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CHARLES WHITE, TB, 6-0, 185, San Fernando (San Fernando), #12

USC’s third Heisman Trophy winner (1979)...2-time unanimous All-American (1978-79)...1976-77-78-79 letterman...USC went 42-6-1 in his career...Was a member of USC’s 1978 national championship team...USC was second in the final AP poll in 1976, 13th in 1977 and second in 1979...Played in the 1977 Rose Bowl (122 rushing yards and 1 TD), 1979 Rose Bowl (99 rushing yards and 1 TD to earn Rose Bowl Co-MVP honors) and 1980 Rose Bowl (game-record 247 rushing yards and 1 TD to earn Rose Bowl MVP honors) and 1977 Bluebonnet Bowl (1 TD)...USC captain in 1979.

Was fourth in 1978 Heisman Trophy voting...Inducted into National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame in 1996...Won the Walter Camp Award (national player of the year) in 1979...Won the 1979 Maxwell Award (nation’s top player)...Won the 1978 Voit Trophy (given to the outstanding player on the Pacific Coast)...Won the 1979 Pop Warner Award (given to the most valuable senior on the Pacific Coast)...Was the Pac-10 Player of the Year in 1978 and 1979...Inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in 1990...Was a 3-time All-Conference first teamer (1977-78-79)...Was USC’s MVP in 1978 and 1979...Won USC’s Offensive Player of the Game versus UCLA Award in 1978 and 1979...Played in the 1980 Hula Bowl...Was a 2-time Playboy Pre-Season All-American (1978-79).

USC’s rushing leader in 1977 (1478 yards, ninth in USC history), 1978 (1859 yards, fifth in USC history) and 1979 (2050 yards, second in USC history and 18th on USC season total offense list)...USC’s total offense leader in 1978 (1854 yards)...USC’s scoring leader in 1978 (86 points) and 1979 (114 points)...USC’s kickoff return leader in 1976 (295 yards)...Set or equaled 22 NCAA, Pac-10, USC and Rose Bowl records...Finished career as NCAA’ssecond-leading rusher (5598 regular-season yards) and Pac-10’s top rusher (6245 yards, tops in USC history)...Fifth on USC’s career total offense list (6240 yards)...Had 31 100-yard rushing games (10 in 1979)...Was NCAA’s leading rusher in 1979 (180.3 average)...Was Pac-10’s rushing leader in 1977 (117.4 average) and 1978 (146.7 average)...Was NCAA’s all-purpose running yardage leader in 1978 (174.7 average) and 1979 (194.1 average)...Was Pac-10’s scoring leader in 1978 (6.7 average) and 1979 (12.5 average)...Inducted into the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995.

Named the Amateur Athletic Foundation Southern California Athlete of theYear in 1979...Was drafted in the first round of the 1980 NFL draft by the Browns and played for the Browns (1980-84) and Rams (1985-88)...Was on USC’s 1979 track team...Born 1-22-58 in Los Angeles, California...After USC and NFL, was an assistant in the USC athletic department, a USC assistant football coach (1993-97) and a computer consultant.