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Reggie WhiteCarolina Panthers · #92

Defensive End · 6'5", 291 lb · Chattanooga, Tennessee · Age 65

Reggie White retired with 198.0 career sacks, then the most in NFL history, along with 33 forced fumbles across 15 seasons. A two-time Defensive Player of the Year and 13-time Pro Bowler, he won Super Bowl XXXI with Green Bay and entered the Hall of Fame in 2006.

Defensive EndDrafted 198415-yr veteran
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Reggie White
Season avg0 tkl · 5.5 sacks · 0 int
Career avg0 tkl · 198 sacks · 3 int
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Scouting report

Reggie White — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Defensive End · Rotation piece · Impact 50
Reggie White retired with 198.0 career sacks, then the most in NFL history, along with 33 forced fumbles across 15 seasons. A two-time Defensive Playe
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Pass rush
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Run D
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Splash
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Pass rush
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Run defense
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Disruption
Strong · defense
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Splash plays
Elite · defense
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Ball skills
Solid · defense
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Act II

Where Reggie White stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly
Balladex Consensus: Rotation piece tier — a blend of Impact, production and résumé.
Futures & chases
MVP odds
50Impact index
1335Star score
Career scoring average0.0 ppg
Seasons in the index0
Accolades on file5
Super Bowl · 2× Defensive POY
Stat explorer

Reggie White — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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The engine

How the model sees Reggie White

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected 2001  modeled
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sacks
3.9–12.3
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tackles
0–0
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0–1
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games
15–17
Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 15-season history below.
What moves the sacks line vs last season
Last season 6 → projected 8 sacks
Baseline (recency-weighted)
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Age curve
-1.8
Net vs last season+2.6 sacks
Everything it reads
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15 seasons of real box production
every game line, verified
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Recency × games weight
recent, healthy years anchor the baseline
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Year-over-year trend
his own trajectory, season to season
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Position aging curve
age 65 — applied to the projection
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Role & usage context
target / carry share and snaps fold in
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Availability signal
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The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Reggie White career stats, season by season

Career stats by season
SeasonGTklSackFFPDINT
19851313.000
19861618.010
1987 DPOY1221.030
19881618.010
19891611.020
19901614.041
19911615.021
19921614.050
19931613.030
1994168.020
19951512.020
1996 SB168.531
19971611.000
1998 DPOY1616.040
2000165.5110
Career2320198.03313
Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.
Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.
Context

Are the Carolina Panthers built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

9–8proj record
66off index
74def index
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52%playoff odds
71roster
Roster delta · what changed
Offense grades C+ (66), defense B- (74) by our position-percentile roster model. QB play indexes at 58, pass rush 67, coverage 80.
How his role moves
Projected 9–8 on a 17-game slate — modeled from the current roster's production percentiles, not a calibrated Vegas line. His snaps, target/carry share and usage move with roster health.
Balladex Impact
50 of 99
Rotation piece tier.
Rarity
◆ Epic
Rank #32 of 2316 in NFL.
Résumé
5 accolades
Super Bowl · 2× Defensive POY · 8× First-Team All-Pro
Act IV

The Ballad of Reggie White

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

1961-12-19

The beginning

The Minister of Defense: a 198-sack Hall of Fame defensive end and 13-time Pro Bowler for the Eagles and Packers.

Carolina Panthers

Turning pro

Drafted 1984, Supplemental Draft (#4 overall) as a Defensive End.

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Signed out of the 1984 supplemental draft by Philadelphia

Chapter

Dominated eight seasons as an Eagle

Chapter

Signed with Green Bay in landmark 1993 free agency

Off the court

Measurables
Height
6'5"
Weight
291 lb
Draft
1984, Supplemental Draft (#4 overall)
Born
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Age
65
Jersey
#92
Off the Field

White devoted much of his life to ministry and community work, using his platform to preach and support charitable causes. His 1993 free-agent decision, courted publicly by numerous teams, reshaped how the NFL approached free agency. His sudden death in 2004 at age 43 was mourned across the football world.

The person

A humble, deeply faithful leader off the field who transformed into an unstoppable force of nature between the lines.

PowerfulHis signature club-and-rip could toss aside offensive tackles with one arm.
FaithfulAn ordained minister whose convictions guided his life and locker-room leadership.
DurableMissed almost no time across 15 seasons of front-line trench warfare.
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FAQ

Reggie White — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Reggie White, answered.

How many career sacks did Reggie White have?
White recorded 198.0 career sacks, which was the NFL all-time record when he retired and stood until Bruce Smith passed it.
Why was Reggie White called the Minister of Defense?
White was an ordained evangelical minister, and the nickname paired his faith with his dominance as a pass rusher.
Did Reggie White win a Super Bowl?
Yes. He won Super Bowl XXXI with the Green Bay Packers following the 1996 season.
Reggie White career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.
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