re: Tony Pauline: Beckwith indicating he's returning

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i don't understand the hype on White.... i saw many many times he got beat

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No, no you didn’t. This year our whole secondary was beat by people exploiting holes in the scheme. Very rarely was White beaten in man-coverage in his career at LSU.

Steele’s zone didn’t allow White to play to his strengths, which is man coverage. I can remember once this year (against TTU midget) that he got straight beaten in man. He is great at “sticking” with his man. Doesn’t have elite ball skills, but when we play man, he’s always on top of his mark.

Do you remember how filthy he was under Chavis? He basically shut down Amari Cooper and it wasn’t until they switched his coverage that Cooper scored. White graded out as elite in terms of “stickiness” with Pro Football Focus last year as well.

His weaknesses are ball skills, which are decent, and playing big physical receivers that can box him out (D’Runnya Wilson from MSU did this to him). But he is in position almost every time in man coverage. Great hips, speed, quickness, and athleticism.