Sheldon White
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| Pittsburgh Steelers | |||||||||
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| Title | Senior personnel executive | ||||||||
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| Born | March 1, 1965 Dayton, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||
| Listed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||
| Listed weight | 188 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||
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| Position | Cornerback (No. 39, 25) | ||||||||
| High school | Meadowdale (Dayton) | ||||||||
| College | Miami (OH) (1984–1987) | ||||||||
| NFL draft | 1988: 3rd round, 62nd overall pick | ||||||||
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Sheldon Darnell White (born March 1, 1965) is an American football executive and former player who is the senior personnel executive for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Miami Ohio.
Career
[edit]| Height | Weight | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 ft 11+1⁄8 in (1.81 m) | 191 lb (87 kg) | 9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) | 4.47 s | 1.56 s | 2.60 s | 3.97 s | 35.5 in (0.90 m) | 9 ft 4 in (2.84 m) | 10 reps | |||
| All values from NFL Combine[1] | ||||||||||||
He was drafted by the New York Giants in the third round of the 1988 NFL draft and later played for the Detroit Lions and Cincinnati Bengals before retiring after the 1993 season.[2]
White became a scout for the Lions in 1997 before being promoted to director of pro personnel in 2000. He was further promoted to vice president of pro personnel in 2009. He served as their interim general manager following the firing of Martin Mayhew in 2015.[3] For the latter half of the 2010s, he served as the executive director of player personnel and recruiting for the Michigan State Spartans football team.[4] White served as a scout for the Washington Football Team in 2021 before joining the Pittsburgh Steelers as their director of pro scouting the following year.[4][5] On June 13, 2026, the Steelers promoted White to the role of senior personnel executive.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Sheldon White Combine Results". NFLCombineResults.com. Retrieved June 28, 2026.
- ↑ "1988 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
- ↑ Twentyman, Tim (November 5, 2015). "Lions announce organizational changes". Detroit Lions. Archived from the original on February 27, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
- 1 2 "Washington Announces Scouting Additions". WashingtonFootball. May 7, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
- ↑ Williams, Charean (May 27, 2022). "Steelers hire Sheldon White, promote Dan Colbert, announce Andy Weidl as assistant G.M." Pro Football Talk. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
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