Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

Kevin White knows opportunity won't just keep knocking on his door forever.

Eventually, he'll have to answer.

The only way to do that is by living up to those sky-high expectations that come with being the seventh overall pick in an NFL draft. And, knock on wood, by avoiding the injury bug that bit him time and time again early in his career.

He knows all of this, which is why getting that phone call for a tryout on Monday with the New Orleans Saints and then signing with them a day later means so much to him.

He appreciated Wednesday's first practice with his new team, the fourth different one he's been on since entering the league. It's another chance, perhaps his last one, to shed that "bust" label that comes with being picked so high and yet produce so little.

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"It means everything," White said. "Going on Year 7 and not really getting an opportunity, now that I'm healthy, I know a lot about the game and I know how the business works, I feel good. It means a lot that someone else gave me a chance to live out my dream and kinda prove myself right and everybody else wrong."

White has been trying to prove people wrong since April 30, 2015. That's the night NFL commissioner Roger Goodell stood on stage and called Kevin White's name. White's combination of size and speed (6-foot-3, 215 with a 4.35 40-time) had most thinking he would be a sure thing for the Chicago Bears. Then the injuries came, one after another, starting with a stress fracture in OTAs as a rookie. Then a severe high ankle sprain and a fractured fibula the next year. Then he fractured his shoulder blade the following season. Then came a hamstring tear. He signed with the Arizona Cardinals in 2019, but got released before the season started and didn't play that season. He signed with the San Francisco 49ers last August and spent most of the season on their practice squad.

"Very frustrating, just because I feel like I've put the work in," White said. "I had the right mindset. And for whatever reason, it just doesn't pan out. I can't hang my head. Sometimes I ask 'Why?' I just have to keep going and until the time comes, I'll go hard and do what I'm capable of."

The 49ers released him last week.

He needed a team.

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Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

17 ..... I wonder what this number reminds me of ... Meachum?

:bng:

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

I remember him as a failed fantasy WR sleeper, particularly in that second year with the Bears. Hoping this time the Saints can unlock his potential and good health. We might need him more than he needs us!

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Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

Chris Hogan ain’t working out? Kevin White is a long shot to make this team. Talk about a injury prone player.

Talent has never been the issue not to mention the Bears have had some pretty inconsistent QBs.

I wish him well though.

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

Crazy injury plagued career... if he can get his body right, you never know. We do have a pretty good WR coach.

4.3 speed and size at 6'3" 220lbs

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

He has all the measurables but he can't stay off IR. I hope that he makes the team and contributes.

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

Bump ….

I still believe in Kevin ! The season is long and at some point, we’ll need more pass catchers who can separate and keep the chains moving.

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

He did take/select Meachem's old jersey number. Could that he an omen?

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

Gotta catch the ball. Looks a little alligator armed

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

Sometimes players are hamstrung on a bad team with crappy coaching. Let's hope that our coaches can get the light to turn on.

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

I'm with you guys all the way. Hopeful but like Cruize said - gotta catch the ball man.

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

Apparently Payton thinks highly enough of him to keep him around in spite of dropping every ball thrown his way in practice and preseason. That’s good enough for me. I agree with J.P. He just needs to get rid of the jitters.

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I wish some others would be willing to cut Winston the same slack even giving the fact he has put up huge "positive" numbers to date.

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

Give that man some stick 'em. :wink:

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

Certainly hoping he comes through and shines. I understand injuries have hampered him in his career. I’m all for giving him a shot. That being said, his two drops in the second preseason game were jarring. Those plays get you cut. It’s a long shot IMO, but I’m pulling for him

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Along with a Tournament seed, turning Kevin White around, even if he gives us just 500 ReYds the rest of the way, would guarantee Sean COTY...

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

My head reached a similar speed when I had to snap back to look at that catch he made.

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

Wow, didn't realize this was Kevin's first pass catch in 3 years.

Glad he got the monkey off his back. The talent is there.

You could tell the team was just as happy. Confidence building.

Continue to climb that mountain.

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The Saints are going to need him in down the stretch since 13 is gone.

Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

:roflmao:

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Re: Saints' WR Kevin White hopes latest opportunity is final one he'll need to live up to hype
 

Maybe....just maybe. :bng: