| Ahkiel White |
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 | Class:
Senior
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| Hometown:
Somerset, N.J.
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| High School:
Franklin
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| Height / Weight:
6-2 / 205
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| Position:
Defensive Back
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Three-year contributor on defense ... third-year starter who will be one of the many veterans in the defensive secondary ... improved rapidly over the course of career ... very athletic, quick defender ... one of the team's fastest players in the secondary ... has good instincts ... enters 2010 with 24 career starts, the most of any Bison ... enters 2010 with eight career interceptions, one shy of joining the program's top-10 list.
2009 (Junior): Named preseason Honorable Mention All-America by Consensus Draft Services ... Second Team All-Patriot League selection ... started all 11 games ... one of six defensive players to be in the starting lineup every outing ... third on team with 60 tackles ... led team and tied for Patriot League lead with four interceptions ... most interceptions by a Bison since 2006 ... first Bison with interceptions in three straight games since Erich Muzi in 1998 ... three of four interceptions came against Patriot League opponents ... posted team-high four pass breakups to rank seventh in the Patriot League ... collected at least two tackles in every game ... season-high nine stops came opposite Marist ... named team's Defensive Player of the Week following seven tackles and an interception at Colgate.
2008 (Sophomore): Started 10 of 11 games ... nine starts came at free safety and one at cornerback ... fifth on team with 46 tackles ... team-high two interceptions (vs. Hofstra, vs. Colgate) ... season-high six tackles on three occasions ... tied for second on team with three pass breakups.
2007 (Freshman): Earned a varsity letter in his first season at Bucknell after playing in all 11 games, including three starts ... team's top rookie tackler with 52 ... intercepted two passes and broke up three ... pickoffs came against Cornell and Lehigh ... had nine tackles against Cornell and Colgate, eight against Lafayette and seven against Holy Cross ... made at least one tackle in every game.
Franklin High School: Lettered in football and track ... team captain on the gridiron ... first-team all-area and all-conference ... played for coach Louis Solomon.
Personal: Ahkiel Pernell White ... born Aug. 16, 1989 in New Brunswick, N.J. ... son of Attamese Bailey ... has three siblings, Ahmir, Alexis and Ahnaia ... majoring in economics and political science.
White's Career Defensive Statistics
Year G/GS UT AT TT TFL INT PD FF FR
2007 11/3 29 23 52 0-0 2-0 3 0 0
2008 11/10 25 21 46 0.5-0 2-7 3 0 0
2009 11/11 37 23 60 2-5 4-11 4 1 0
Totals 33/24 91 67 158 2.5-5 8-18 10 1 0
