WVU Retires Pat White's No. 5 Jersey — SkimNews
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- Pat White had his No. 5 jersey retired by West Virginia before the Mountaineers' season opener against Coastal Carolina, with players wearing the same white road-jersey combination used 18 years earlier at his snowy December 2007 final home game.
- White went 35-8 as a starter and remains the only starting quarterback in NCAA history to win four bowl games, including the Sugar Bowl over Georgia after the 2005 season and the Fiesta Bowl over Oklahoma after the 2007 season.
- Rich Rodriguez recruited White from Daphne, Alabama in 2004 and let him play quarterback when other schools wanted to move him to a different position; White now serves as WVU's assistant quarterbacks coach on Rodriguez's staff.
- White topped 6,000 career passing yards and 4,000 rushing yards, with his 4,480 rushing yards ranking third all-time among FBS quarterbacks; he also recorded four 200-yard rushing games and averaged 6.5 yards per rush.
- White becomes the seventh West Virginia football player to have his jersey retired, following his 2018 induction into the university's Sports Hall of Fame.
Why it matters: The ceremony is the seventh jersey retirement in WVU football history and doubles as a staff reunion: Rodriguez — who recruited White from Daphne, Alabama in 2004 — is back at his alma mater for a second stint, with White now serving as his assistant QBs coach, formalizing the dual-threat identity Rodriguez originally built around him.
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