Corey White finds his home at Southern

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana  --  Still wearing the remnants of his childhood dream, Corey White may have looked lost, but he’s sure he is found again.

The former Capitol High School standout moved gracefully up the stairs to the Southern football offices despite his mountainous stature, his burly legs sheathed in baggy gray sweats with a bold “LSU” emblazoned in purple letters on his thigh.

The pants are part of a bygone era, one with an end that White hadn’t envisioned as a touted offensive line recruit coming out of Capitol.

White left LSU without realizing his dream of playing in Tiger Stadium. He spent his redshirt freshman season working toward that goal before leaving the program last year.

Football is only one part of the student-athlete equation, and his grades weren’t up to par with his physical abilities.

“Things didn’t go right, didn’t go the way I wanted to go,” he said. “I got in a bad bind with school. I couldn’t handle it. So I just decided to transfer before I got too far in it.”

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