Rondell White Caps Illustrious Career With AFCA All-America Selection

AFCA Division II All-America Release

WACO, TEXAS — West Chester University senior Rondell White was named to the 2013 AFCA Division II Coaches' All-America Team as an all-purpose player, which was announced today by the American Football Coaches Association.
 
White concluded one of the most prolific football careers in school history leading the Golden Rams to the NCAA Division II national semifinals and a school-record 13 wins. White becomes the 12th AFCA All-America representative from West Chester University and the third running back.
 
White finished fourth in the NCAA in all-purpose yards per game (207.1) and came just 52 yards shy of Danny Woodhead's Division II single-season record of 3,159 all-purpose yards. The versatile running back finished the 2013 season with 1,989 rushing yards, 843 receiving yards and 275 return yards, totaling 3,107 all-purpose yards. He is just the third player in NCAA Division II history to eclipse 3,000 all-purpose yards in a single season. He rushed for over 100 yards in a game nine times, including back-to-back 200-yard performances. He ran for a career-best 245 yards and three touchdowns in a win over Millersville. He even threw a touchdown pass in West Chester's win over Gannon the second week of the season.
 
The local product out of Rustin High School in West Chester ended his career with at least one reception in each of the last 28 games in which he played. In fact, he caught a pass in 46 of his 48 career games at West Chester. His 75 receptions in 2013 is fourth-best in a single-season in school history and the most by a running back.
 
"Delly" as he is fondly referred to by teammates and friends, broke 21 school records during a career that began in 2010 as a wide receiver and ended this past weekend in Hickory, N.C. just one step from the national championship game. Nine of those records fell this past season, including rushing yards in a single season (1,989), all-purpose yards in a single season (3,107), touchdowns in a single season (24) and points scored in a single season (144). His 406 carries this past fall is also a PSAC single-season record.
 
White will graduate as the school's all-time leading rusher with 4,336 yards on the ground and 41 rushing TDs. He eclipsed 100 rushing yards in a game 19 times during his career, including seven games of 200 or more yards rushing – the latter of which is a school record. His 7,668 career all-purpose yards is over 1,000 more than the previous school record-holder and is second all-time in PSAC history. In his career, White amassed more than 4,000 yards rushing, 2,000 yards receiving and 1,000 yards in returns to become just the second player ever in NCAA history at any level to hit those benchmarks. Only Brian Westbook accomplished that feat during his college playing days.
 
White was also named first team All-PSAC East, first team All-Super Region 1 and one of nine finalists for the Harlon Hill Trophy, handed out to the Division II national player of the year. He finished third in the country in rushing yards, tied for fifth in rushing TDs and 10th in rushing yards per game (132.6).
 
The AFCA has selected an All-America team since 1945 and currently selects teams in all five of its divisions. The five teams now chosen for each AFCA division evolved from a single 11-player squad in 1945. From 1945 until 1967, only one team was chosen. From 1967 through 1971, two teams, University Division and College Division, were selected. In 1972, the College Division was split into College I and College II. In 1979, the University Division was split into two teams — FBS and FCS. In 1996, the College I and College II teams were renamed Division II and Division III, respectively.

In 2006, the AFCA started selecting an NAIA-only team. From 1965-81, a 22-player (11 offensive, 11 defensive) team was chosen. In 1982, a punter and placekicker were added to the team. In 1997, a return specialist was added, giving us the current 25-player team. The return specialist position was replaced by an all-purpose player in 2006.
 
The AFCA's Division II All-America Selection Committee is made up of three head coaches from each of the AFCA's nine districts, one of whom serves as a district chairman, along with another head coach who serves as the chairman of the selection committee. The coaches in each district are responsible for ranking the top players in their respective districts prior to a conference call between the district chairmen and the committee chairman on which the team is chosen.
 
Members of the AFCA Coaches' All-America Team receive a plaque commemorating their selection to the team.