Marques White

Position:
Defensive Line
Height:
6-2
Weight:
250
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Glendale, Ariz.
High School:
Brophy Prep
Prev School:
McNeese State / Dartmouth

Before Massachusetts

• Joins UMass as a graduate transfer after playing one season at McNeese State and four seasons at Dartmouth
• At McNeese State in 2024, played in 12 games while totaling 52 tackles (23 solo), 3.5 sacks, 6.5 tackles for loss, seven quarterback hurries and three pass breakups
• Had a season-best 12 tackles (five solo) at Houston Christian (10/5/24)
• Posted two tackles for loss and two pass breakups against Alcorn (9/21/24)
• A 2021 and 2023 All-Ivy League Second Team honoree, he appeared in 20 games for the Big Green including four in 2019, 10 in 2021, two in 2022 and four in 2023 while battling through some injuries
• He totaled 58 tackles (33 solo), while adding 9.5 sacks,15 tackles for loss, two pass breakups and a forced fumble across his Dartmouth career.
• Was the 2023 Lester R. Goodwin Award recipient, presented to the Dartmouth senior who, through extraordinary perseverance, has risen above personal disadvantage to contribute measurably to the team.
• In his first game back from injury in 2023, recorded three sacks and five total tackles against Harvard (10/28/23)
• Received a medical redshirt from his 2022 injury
• As a junior in 2021, helped the Big Green to the Ivy League title, leading the team with 5.0 sacks and 9.5 tackles for a loss while ranking fifth on the squad with 40 tackles
• Started all 10 games in 2021 at the strong-side linebacker position and had a nine-tackle game versus Columbia and had a career-high 10 tackles against 16th-ranked Princeton, including two for a loss, with 1.5 sacks and a pass breakup
• In high school, played for former NFL quarterback Jon Kitna at Brophy
• Ran for 464 yards and caught 15 passes playing primarily at running back as a senior
• Finished high school career with 167 tackles (117 solo) and seven interceptions along with five forced fumbles despite a meniscus injury in the second game of his senior season
• Listed sixth among Arizona's top 10 safeties