Ted White (American football)

Ted White (born 29 May 1976) is the quarterback coach of the Washington, D.C. XFL team. White is the former offensive coordinator of the Prairie View A&M Panthers football team. Outside of coaching, White was the backup quarterback of the Montreal Alouettes from 2003 to 2005. White was inducted into the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame in 2010.

Early life and education
White was born on 29 May 1976 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. White was a basketball and football player while he attended Glen Oaks High School. After high school, he originally planned on going to Southern University but later decided to enroll in Howard University.

Career
White started his college football career as a quarterback for the Howard Bison football team in 1995. During the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season, White suffered a kidney injury in October 1995. He did not play for the remainder of the season and returned to the Bisons in 1996. After leaving Howard University in 1998, White set Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference career records of 9,908 passing yards and 9,845 offensive yards.

White began his professional football career in the National Football League. In the late 1990s, White was signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs but did not play any regular season games. He then moved on to NFL Europe to play for the Frankfurt Galaxy and Barcelona Dragons in the early 2000s before switching to the Canadian Football League in 2003. In the CFL, White was a backup quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes from 2003 to 2005. During his time with the Alouettes, White appeared in the 2004 CFL East Division Final game against the Toronto Argonauts after quarterback Anthony Calvillo was injured.

Outside of quarterbacking, White was a position coach for the Texas Southern Tigers football team from 2006 to 2008. He then became an offensive coordinator for the Southern Jaguars, Howard Bison, Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions and Prairie View A&M Panthers throughout the 2010s.

Awards and honours
White was named the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year in 1996. He became a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Howard University Hall Of Fame in 2014.

Personal life
White is married and has a daughter.