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William White

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William White recorded 170 indexed regular-season NFL appearances across 11 rostered seasons with Atlanta Falcons, Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions.

▶Best highlights

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tackles/gm

8

playoff games

11

indexed seasons

170

career games

Five defining games

Start here

A provisional five-game introduction to William White's most significant indexed performances.

Super Bowl
XXXIII
ATLANTAFALCONS
DENVERBRONCOS
JAN 31, 1999

Atlanta Falcons vs Denver Broncos

Super Bowl XXXIII · Jan 31, 1999

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Conference Championship
1998
ATLANTAFALCONS
MINNESOTAVIKINGS
JAN 17, 1999

Atlanta Falcons vs Minnesota Vikings

Conference Championship · Jan 17, 1999

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Divisional Round
1998
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
ATLANTAFALCONS
JAN 9, 1999

San Francisco 49ers vs Atlanta Falcons

Divisional Round · Jan 9, 1999

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 2 INT

Divisional Round
1995
INDIANAPOLISCOLTS
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
JAN 7, 1996

Indianapolis Colts vs Kansas City Chiefs

Divisional Round · Jan 7, 1996

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Wild Card
1994
KANSAS CITYCHIEFS
MIAMIDOLPHINS
DEC 31, 1994

Kansas City Chiefs vs Miami Dolphins

Wild Card · Dec 31, 1994

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 0 INT

Single-game peaks

Career highs

Position-relevant single-game records from William White's indexed NFL box scores.

Career high: 2 interceptions

Divisional Round
1998
SAN FRANCISCO49ERS
ATLANTAFALCONS
JAN 9, 1999

San Francisco 49ers vs Atlanta Falcons

Divisional Round · Jan 9, 1999

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 2 INT

Career high: 48 interception return yards

Regular Season
1990
TAMPA BAYBUCCANEERS
DETROITLIONS
SEP 9, 1990

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs Detroit Lions

Regular Season · Sep 9, 1990

0 tackles · 0 sacks · 1 INT

Career chapters

Franchise eras

Follow the team eras that shaped William White's career, in chronological order.

Earliest → latest

Franchise era

1959–1988

01
DETWHITE—William White
DETLEBEAU—Dick LeBeau
DETBARNEY—Lem Barney

Great defenders and Billy Sims cannot sustain a winner

Detroit Lions · The long wait

Detroit produced elite players but only intermittent contention, and Sims's career-altering injury removed the brightest offensive hope.

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Franchise era

1989–1998

02
DETWHITE—William White
DETSANDERS20Barry Sanders
DETMOORE84Herman Moore

The league's most elusive runner

Detroit Lions · Barry Sanders

Sanders turned every carry into possibility and led the 1991 Lions to the NFC Championship Game, the franchise's lone playoff win of the era.

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Franchise era

1989–1998

03
KCWHITE—William White
KCTHOMAS58Derrick Thomas
KCSMITH90Neil Smith

Defense and power make the Chiefs a fixture

Kansas City Chiefs · Martyball restores Arrowhead

Marty Schottenheimer and Thomas produced seven playoff appearances and one of football's loudest home advantages, though no Super Bowl trip followed.

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Franchise era

1997–2001

04
ATLWHITE—William White
ATLANDERSON32Jamal Anderson
ATLTUGGLE58Jessie Tuggle

A power run carries Atlanta to the Super Bowl

Atlanta Falcons · The Dirty Birds

The 1998 Falcons went 14–2, stunned Minnesota in overtime and reached the first Super Bowl in franchise history behind Anderson and a veteran defense.

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Career accomplishments

11 NFL seasons170 career games4 career sacksJersey: 358 playoff appearances1 Super Bowl appearanceFirst appearance: Sep 4, 1988Most recent: Jan 31, 1999

Official awards via ESPN · Pro Bowl and All-Pro counts via NFLverse with selection years cross-checked against Wikipedia · league leads verified from indexed regular-season stats

Team history