'09 OH DB/WR Patrick White (Michigan State Verbal)

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Pickerington (OH) Central

Ht: 6-foot-1
Wt: 175 lbs

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Patrick's dad played safety for tOSU before transferring to WVU. He is interested in Illinois, Iowa, Tennessee, Florida and Ohio State...the Buckeyes are his favorite.

Scout.com: Focus 2009: Patrick White

By Greg Powers
Scout.com
Posted Oct 19, 2007

If you follow Pickerington Central football the last couple of years you probably know the name White. Terence White was supposed to be one of the slickest athletes in the area, but some catastrophic knee injuries cost him virtually all of his prep career. His younger brother Patrick White is just as talented and he is already being contacted by a number of programs.

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Central's White getting sound advice from big brother
By JOE ARNOLD
Sports Writer
jarnold@nncogannett.com

PICKERINGTON - Patrick White isn't the type of player to take plays off.

It's hard for the Pickerington Central junior to run routes at anything but full speed. And defensively, he patrols the Tigers' secondary as if their end zone is sacred ground. He's been trained and groomed to give nothing short of 100 percent.

If complacency and the temptations of a burgeoning college career, however, begin to supplant White's ceaseless work ethic, he has to look no further than the scarred right knee of his brother, Terence, for a quick reality check.

Terence White stood in nearly the same position his kid brother now occupies. Blessed with sub-4.4 speed in the 40-yard dash, velvet-soft hands and athletic upside most college scouts drooled over, Terence had his choice of playing at any Mid-American Conference school, and Ohio State and West Virginia weren't far behind with their offers.

Patrick has been to three Ohio State games on recruiting visits and has been to Cincinnati on one other. He's drawn the interest of Illinois, West Virginia, Iowa and all the MAC schools, he said. Despite the attention, his focus hasn't strayed from that of the Tigers.

"One good thing about Patrick is that his head isn't in the clouds," Sharrett said. "I'm just glad he'll be back for his senior year. He's been instrumental week in and week out."

Lancaster Eagle-Gazette - www.lancastereaglegazette.com - Lancaster, OH

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Bucknuts.com - White Talks About His Offers And His Interest In Ohio State

By Bill Kurelic, Recruiting Analyst
Posted Nov 25, 2007

Pickerington (Ohio) Central junior Patrick White has a couple scholarship offers on the table. Though the Buckeyes have not offered, they did invite White to a number of their home games this season and he made it to three of them. White talks about his interest in Ohio State and more with Bucknuts.com.

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Patrick holds offers from Cincinnati and Akron while getting interest from numerous schools. He says tOSU wants to see him in camp again this summer before making a decision.

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2/12

By Crabtree...Ohio State, Tennessee and West Virginia have been in contact and is getting interest from Clemson. Names a top 4 of Cincinnati, Tennessee, Ohio State and West Virginia.

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Basically a free version of the last update:

Ohio junior keeping things open

By Jeremy Crabtree, Recruiting Editor - Rivals.com

As the recruiting season winds down for the senior class, the attention will quickly shifts to the juniors. One Ohio junior, Patrick White of Pickerington (Ohio) Central, is already fielding offers and is now seeing some interest from several BCS schools.

"Cincinnati made an offer about two weeks ago, which was great," White said. "Akron offered last year after seeing me at a camp."

White is also hearing from some bigger schools and is keeping a mental inventory to keep things in order.

"Ohio State, Tennessee and West Virginia have all been checking in with me a bit," he said"I also just started hearing from Clemson."

Ohio junior keeping things open - Yahoo! Sports

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2/28

From the OSU site...has offers from Cincinnati, Indiana and Akron. Father played at OSU and then transferred to WVU and Pat is hearing from both schools. His coach talks about his talents as a corner and kick returner and Pat talks about his strengths and weaknesses.

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4/29

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My take: Fine looking athlete, but doesn't seemt o me to be a top-tier prospect. Adequate speed and athleticism but nothing that jumps out at you. Most of the clips show him in soft coverage so it is hard to get a true sense of his speed and hips, but he does look like a lower level Big 10 recruit.

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5/13

By Crabtree...Farrell talks about Pat's performance in Columbus and projects him as a solid Big-10 player. He is being recruited at both WR and CB. has offers from Indiana, Akron and Cincinnati and is expecting new ones from Kent State, Toledo, Ohio University and Western Michigan. Plans to camp at OSU, Illinois and WVU.

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5/14

From the OSU site...West Virginia and Illinois want to see him at their camp and that an offer could happen with a strong showing. Will also camp at OSU and talks about the NIKE combine in Columbus.

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5/21

Picked up offers from Oregon and Kansas.

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OSU Scout - 05/31/08

By Bill Greene ... Patrick has 12 offers, including Louisville, Kansas, Indiana, Michigan State, and Oregon. He will attend Ohio State's camp on June 8th, and is looking for a Buckeye offer.

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6/8

Committed to Michigan State.