If ’s intention was to have use his last collegiate game to show that he can indeed toss the ball around the yard pretty well, White took advantage of the chance and ran with it.

In Saturday’s against , White saved his best for last, registering his first and only 300-yard game in his last game as a Mountaineer, going 26 of 32 for 332 yards and three touchdowns in ’s 31-30 win.

It helped that North Carolina did a pretty decent job of slowing down West Virginia’s rushing attack, limiting the Mountaineers to 2.9 yards per rushing attempt.

I gave my take on White’s NFL future before the season started, and a few West Virginia fans got unnecessarily bent out of shape about my thoughts, and now that the focus is solely on his future, it’s rehashing time!

One 300-yard game does not transform someone into an NFL-caliber starting quarterback, but it does help show that he can throw it when he has to.

West Virginia’s running game did average more than 200 yards per game this year, but it wasn’t the dominant force that it had been in the last few seasons, with White running for only 974 yards and eight touchdowns after rushing for 1,219 and 1,335 yards the last couple of seasons.

With multiple factors potentially in mind, White threw the ball more this season than he did it in his previous three seasons, and it resulted in career highs in yards (1,844), touchdowns (21), and alas, interceptions (7) as well.

All in all, he threw 20 or more passes in a game only 12 times in his career, with seven of those games coming this season. It is pretty interesting to note that West Virginia was actually 8-4 in those games (5-2 this season).

Of course, it’s all about quality and not quantity in the end, and he can’t afford to have too many games when he completes 10 passes for 43 yards (as was the case against in a 24-17 loss), but maybe, just maybe, he can be relied upon to lead a team under center – with the right development, that is.

The right team will give him a chance to develop as a quarterback, and in the meantime, utilize his playmaking abilities and ensure that he gets his share of touches somewhere.

The wrong team will try to immediately slot him in at another position without giving much thought to giving him a chance at QB.

White will be playing in the , and I’ll guess that he’ll get snaps at more than quarterback during the week of practice and in the game. But if he impresses at quarterback and can follow it up with a solid combine workout, then that could convince a team to draft him with the intention of playing him as more than a ‘Slash’ guy.

Wherever he lands, and whatever position he plays, the team that drafts him will get a winner. White won all four of the bowl games that he played in, and being a winner can get you much farther than being able to throw for 300 yards every time out.

Do you think White will get a chance to play quarterback in the NFL, or will he be more of a versatile ‘athlete’ on the next level?

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