Steve White

Stephen Gregory White (October 25, 1973 – August 30, 2022) was an American professional football player who was a defensive end for seven seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the New York Jets in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers and was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the sixth round of the 1996 NFL draft. He was later a football blogger for SB Nation.

Playing career White attended Westwood High School in Memphis, Tennessee, and played for the school's football team as a linebacker. White recorded 105 tackles, 20 sacks, and forced six fumbles with Tennessee. The Eagles wanted White to play as a linebacker and had him lose . and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed him to their practice squad. The Buccaneers signed him as a defensive end and asked him to gain the 20 pounds back. He was a backup in his first three seasons. White beat out Regan Upshaw to become a starting defensive end for the Buccaneers in 1999. He started 13 games that season. He played as a backup and was waived in February 2003. In his NFL career, White played in 94 games, starting 15 games. He started 13 of those games during the 1999 season. He retired with 119 tackles and 11.5 sacks.

White lived in Tampa, Florida, after his career. He was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia in 2014 and he received a bone marrow transplant at the Moffitt Cancer Center in April 2022. He died on August 30, 2022, at the age of 48.