DeShawn White brings compact, downhill linebacker pop to Southern Miss
In the 2025 season, DeShawn White is listed by Southern Miss as a 5-foot-11, 200-pound junior linebacker from Columbia, Mississippi, after arriving from East Central CC[2]. He stands out more for leverage, urgency, and physicality than for flash—an undersized, attack-minded LB profile that can fit a defense looking for quick trigger plays and special-teams grit[1][2]. The catch: publicly available stat lines are thin, so the real value here is in his compact frame, hometown toughness, and developmental upside rather than eye-popping production[1][2].
