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Packers Add Linebacker Tracy White
posted 03/17/2006
The Green Bay Packers Friday signed linebacker Tracy White and released linebacker John Leake. Executive Vice President, General Manager and Director of Football Operations Ted Thompson made the announcement.
White, a 6-foot, 236-pound player out of Howard, spent the 2005 season in Jacksonville. Primarily a reserve linebacker and special-teams contributor, White played 15 games for the Jaguars last year, notching six coverage tackles. He joined the club on the eve of the '05 season, as a waiver-wire acquisition.
Originally signed by Seattle as a rookie free agent after the 2003 NFL Draft, White made the season-opening roster and spent his first two campaigns in a Seahawks uniform. In 2004, he stepped up to fill a void created by injuries and started two contests, including a promising, 13-tackle effort, before a hamstring injury ended his season.
In 35 NFL games, including two starts, White has 26 tackles (19 solo), one sack and 27 special-teams stops.
White started all 44 games at Howard, leading the team all four seasons in tackles. A two-time finalist for the Buck Buchanan Award, given annually to the nation's top Division I-AA defensive player, White twice earned Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year. In 2001, he earned the Black College Defensive Player of the Year. And, after his senior season, White was the only Division I-AA player in the East-West Shrine Game.
A linebacker and kicker in high school, he also wrestled and threw the shot put and discus for his track team. |
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