Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-49@ Nevada | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 20-70@ Georgia | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Christian White
Redshirt senior defensive back on Western Kentucky's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 185 lb · Ellenwood, GA · Eagle's Landing Christian Academy
Transferred Florida State → Western Kentucky for 2026
The story
4 defensive back on Western Kentucky's 2026 roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearChristian White
Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Mike Norvell and Tyson Helton. The receipt: 4 tackles against Nevada — Week 1, 2026.
6 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Western Kentucky
Played his entire career under Tyson Helton.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Western Kentucky
2025Florida State
2026Western Kentucky
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Florida State2-10HC: Mike Norvell · Balanced, slow tempo
2025Florida State5-7HC: Mike Norvell · Run-leaning
2026Western Kentucky0-2HC: Tyson Helton · Run-leaning, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 3.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Western Kentucky | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Florida State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Florida State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 14 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
Background
Before WKU: White arrived at WKU after starting his college career with four seasons at Florida State. In his final season with the program in 2025, he recorded five tackles over five games. He played in Florida State’s final two games during the 2024 season and tallied the first three tackles of...
The secondary · Western Kentucky
- #7Jaylen Lewis74 tackles · 2025
- #5Dave Herard58 tackles · 2025
- #11Kent Robinson29 tackles · 2025
- #2Al-Ma'Hi Ali28 tackles · 2025
- #3Christian White5 tackles · 2025
23 more on the roster · Western Kentucky team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology