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Top 10 Quarterbacks in WVU History

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2. Pat White (2005-08)

I know most of you are thinking, “WHAT?!”, “ARE YOU SERIOUS?!”, “HOW IS HE NOT No. 1?!” I totally understand your argument, but I have to slide him in this slot, which means you probably know who No. 1 is.

Pat White, who some consider as the best player in West Virginia football history and one of the top quarterbacks in college football history, was one of the most special players I have seen in my lifetime. White just simply took your breath away on nearly every play, the things he would do were just pure entertainment. He was Lamar Jackson before Lamar Jackson, but did not get the national attention that Jackson did.

To this day, it still baffles me how this guy never won the Heisman Trophy or was at least in the top three in the voting. If he did what he did at WVU at a school say like Alabama or Ohio State he would have ran away with the trophy. One thing no one can take away from him is that he is the first quarterback in college football history to have a 4-0 career record in bowl games, including two BCS victories.

White holds many school records, but the most impressive record is his NCAA record for most career rushing yards for a quarterback (4,480 yards). I won’t dive too far into it because we all remember and we don’t want to talk about it, but White had West Virginia one win away from a national championship appearance. Instead, the Mountaineers were Fiesta Bowl bound and beat the Oklahoma Sooners pretty soundly, 48-28.

White was drafted in the 2nd round of the 2008 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins and eventually became the starter before being knocked out in a game vs the Pittsburgh Steelers which pretty much derailed his football career. He is now the quarterbacks coach at Alcorn St.

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