruiting: Four Star WR DeAndrew White Commits

by Todd on Oct 12, 2009 10:49 AM CDT Comment 29 comments

DeAndrew White - WR -
HT: 6'0" - WT: 170 - 40: 4.4 - Galena Park, TX

According to ESPN, four star wide receiver prospect DeAndrew White has committed to Alabama. According to his ESPN profile:

White combines excellent overall foot speed with good athleticism and adequate size. He possesses a lean frame and is a sleak athlete. He is a very crisp, disciplined wide receiver that is very consistent in his methods as a route-runner. Makes sharp cuts, bursts off the ball and can stick his foot in the ground and plant with burst and suddenness to create separation. Displays very good hands and catches away from his frame or above his head. Possesses the wingspan to adjust and elevate to pluck balls on slants and underneath crossing routes.

White held offers from just about everyone, including Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Houston, Kansas, LSU, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M, and Texas Tech. This is a pretty big grab for us, so welcome aboard. YouTube highlights after the jump.

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great pickup!

What you're seeing is team spirit. It's like the Holy Spirit, but more powerful.

-Hank Hill

by Zoltar on Oct 12, 2009 10:58 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I feel bad for all our asst coaches

all this national recruiting must mean an intense amount of time on the road

on the plus side they gotta have like A MILLION frequent flyer miles

Terrence Cody drinks your milkshake!

by Wallacewade04 on Oct 12, 2009 11:10 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I don’t feel so bad when I look at their salaries.

"LOSE HIS COOOL?!?!? I DUN LOST MY COOOL!!!!"

by brandonh on Oct 12, 2009 12:25 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

6'10" ?!?!

Good Lord, man…
He’s gonna be a foot taller than most corners. Then with the wingspan that accompanies someone of that stature, most d-backs are going to be giving up close to two feet when the ball is caught at its highest point.

"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success" - Coach Bryant

by TopDaddy on Oct 12, 2009 11:14 AM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs

that has gotta be a typo

Terrence Cody drinks your milkshake!

by Wallacewade04 on Oct 12, 2009 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah

after watching the highlight video I would say this kid isn’t 6’10.

This upcoming season I'm gonna refer to Julio Jones as "The Magic Man" and Trent Richardson as "El Diablo"

by AlabamaTitans2009 on Oct 12, 2009 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

wow thats what I was thinking

by BAMA.13 on Oct 12, 2009 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

6'10 170lbs. would be a stickman.

by Paranormal on Oct 12, 2009 11:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

He is 6'0. Here

is a statement from rivals.com about him: “The 6-foot, 180-pound sprinter is the reigning Class 5A 200 Meter champion and ranked #3 in the nation in the long jump during the U.S.A. Track and Field Championships that were held in North Carolina this summer.”

This upcoming season I'm gonna refer to Julio Jones as "The Magic Man" and Trent Richardson as "El Diablo"

by AlabamaTitans2009 on Oct 12, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah...

…typo. This is what happens when I try to type too fast .

Roll Bama Roll - The Champagne of Bama Blogs.

by Todd on Oct 12, 2009 11:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's cool

I figured it was a typo. I personally have never seen a wide reciever who was 6’10 but it would be cool to get one that tall. lol

This upcoming season I'm gonna refer to Julio Jones as "The Magic Man" and Trent Richardson as "El Diablo"

by AlabamaTitans2009 on Oct 12, 2009 12:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Didn't Memphis...

… have a 6’9 receiver against Ole Miss?

Of course he had the quickness of Manute Bol, but still.

"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -- Milton Friedman

by outsidethesidelines on Oct 12, 2009 12:55 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah... Louisville has a guy...

that’s 6’8", but dude’s got bricks for hands, and couldn’t outrun a sloth. Last year, they liked to throw him goal-line-esque corner fade routs, only they’d be at midfield, and he’d catch 2 out of every 5 they threw him. It was their version of the QB sneak on short yardage situations. But enough about him, how about this 6’10" guy…

"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success" - Coach Bryant

by TopDaddy on Oct 12, 2009 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

is the quickness of Manute Bol even a quantifiable number?

Offense sells tickets. Defense wins games. - Paul W. "Bear" Bryant

by TheRedTideConsumes on Oct 12, 2009 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nevada's got a kid who's 6'8"

"Hollywood made a movie of my life. The film had me proposing to my wife on the football field. I would never misuse a football field that way." -Crazy Legs Hirsch

by Stuck in the Plains on Oct 12, 2009 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

the wingspan

should also be 6’10. middle fingertip to middle fingertip with outstretched arms should equal your height. unless you are a little bit of a freak of nature (my daughters) or ALOT of a freak of nature (michael phelps).

"You have to create 6 seconds of hell each play..."
Coach Nick Saban

by LittleSis on Oct 12, 2009 3:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This

is great news. I heard a few places that he would probably be going to Texas so this is a big steal.

This upcoming season I'm gonna refer to Julio Jones as "The Magic Man" and Trent Richardson as "El Diablo"

by AlabamaTitans2009 on Oct 12, 2009 11:26 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Texas didn't offer him a scholarship as far as I can tell.

Does anyone know why?

by monjardin on Oct 12, 2009 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

They do already have 2 WR commits for 2010. Maybe they just didn’t have room?

by monjardin on Oct 12, 2009 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Basically...

… the “problem” for Texas is that the state turns out way more great players than they can sign.

"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -- Milton Friedman

by outsidethesidelines on Oct 12, 2009 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

This is from ESPN

Quote:
"The 5-foot-11, 170-pound receiver holds over 20 Class of 2010 offers, including Auburn, Oklahoma, LSU, Notre Dame, Arkansas, Baylor, Colorado, Florida, Houston, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma State, SMU, Texas, Texas A&M and Texas Tech.

ESPN’s Billy Tucker commented on White’s decision, “We feel this is a excellent out-of-state pickup for Alabama; White is a great college prospect who may be overshadowed a bit in this very deep wide receiver class.”

This upcoming season I'm gonna refer to Julio Jones as "The Magic Man" and Trent Richardson as "El Diablo"

by AlabamaTitans2009 on Oct 12, 2009 6:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Texas offer

According to Burnt Orange Nation, Texas did offer, but just too late to be taken into serious consideration.

RollBamaRoll.com

by Nico2.0 on Oct 12, 2009 6:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Big pick-up here...

We’ve been on DeAndrew White’s radar screen for a long time now, and we’ve always been considered to be in pretty good shape for him. Getting a commitment from him is not a major shock, per se, but I don’t think anyone expected it this soon. I for one, and I think most others as well, were expecting him to wait until later in the process.

Either way, this is a big pick-up. He’s a great athlete, and he is definitely one of the top wide receiver prospects in the country. With Malone and Carswell already members of this class, this gives us three quality wide receiver prospects with Keenan Allen likely still ’Bama bound. If we can land those four, it will be yet another great WR class at ’Bama.

At any rate, you have to give our staff credit for recruiting Texas. Getting Square out of there a couple of years back was big, and this year we’ve racked up Chad Lindsey, Cade Foster, and now DeAndrew White. That’s four talented players who are really going to help us, coming from an area that is certainly not a traditional ’Bama recruiting stronghold.

"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -- Milton Friedman

by outsidethesidelines on Oct 12, 2009 11:49 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I have to wonder

if this will affect how Keenan Allen views UA….I don’t think it should, but if he feels like there is yet another stud to contend with at his position, he might start to get a little uneasy

by bhambammer on Oct 12, 2009 12:04 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I don't think it would...

… my concern would probably be more with Corey Grant.

"Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself." -- Milton Friedman

by outsidethesidelines on Oct 12, 2009 12:12 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Exactly

Even if Allen commits and stays at wide receiver there is almost no chance that Allen and White will play the same position at wide receiver. Allen is your prototypical big bodied outside wide receiver. White definitely looks to be more of a slot guy like Hanks. Grant is probably also in that slot receiver type mold as well, but hopefully will be good enough to get off the line like Maze and play at different positions.

by Kenny483 on Oct 12, 2009 12:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs