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Royals Sign Former Dolphins QB Pat White

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | September 10, 2010 at 4:37pm CDT

Pat White is hoping to follow in Bo Jackson's footsteps in more ways than one. Jackson, perhaps the greatest two-sport star of all time, suited up for the Royals and White Sox, a former Miami Dolphins quarterback, is hoping to do the same. The Royals announced that they signed White, a 24-year-old outfielder, to a minor league deal.

The Royals say they are aware that “the NFL may be an option” for White. The Angels selected him in the fourth round of the 2004 draft, but White chose to go to the University of West Virginia on a football scholarship. The Reds and Yankees drafted White in 2008 and 2009, respectively, so he has drawn interest from many MLB teams. White ran for 81 yards in his rookie season last year, but didn't complete any of the five passes he attempted. The Dolphins released him this week.

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  1. YaGottaBelieve11

    12 years ago

    No kidding?

    Reply
  2. Josh

    12 years ago

    He was drafted four times..turned down multi-million dollar contracts…no surprise here.

    Reply
  3. Josh

    12 years ago

    He was drafted four times..turned down multi-million dollar contracts…no surprise here.

    Reply
  4. bobrewer

    12 years ago

    Nuts. Had no idea he played baseball. I wonder how much he’s played since high school.

    Reply
  5. bobrewer

    12 years ago

    Nuts. Had no idea he played baseball. I wonder how much he’s played since high school.

    Reply
  6. shawn

    12 years ago

    Please get your facts straight. Pat White went to West Virginia University as did I. There is no such place as the University of West Virginia.

    Reply
    • Tim Valencia

      12 years ago

      thanks for informing everyone that you attended West Virginia University I am sure we all have more respect for you now.

      Reply
      • BeatEmBucs

        12 years ago

        Thanks for being a dbag.

        Reply
        • Tim Valencia

          12 years ago

          I would say the person who feels the need to clarify a normal name mistake and adds in that he attended the university (possibly with Pat White). And by the looks of it, it seems people agree with me

        • breakz

          12 years ago

          I think more people agree with BucsFan. Sorry.

        • Kevin

          12 years ago

          Doesn’t seem like it, considering the 20+ likes. I personally loved Tim’s comments. lol

        • Dave_Gershman

          12 years ago

          I can’t believe 4 people liked that comment because it’s clear that Tim has 44 likes against 12.

        • Kevin

          12 years ago

          (I was one of those because I missed the reply button. Whoops)

        • Dave_Gershman

          12 years ago

          You are a funny guy Kevin!

        • strikethree

          12 years ago

          Yeah, that happens way too often. There should be an option to take a like back… it looks stupid if some guy calls you a dbag and you accidentally click the like button. (especially if your name comes up in the likes section)

        • Backup_Slider

          12 years ago

          I wonder what the replies would have been like if you had mentioned inbreeding and/or corncob pipes?

        • Tim Valencia

          12 years ago

          Meh that seems a lil lowbrow, I tend to follow 2 rules, no Bum smack and no inbred smack.

        • Dave_Gershman

          12 years ago

          Timmy, you’re really starting to get higher in the likes standings…No way you catch me anytime soon though!

        • Tim Valencia

          12 years ago

          just looking at it i will more or less go with my ratio of likes to comments. trying to make what i say actually be important.

        • Dave_Gershman

          12 years ago

          Got me there. So it’s a C/9 and L/9?

        • BaseballFanatic0707

          12 years ago

          Because it’s not dbagish to take exception to someone saying UWV instead of WVU. God forbid that.

    • Tim Valencia

      12 years ago

      thanks for informing everyone that you attended West Virginia University I am sure we all have more respect for you now.

      Reply
    • dee2112

      12 years ago

      Actually, thanks for clarifying that it is West Virginia University! Love Pat White; as he is a very talented young man with a great deal of integrity to pass up money in order to play for the Mountaineers. A lot of WVU players have been multi-talented! If you know any history you will remember that James Jett won gold in Barcelona (track & field), Darrell Whitmore also played in the major leagues…….I could go on and on. Pat White is an asset to any team. Simply stated, Dolphins lost out, not Pat White…good kids in the NFL are hard to find…..they lost talent, brains, and a kind person!

      Reply
      • David

        12 years ago

        so they should have kept a guy who cant compete at that level(in their opinion) just because he is a swell person? well golly gee

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    • moonraker45

      12 years ago

      Geeze how on earth did they mess that up?

      Reply
  7. jdub220

    12 years ago

    Not gonna lie, this is pretty cool.

    Reply
  8. TheReturnOfMrBlanks

    12 years ago

    Cool, wish more guys would play 2 sports.. and I hope he makes it back to the NFL

    Reply
  9. Ian_Smell

    12 years ago

    I remember when he got rocked against the Steelers. It’d be cool if he could turn out to be good at baseball.

    Reply
  10. 5_tool_MiLB_fool

    12 years ago

    i couldn’t believe my eyes when i saw this…they are dialated now

    Reply
  11. 5_tool_MiLB_fool

    12 years ago

    i couldn’t believe my eyes when i saw this…they are dialated now

    Reply
  12. Joe Garcia

    12 years ago

    Next stop NBA!!

    Reply
    • Ian_Smell

      12 years ago

      This made me laugh uncontrollably. I don’t know why.

      Reply
  13. Guest

    12 years ago

    I thought the Yankees still had his rights?

    Whatever, hopefully the Royals got something good, he was legit nasty at baseball in HS before he focused on football.

    Reply
  14. PDR297

    12 years ago

    I suddenly have wild and unrealistic expectations for him in which the only reasonable way to showcase his story is through a blockbuster movie.

    Reply
  15. shysox

    12 years ago

    And the white sox fail to get him, ho hum.

    Reply
    • bob

      12 years ago

      He isn’t Cuban. Swing and a miss….

      Reply
  16. shysox

    12 years ago

    And the white sox fail to get him, ho hum.

    Reply
  17. Carl06

    12 years ago

    Anybody know what position he plays? I’d guess outfield from his tools, but I haven’t heard anything for certain.

    Reply
    • twenty1thirteen

      12 years ago

      Says outfield in the post.

      Reply
      • Carl06

        12 years ago

        I could swear that wasn’t there a minute ago. Thanks.

        Reply
  18. Carl06

    12 years ago

    Anybody know what position he plays? I’d guess outfield from his tools, but I haven’t heard anything for certain.

    Reply
  19. Will

    12 years ago

    I could easily see Pat White as an outfielder, I’m just scared that in some games he will forget he’s playing baseball and try to throw a hail mary to the catcher.

    Reply
  20. dwarfcatt

    12 years ago

    Just slot him in at Pitcher and run the Wildcat

    Reply

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