2011 Football Roster
Roster
Anthony White
- Position:
- NT
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 316
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Battle Creek, Mich.
- Prev School:
- Fort Scott Community College
Career Stats | Bio (PDF)
Game-by-Game Statistics: 2010 | 2011 | 2012
CAREER NOTES: Three-year letterwinner saw action in 39 games on the defensive front, including 16 starts . . . had 65 career tackles, including 6.0 for losses (16 yards).
CAREER IN BOWL GAMES: Collected 10 tackles in three bowl games . . . tallied two stops in the 2012 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl vs. TCU . . . recorded career highs in tackles (7) and tackles for loss (3.0 for 7 yards) and blocked Georgia's field-goal attempt in triple overtime to help Michigan State defeat the No. 18 Bulldogs in the 2012 Outback Bowl . . . had one tackle vs. No. 15 Alabama in the 2011 Capital One Bowl.
2012 SEASON (SENIOR): Started 12 games at nose tackle . . . recorded 23 tackles (11 solo, 12 assists) . . . recipient of the team's President's Award (senior lineman) for perseverance . . . compiled three tackles at Minnesota . . . produced a season-high five stops at No. 23 Michigan, including a half tackle for loss, and also broke up a pass . . . tallied a season-high 13 production points against the Wolverines . . . collected three tackles each against Iowa and No. 14 Ohio State . . . posted two stops each against Boise State, Central Michigan and Notre Dame.
2011 SEASON (JUNIOR): Appeared in 13 games, including four starts at nose tackle (vs. Youngstown State, Florida Atlantic, Notre Dame and Georgia) . . . collected 25 tackles, including 4.0 for losses (10 yards) . . . recorded career highs in tackles (7) and tackles for loss (3.0 for 7 yards) and blocked Georgia's field-goal attempt in triple overtime to help Michigan State defeat the No. 18 Bulldogs in the 2012 Outback Bowl . . . posted four tackles in victory at Iowa . . . started the first three games at nose tackle but missed the Central Michigan game with an injury . . . returned for the Ohio State game . . . recorded three tackles, including a half sack (3 yards), in win over Florida Atlantic . . . in his first career start in the 2011 season opener vs. Youngstown State, tallied two tackles, including a half tackle for loss.
2010 SEASON (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in all 13 games in 2010 while working behind Jerel Worthy at defensive tackle . . . tallied 17 tackles (2 solos, 15 assists), including one for a 5-yard loss . . . posted two stops each in road games at No. 18 Michigan and No. 18 Iowa . . . credited with a half sack (5 yards) at Northwestern . . . matched his career high with three tackles vs. Northern Colorado . . . made two stops vs. Florida Atlantic, including a half tackle for loss . . . registered a career-high three tackles and a pass break-up in his Spartan debut vs. Western Michigan . . . signed a National Letter of Intent in February 2010.
JUNIOR COLLEGE, HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Played for Coach Jeff Sims at Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College and helped the Greyhounds to an 11-1 record in 2009, advancing to the NJCAA National Championship Game vs. Blinn College in the inaugural Citizens Bank Bowl . . . ranked fourth on the team in tackles as a red-shirt freshman, with 61 (34 solos, 27 assists) . . . credited with 13 tackles for loss (65 yards) in 2009, including five sacks (38) . . . recorded eight tackles (7 solos, 1 assist) vs. Butler Community College, with four resulting in losses (29 yards) including three sacks (25) . . . also produced eight stops (4 solos, 4 assists) vs. Independence Community College . . . selected Kansas Jayhawk Community College Co-Defensive Player of the Week after posting a career-best 10 tackles (8 solos, 2 assists), with two for losses including a sack vs. Air Force Prep . . . redshirted in 2008 . . . attended Harmony Community School in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2007 . . . two-year starter for Coach Al Slamer at Battle Creek (Mich.) Central High School . . . earned first-team all-state honors as a senior in 2006 after registering 80 tackles and finishing second on the Bearcats in tackles for loss with 42, including 12 sacks . . . former high school teammate of current Spartan running back Larry Caper . . . won the 2007 state power-lifting championship as a super heavyweight, with a record 625-pound deadlift . . . son of Reggie and Sheila White . . . born Aug. 2, 1989 . . . majoring in sociology.
CAREER HIGHS
Tackles: 7, vs. Georgia (1/2/12)
Tackles for loss: 3.0, vs. Georgia (1/2/12)
Sacks: 0.5, twice (last vs. Florida Atlantic, 9/10/11)
