Name: Tez White

School: Southern Wayne

Sport: Football

Year: Senior

Parents: Lamont and Nikki White

Hometown: Goldsboro

White rambled for a career-high 316 yards rushing in the Saints’ homecoming victory over Smithfield-Selma. He set a career-high for total yardage (336) in a road loss at South Johnston one week earlier. The quarterback has accumulated 918 yards rushing, 501 yards passing and 16 touchdowns this season.

Saints head coach Matt Hine said, “Tez is everything you hope for in a player. He is a great student in the classroom, he’s a leader on the field and he is such a talented young man. He does everything for us and I am so grateful for his presence on the team.”