Adrian White

Adrian Darnell White (born April 6, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s and 1990s. White played college football for the Florida Gators, and thereafter, he played professionally for the New York Giants, Green Bay Packers and New England Patriots of the NFL. He became an assistant coach after his playing career ended.

Early life

White was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964. He attended Orange Park High School where he played high school football for the Orange Park Raiders.

College career

White began his college career at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, and he played football for the Southern Illinois Salukis for a single season in 1983. He transferred to the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida where he was a walk-on for coach Charlie Pell's Florida Gators football team from 1984 to 1986. White was a three-year starter for the Gators, and a key member of the Gators' defense during the 1984 and 1985 seasons, when the Gators posted identical 9–1–1 overall win–loss records and led the Southeastern Conference (SEC) with best-in-the-SEC records of 5–0–1 and 5–1. He was a first-team All-SEC selection and a second-team All-American as a senior in 1986. He played for the Giants from to . White finished his NFL playing career with single-season stints with the Green Bay Packers and the New England Patriots . He was one of three assistants retained from the previous coaching staff by the Bills' new head coach, Chan Gailey, having previously been a Bills assistant for two years.