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Danny White

Wilford Daniel White

Position: QB-P Throws: Right

6-2, 193lb (188cm, 87kg)

Born: February 9, 1952 in Mesa, AZ

College: Arizona St. (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 86 (325th overall since 1960)

High School: Westwood (AZ)

Draft: Dallas Cowboys in the 3rd round (53rd overall) of the 1974 NFL Draft.

Relatives: Father Wilford White; Nephew Max Hall

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SUMMARY

Career

166

104

QBrec

62-30-0

Cmp%

59.7

Yds

21959

Y/A

7.4

155

Int

132

FantPt

1276.5

Passing

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Passing Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	AV	Awards
1976	24	DAL	NFL	P	14	0		13	20	65.0	213	2	10.0	2	10.0	56	10.7	8.15	16.4	15.2	94.4	1	15	4.76	9.43	7.05	0	0	3
1977	25	DAL	NFL	P	14	0		4	10	40.0	35	0	0.0	1	10.0	12	3.5	-1.00	8.8	2.5	10.4	2	15	16.67	1.67	-2.08	0	0	3
1978	26	DAL	NFL	P	16	1	1-0-0	20	34	58.8	215	0	0.0	1	2.9	35	6.3	5.00	10.8	13.4	65.2	1	10	2.86	5.86	4.57	0	0	4
1979	27	DAL	NFL	P	16	0		19	39	48.7	267	1	2.6	2	5.1	45	6.8	5.05	14.1	16.7	58.4	4	46	9.30	5.14	3.51	0	0	4
1980	28	DAL	NFL	QB	16	16	12-4-0	260	436	59.6	3287	28	6.4	25	5.7	58	7.5	6.24	12.6	205.4	80.7	30	252	6.44	6.51	5.30	1	1	16
1981	29	DAL	NFL	QB	16	15	11-4-0	223	391	57.0	3098	22	5.6	13	3.3	73	7.9	7.55	13.9	193.6	87.5	30	234	7.13	6.80	6.46	2	2	13
1982	30	DAL	NFL	QB	9	9	6-3-0	156	247	63.2	2079	16	6.5	12	4.9	49	8.4	7.53	13.3	231.0	91.1	25	264	9.19	6.67	5.86	0	0	18	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-4
1983	31	DAL	NFL	QB	16	16	12-4-0	334	533	62.7	3980	29	5.4	23	4.3	80	7.5	6.61	11.9	248.8	85.6	37	314	6.49	6.43	5.63	2	2	15
1984	32	DAL	NFL	QB	14	6	3-3-0	126	233	54.1	1580	11	4.7	11	4.7	66	6.8	5.60	12.5	112.9	71.5	22	178	8.63	5.50	4.42	1	2	4
1985	33	DAL	NFL	QB	14	14	10-4-0	267	450	59.3	3157	21	4.7	17	3.8	56	7.0	6.25	11.8	225.5	80.6	30	257	6.25	6.04	5.32	1	2	10
1986	34	DAL	NFL	QB	7	6	4-2-0	95	153	62.1	1157	12	7.8	5	3.3	63	7.6	7.66	12.2	165.3	97.9	10	98	6.13	6.50	6.59	1	2	4
1987	35	DAL	NFL	QB	11	9	3-6-0	215	362	59.4	2617	12	3.3	17	4.7	43	7.2	5.78	12.2	237.9	73.2	44	353	10.84	5.58	4.28	3	3	9
1988	36	DAL	NFL	QB	3	0		29	42	69.0	274	1	2.4	3	7.1	24	6.5	3.79	9.4	91.3	65.0	5	47	10.64	4.83	2.38	0	0	1
13 Yrs					166	92	62-30-0	1761	2950	59.7	21959	155	5.3	132	4.5	80	7.4	6.48	12.5	132.3	81.7	241	2083	7.55	6.23	5.34	11	14	104
17 Game Avg					17	9		180	302	59.7	2249	16	5.3	14	4.5	80	7.4	6.48	12.5	132.3	81.7	25	213	7.55	6.23	5.34	1	1	11

Passing Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD
1976	24	DAL	NFL	P	1	0		0	0		0	0		0						0.0		0	0				0	0
1977	25	DAL	NFL	P	3	0		1	3	33.3	5	0	0.0	0	0.0	5	1.7	1.67	5.0	1.7	42.4	0	0	0.00	1.67	1.67	0	0
1978	26	DAL	NFL	P	3	0		10	20	50.0	127	1	5.0	1	5.0	24	6.4	5.10	12.7	42.3	66.0	1	11	4.76	5.52	4.33	0	1
1979	27	DAL	NFL	P	1	0		0	0		0	0		0						0.0		0	0				0	0
1980	28	DAL	NFL	QB	3	3	2-1-0	49	95	51.6	639	6	6.3	5	5.3	37	6.7	5.62	13.0	213.0	72.2	2	23	2.06	6.35	5.27	1	1
1981	29	DAL	NFL	QB	2	2	1-1-0	31	50	62.0	316	3	6.0	1	2.0	31	6.3	6.62	10.2	158.0	91.7	5	48	9.09	4.87	5.15	0	0
1982	30	DAL	NFL	QB	3	3	2-1-0	59	96	61.5	650	3	3.1	3	3.1	35	6.8	5.99	11.0	216.7	78.9	7	55	6.80	5.78	5.05	0	0
1983	31	DAL	NFL	QB	1	1	0-1-0	32	53	60.4	330	2	3.8	3	5.7	30	6.2	4.43	10.3	330.0	67.3	3	30	5.36	5.36	3.66	0	0

1985	33	DAL	NFL	QB	1	1	0-1-0	24	43	55.8	217	0	0.0	3	7.0	22	5.0	1.91	9.0	217.0	40.6	5	35	10.42	3.79	0.98	0	0
9 Yrs					18	10	5-5-0	206	360	57.2	2284	15	4.2	16	4.4	37	6.3	5.18	11.1	126.9	71.6	23	202	6.01	5.44	4.34	1	2
17 Game Avg					17	9		195	340	57.2	2157	14	4.2	15	4.4		6.3	5.18	11.1	126.9	71.6	22	191	6.01	5.44	4.34	1	2

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Adjusted Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Adjusted Passing Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	QBrec	Att	Y/A+	NY/A+	AY/A+	ANY/A+	Cmp%+	TD%+	Int%+	Sack%+	Rate+	AV	Awards
1980	28	DAL	QB	11	16	16	12-4-0	436	113	112	106	107	116	129	83	104	112	16
1981	29	DAL	QB	11	16	15	11-4-0	391	119	118	124	122	104	117	114	100	121	13
1982*	30	DAL	QB	11	9	9	6-3-0	247	127	114	120	112	123	126	93	90	122	18	AP OPoY-4, AP MVP-5, AP2, PB
1983	31	DAL	QB	11	16	16	12-4-0	533	107	110	107	109	119	113	99	110	112	15
1984	32	DAL	QB	11	14	6	3-3-0	233	93	92	94	93	93	105	93	98	96	4
1985	33	DAL	QB	11	14	14	10-4-0	450	99	103	103	105	113	106	104	111	108	10
1986	34	DAL	QB	11	7	6	4-2-0	153	113	113	122	122	126	141	111	110	131	4
1987	35	DAL	QB	11	11	9	3-6-0	362	106	93	97	90	115	91	89	78	99	9
Career					166	92	62-30-0	2950										104

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Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
1976	24	DAL	P	11	14	0	70	2690	38.4	252	2198	30.5	54	12	17.1%	13	18.6%	2
1977	25	DAL	P	11	14	0	80	3171	39.6	280	2691	33.2	57	10	12.5%	25	31.3%	1
1978	26	DAL	P	11	16	1	76	3076	40.5	311	2545	33.1	56	11	14.5%	16	21.1%	1
1979	27	DAL	P	11	16	0	76	3168	41.7	252	2736	36.0	73	9	11.8%	21	27.6%	0
1980	28	DAL	QB	11	16	16	71	2903	40.9	215	2468	34.8	58	11	15.5%	17	23.9%	0
1981	29	DAL	QB	11	16	15	79	3222	40.8	231	2851	36.1	60	7	8.9%	19	24.1%	0
1982*	30	DAL	QB	11	9	9	37	1542	41.7	118	1384	37.4	56	2	5.4%	6	16.2%	0
1983	31	DAL	QB	11	16	16	38	1543	40.6	233	1250	32.1	50	3	7.9%	6	15.8%	1
1984	32	DAL	QB	11	14	6	82	3151	38.4	156	2835	34.6	54	8	9.8%	21	25.6%	0
1985	33	DAL	QB	11	14	14	1	43	43.0	0	23	23.0	43	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0
Career					166	92	610	24509	40.2	2048	20981	34.1	73	74	12.1%	144	23.6%	5

Punting Table
				Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
1976	24	DAL	QB	1	0	6	232	38.7	23	189	31.5	52	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	0
1977	25	DAL	QB	3	0	16	612	38.3	31	581	36.3	53	0	0.0%	4	25.0%	0
1978	26	DAL	QB	3	0	16	586	36.6	49	477	29.8	50	3	18.8%	5	31.3%	0
1979	27	DAL	QB	1	0	8	295	36.9	17	258	32.3	44	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	0
1980	28	DAL	QB	3	3	13	480	36.9	79	401	30.8	52	0	0.0%	2	15.4%	0
1981	29	DAL	QB	2	2	10	356	35.6	25	291	29.1	49	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	0
1982*	30	DAL	QB	3	3	10	344	34.4	30	294	29.4	47	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	0
1983	31	DAL	QB	1	1	5	157	31.4	46	111	22.2	40	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	0
Career				18	10	84	3062	36.5	300	2602	31.0	53	8	9.5%	21	25.0%	0

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
							Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1976	24	DAL	NFL	P	14	0	6	17	0	14	2.8	1.2	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	2.8	17	0	0
1977	25	DAL	NFL	P	14	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	0
1978	26	DAL	NFL	P	16	1	5	7	0	4	1.4	0.4	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	1.4	7	0	2
1979	27	DAL	NFL	P	16	0	1	25	0	25	25.0	1.6	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	25.0	25	0	1
1980	28	DAL	NFL	QB	16	16	27	114	1	48	4.2	7.1	1.7	1	-9	-9.0	0	-9	0.1	-0.6	28	3.8	105	1	8
1981	29	DAL	NFL	QB	16	15	38	104	0	17	2.7	6.5	2.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	38	2.7	104	0	14
1982	30	DAL	NFL	QB	9	9	17	91	0	21	5.4	10.1	1.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	17	5.4	91	0	10	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-4
1983	31	DAL	NFL	QB	16	16	18	31	4	22	1.7	1.9	1.1	1	15	15.0	1	15	0.1	0.9	19	2.4	46	5	10
1984	32	DAL	NFL	QB	14	6	6	21	0	8	3.5	1.5	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	3.5	21	0	2
1985	33	DAL	NFL	QB	14	14	22	44	1	21	2.0	3.1	1.6	1	12	12.0	1	12	0.1	0.9	23	2.4	56	2	6
1986	34	DAL	NFL	QB	7	6	8	16	1	10	2.0	2.3	1.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	2.0	16	1	6
1987	35	DAL	NFL	QB	11	9	10	14	1	8	1.4	1.3	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	1.4	14	1	9
13 Yrs					166	92	159	482	8	48	3.0	2.9	1.0	3	18	6.0	2	15	0.0	0.1	162	3.1	500	10	68
17 Game Avg					17	9	16	49	1	48	3.0	2.9	1.0	0	2	6.0	0	15	0.0	0.1	17	0.3	51	1	7

Rushing & Receiving Table
							Rushing							Receiving					Scrimmage
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	TD	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1977	25	DAL	NFL	P	3	0	2	27	0	14	13.5	9.0	0.7	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	13.5	27	0	0
1978	26	DAL	NFL	P	3	0	3	-4	0	12	-1.3	-1.3	1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	3	-1.3	-4	0	0

1980	28	DAL	NFL	QB	3	3	7	3	0	2	0.4	1.0	2.3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	7	0.4	3	0	4
1981	29	DAL	NFL	QB	2	2	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.5	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	2
1982	30	DAL	NFL	QB	3	3	4	-7	0	-1	-1.8	-2.3	1.3	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	4	-1.8	-7	0	1
1983	31	DAL	NFL	QB	1	1	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	1
9 Yrs					18	10	18	19	0	14	1.1	1.1	1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	18	1.1	19	0	9
17 Game Avg					17	9	17	18	0	14	1.1	1.1	1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	17	1.0	18	0	9

Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
							Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1977	25	DAL	NFL	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
1978	26	DAL	NFL	P	16	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	-8	0	0.0	0

1980	28	DAL	NFL	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	8	1	-15	0	0.0	0
1981	29	DAL	NFL	QB	16	15	0	0	0	0	14	8	-34	0	0.0	0
1982	30	DAL	NFL	QB	9	9	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-5,AP OPoY-4
1983	31	DAL	NFL	QB	16	16	0	0	0	0	10	4	0	0	0.0	0
1984	32	DAL	NFL	QB	14	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	-3	0	0.0	0
1985	33	DAL	NFL	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	6	2	-6	0	0.0	0
1986	34	DAL	NFL	QB	7	6	0	0	0	0	6	1	-2	0	0.0	0
1987	35	DAL	NFL	QB	11	9	0	0	0	0	9	3	-7	0	0.0	0
13 Yrs					166	92	0	0	0	0	68	25	-75	0	0.0	0
17 Game Avg					17	9	0	0	0	0	7	3	-8	0	0.0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
							Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Season	Age	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1980	28	DAL	NFL	QB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
1981	29	DAL	NFL	QB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0

1983	31	DAL	NFL	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0
9 Yrs					18	10	0	0	0	0	0	9	3	2	0	0.0	0	0
17 Game Avg					17	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	3	2	0	0.0	0	0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

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Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1980	28	DAL	QB	11	16	16	1		1		6	0.4
1983	31	DAL	QB	11	16	16	4	1	5		30	1.9
1985	33	DAL	QB	11	14	14	1	1	2		12	0.9
1986	34	DAL	QB	11	7	6	1		1		6	0.9
1987	35	DAL	QB	11	11	9	1		1		6	0.5
Career					166	92	8	2	10	0	60	.4

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How old is Danny White?

Danny White is 72 years old.

When was Danny White born?

Danny White was born on February 9, 1952.

Where was Danny White born?

Danny White was born in Mesa, AZ.

How tall is Danny White?

Danny White is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Danny White weigh when playing?

Danny White weighed 193 lbs (87 kg) when playing.

Is Danny White in the Hall of Fame?

Danny White has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

How many games did Danny White play?

Danny White played 166 games over his career.

How many passing yards did Danny White have?

Danny White had 21,959 passing yards over his career.

How many touchdowns did Danny White have?

Danny White had 155 touchdowns over his career.

How many Super Bowls has Danny White won?

Danny White has won 1 Super Bowl.

When did Danny White retire?

Danny White last played in 1988.

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