Hall of Fame
EMMETT WHITE
Hometown: Ogden, Utah
Sports: Football
Years: 1998-2001
A dynamic and elusive running back, Emmett White earned Associated Press Third-Team All-American honors as a junior in 2000 as he scored 16 touchdowns, which still ranks third all-time at Utah State. During his junior year, White set the still standing NCAA single-game record for all-purpose yards with 578 as he had a school-record 322 rushing yards to go along with 134 receiving yards and two punt return yards at New Mexico State on Nov. 4, 2000. As a junior, White also led the country with 238.9 all-purpose yards per game which still ranks as the sixth-best average in NCAA history, and averaged 120.2 rushing yards per game to rank 13th in the nation. White, who had a school-record tying four 200-yard rushing games during his career, earned first-team all-Big West honors twice, all-independent first-team honors once and was named the Big West's Player of the Week twice during the 2000 season. All-time, White ranks second in school history in all-purpose yards (5,872) and punt return average (10.5), fourth in overall touchdowns (32) and rushing touchdowns (27), sixth in rushing yards (2,791), rushing attempts (517), rushing average (5.4), and kickoff return average (23.9) and eighth in total points scored (194).
