Russell Lamar White is a former American football

American football

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 running back in the National Football League

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 who played for two seasons with the Los Angeles Rams and Green Bay Packers

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He is the nephew of former USC RB and Heisman Trophy winner Charles White and the cousin of former UCLA and San Francisco 49er DB and kick returner Kermit Alexander.

College career

White played at UC Berkeley from 1990 through 1992. In the Bear's season opener against the Miami Hurricanes on September 15, 1990, the first time he ever touched the ball in Memorial Stadium, he returned a kickoff 99 yards for a TD. In his career, he amassed 3,367 yards and a 5.1 yards/carry average to become the Golden Bears' all-time rushing leader. He also has the most career touchdowns at 35. White graduated in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree in social welfare.

Post football career

White was the athletic director and head football coach at Desert Chapel High School in Palm Springs, CA where he led the Eagles to back to back CIF Division titles in 2002 and 2003. White is now a teacher and was hired as the new head football coach at Castlemont High School in Oakland, CA on April 30, 2010.

Awards

White was inducted into California's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.

• First-team All-American
  1991 College Football All-America Team
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  , 1991
• UC Berkeley Athletic Hall of Fame (inducted in 2003, first year of eligibility)

USA Today All-American' Adidas HS All-American and Scholastic Coach All-American in both 1987 and 1988
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Cal Hi Sports California High School Football Player of the Year in both 1986 and 1987

External links

• University of California, Berkeley Athletic Hall of Fame