White again went down with a knee injury, this time tearing the ACL in the opposite knee. In the second game, the Alabama Crimson Tide came to Norman. After a slow start, the offense finally got rolling and they easily cruised to a shutout win. White eventually won a close battle and was named the starter for the first game against Tulsa. The 2002 season started out with a preseason battle for the starting quarterback position between White and Hybl. During the second quarter, White injured his ACL while completing a long pass to running back Quentin Griffin, ending his season. White continued to start the following games for the Sooners including a showdown with Nebraska, featuring the top two teams in the BCS for the second consecutive year. He started the next week against Kansas, throwing four touchdown passes to tight end Trent Smith. White replaced him and was 16-of-23 for 108 yards and ran 12 times for a team-high 38 yards. Hybl hurt his right side in the first quarter of the Sooners' 14–3 win over #5 Texas and did not return. Nate Hybl beat out White for the starting quarterback job in 2001. He redshirted his sophomore season in 2000 the Sooners went on to win the 2001 Orange Bowl and the BCS National Championship. White played in a reserve role his true freshman season, behind Josh Heupel, the Sooners' starting quarterback. White attended the University of Oklahoma, where he played for coach Bob Stoops's Oklahoma Sooners football team from 1999 to 2004. His parents owned a cement plant in east Tuttle. He attended Tuttle High School and played for the Tuttle Tigers high school football team.
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