LenDale White LenDale Anthony White ( born December 20 , 1984 ) is an American football running back who is currently a free agent . He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the second round of the 2006 NFL Draft . He has also been a member of the Seattle Seahawks and Denver Broncos . He played college football at Southern California . Early years . White attended South High School in Denver , Colorado . White played football in 2000 and 2001 , and he made the Rocky Mountain News All - Colorado first team in 2000 and the Rocky Mountain News Class 5A All - State first team both years . White then enrolled at Chatfield Senior High School in Littleton , Colorado . As a junior in 2002 , he earned Rocky Mountain News All - Colorado first team and Rocky Mountain News Class 5A All - State first team notices . He rushed for 1 , 850 yards with 30 TDs and had 185 receiving yards with 2 TDs in 2001 . Chatfield went 14 - 0 in 2002 and was the Class 5A champion . His coach at Chatfield was Dave Logan , the former Colorado All - American wide receiver who played in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns . White ' s 2002 honors included Super Prep All - American , Prep Star All - American , Tom Lemming All - American , Super Prep Elite 50 , Tom Lemming Top 100 , Super Prep All - Midlands , Prep Star All - Midlands , Tom Lemming All - Midland , Orange County Register Fab 15 second team , Gatorade Colorado Player of the Year , Rocky Mountain News All - Colorado first team and Rocky Mountain News Class 5A All - State first team as a senior tailback at Chatfield . He ran for 1 , 683 yards and 20 TDs in 2003 . He played in the 2003 U . S . Army All - American Bowl with several of his future USC Trojan teammates . He finished his career ( starting all four years ) as Colorado ' s career rushing leader , with 7 , 804 yards . College career . White shared his playing time at tailback with Reggie Bush at the University of Southern California . Despite being the lesser hyped member of the Trojan backfield , White was a standout rusher who led the team in rushing in his first two seasons and was a 2005 All - America selection . White and Bush formed a " Thunder and Lightning " combination , with Bush playing the smaller but faster back while White was the bigger , more powerful back . This combination gave USC a formidable backfield of rushers . On January 4 , 2005 , White rushed for three touchdowns in a 55 - 19 victory over Oklahoma in the 2004 BCS National Championship game played at Orange Bowl ( Pro Player Stadium ) in Miami . A year later , on January 4 , 2006 , White again rushed for three touchdowns in USC ' s 41 - 38 loss to Texas in the 2005 BCS Championship Game played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena , California . He led the nation with 24 rushing touchdowns in 2005 . In his three years , White set the USC career rushing touchdowns record of 52 . He also finished with 3 , 159 yards and a 5 . 9 average per rush . White was not implicated in the Bush scandal . After the 2006 Rose Bowl , White declared himself eligible for the NFL draft . Professional career . 2006 NFL draft . Promptly after declaring for the NFL draft , White ' s stock tumbled . White did not go through a full workout before NFL scouts at the NFL Combine . Reportedly , there were audible groans when he bared his chest at a weigh - in . One scout was said to have laughed upon seeing White ' s bare chest . ESPN ' s Fantasy Focus Podcast referred to him as " Big Fat LenDale White . " This also spawned another nickname : " LenWhale " White . As one NFL general manager said after seeing White at the combine : " The guy needed a bra , it was ridiculous . You come to the combine looking like that and you want to be a first - round pick ? Come on . The guy had obviously been doing nothing . " During USC ' s workout day , he cited hamstring worries as a reason for not running or performing any workouts aside from the bench press , where he managed only 15 repetitions at 225 pounds . An out of shape White did sustain a torn hamstring , but surgery was not required to mend it . His injury did , however , keep him off of the football field until May 2006 . In April , White was drafted in the second round ( 45th overall ) of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans . Tennessee Titans . On August 10 , 2006 , during a Titans ' practice , White was involved in a brief scuffle with teammate Donnie Nickey , where White spat in Nickey ' s face , drawing the ire of his Tennessee teammates . On the field , White was used sparingly in his rookie season . He played in 13 games , gaining 244 yards on 61 carries with no touchdowns . White also caught 14 passes for 60 yards . White began the 2007 - 2008 season splitting time with Chris Brown . He was held for under 60 yards in the first four games . On October 21 , with Brown sidelined with an injury , White tallied his first 100 yard rushing game against the Houston Texans . He followed up that performance with a career high 133 yard rushing performance against the Oakland Raiders . For the season , he rushed for 1 , 110 yards and 7 touchdowns with a 3 . 7 yard average . White underwent arthroscopic knee surgery . The knee had bothered White during the last half of the 2007 season , but he was expected to be at full strength for offseason minicamps in May . On March 15 , 2008 , White received citations for destruction of property , disobedience to a lawful order / interference and resistance while in Denver , Colorado , though all charges were later dropped . White was joined in the Titans backfield by rookie Chris Johnson , who was selected with the 24th pick in the 2008 draft . The duo eventually became known as " Smash and Dash " . White had career highs in TDs in a season ( 15 ) , longest run ( 80 yards ) , TDs in 1 game ( 3 ) and rushing yards in a game ( 149 ) . He also created controversy after the Titans defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers by stomping on a Terrible Towel . White finished the 2008 season with 773 rushing yards and 15 touchdowns ( 1st in AFC ) . White lost significant weight prior to the 2009 NFL season , dropping to 229 , claiming a tougher training regiment and cutting tequila out of his diet aided in his weight loss . After splitting carries with Johnson in 2008 , White was virtually a non - factor in 2009 as Johnson became the featured back . White was re - signed by the Titans on April 15 , 2010 . Seattle Seahawks . White was traded to the Seattle Seahawks on April 24 , 2010 . The trade reunited White and his former USC Trojans head coach Pete Carroll . Shortly after signing , word leaked that White had failed an NFL drug test and would be suspended for the first four games of the 2010 season . Carroll released White on May 28 , 2010 . Denver Broncos . On August 4 , 2010 , White was signed to a two - year deal by the Denver Broncos . However , on September 2 , in the Broncos ' last preseason game at the Minnesota Vikings , White suffered a torn Achilles tendon , and missed the entire 2010 season . He was released on August 16 , 2011 .