James White (defensive tackle)

{{Short description|American football player (born 1953)}}

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{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = James White

| number = 72

| position = Defensive tackle

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|10|26}}

| birth_place = Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 265

| high_school = Hot Springs

| college = Oklahoma State

| draftyear = 1976

| draftround = 1

| draftpick = 25

| pastteams =

• Minnesota Vikings ({{NFL Year|1976|1983}})

| statlabel1 = Sacks

| statvalue1 = 26.0

| statlabel2 = Fumble recoveries

| statvalue2 = 7

| statlabel3 = Interceptions

| statvalue3 = 1

| pfr = W/WhitJa20

}}

James C. "Duck" White{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070208153358/http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WHITEJAM01 James White Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards - databaseFootball.com]}} (born October 26, 1953)[http://www.nfl.com/players/jameswhite/profile?id=WHI264562 James White] is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) from 1976 to 1983. He played college football at Oklahoma State University where he was their first four-year letterman in the modern era[http://newsok.com/centennial/topcowboys Oklahoma - A Century in the Making] and was the Vikings' first round draft pick in the 1976 NFL draft.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20071015203157/http://databasefootball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1976&lg=NFL 1976 NFL Draft on databaseFootball.com]}}