Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 7-41vs Washington | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Total | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Justin White
Senior defensive back on Michigan State's 2023 roster.
5′9″ · 180 lb · Agoura Hills, CA
Michigan State 2023 alumnus
The story
4 defensive back on Michigan State's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJustin White
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He has spent three seasons in the Michigan State secondary. One game to point at: 3 tackles, 1 TFL against Washington — Week 3, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Three seasons at Michigan State, 33 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Michigan State
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2021–2023
1 coach2021–2023
Michigan State
Played his entire career under Mel Tucker.
2023 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Mel Tucker — 20-17 over that span.
2021Michigan State11-2HC: Mel Tucker · Run-leaning
2022Michigan State5-7HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced
2023Michigan State4-8HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced
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 1 game: 3.0 TKL/g, 1.0 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
Pat Fitzgerald
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2022
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Michigan State | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Michigan State | 19 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Michigan State | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Career | 33 | 17 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2022 production profile sits closest to Brandon Johnson’s 2021 season.
Matches Brandon on
PD rate
TFL rate
Weight
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Amarian Williams's sophomore season at Liberty (2022).
Matches Amarian on
Class year
PD rate
Weight
Player DNA
Players who play like Justin White
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology