2025 Football Roster

Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith
Joseph Cernock
Kyle Cummings
Kyle Cummings
Kyle Cummings
Sydney Smith
Sydney Smith

5 Gunner White

  • Position Running Back
  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Virginia Beach, Va.
  • Highschool Tallwood

Biography

2024 --  Junior Season  -- Posted another fantastic season in the CNU backfield, playing in all ten games and accounting for 682 rushing yards for the season...averaged 4.9 yards per carry on 139 attempts, and scored 15 times...also caught 24 passes for 171 yards, averaging 7.1 yards per catch...was named first team All-Conference in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) for the second straight season...was voted second team All-State by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) also for the second consecutive season...recorded his best game of the year in the regular season finale vs. TCNJ at TowneBank Stadium, rushing for four touchdowns and finishing the game with 183 yards on 27 carries...scored three times vs. William Paterson at TowneBank during a 15-carry, 100-yard performance... longest run of the season was a 40-yard scamper vs. William Paterson...concluded the season with 2,170 career yards rushed, fifth-most in program history...also fifth in school career attempts with 442...his 15 scores gave him 29 career rushing touchdowns, only seven shy of Tunde Ogun's program record 36...now has 35 total career touchdowns, just three behind Ogun's record of 38.

2023 --  Sophomore Season  -- Continued his remarkable career as a Captain by being named the Offensive Player of the Year in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC)...rushed the ball 167 times for 762 yards...averaged 69 yards per game on the ground, and 4.6 yards per carry...scored 14 total touchdowns, ten rushing and four receiving...caught 27 passes for 303 yards...went over the 100-yard mark in rushing twice, both on the road, at Dickinson (102 yards) on October 7th and at William Paterson (101 yards) on October 28th...has now scored 20 times in 21 games played over his first two seasons...has already moved up to seventh on Christopher Newport's all-time rushing list with 1,488 yards...named second team All-State by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID)...selected third team All-Region by D3football.com.

2022 --  Freshman Season  -- Joined the CNU roster as a freshman running back and had an immediate impact...quickly moved into the role of CNU's top running back...played all ten games and averaged 72.6 yards rushing per game and 5.3 yards per carry...rushed for 726 yards on 136 carries and scored four rushing touchdowns...went over the 100-yard mark rushing twice, in consecutive games, at Montclair State (136 yards) on October 29th, and vs. TCNJ at TowneBank Stadium (174 yards) on November 5th...also caught 19 passes for 224 yards and two scores...voted second team All-Conference in the NJAC after being named NJAC Offensive Rookie of the Week three times.

At Tallwood -- Three-time first team All-Conference ... Three-time second team Al-Region ... Earned second team All-Tidewater honors once ... All-time leading rusher for the Lions ... Set single game rushing record ... Also a member of the track and field program, helping the 4x100 relay team qualify for states in 2021

Personal -- Gunner Nathan White was born in Virginia Beach, Va. ... Son of Brad and Tami White ... Has one sister, Susan ... Favorite athlete is Conor McGregor ... Dream vacation is a trip to Hawaii ... Favorite movie is "Friday Night Lights" and favorite TV show is "The Office" ... Majoring in Kinesiology.

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2022Freshman

    Running Back
    5'8" 185 lbs
    10
  • 5

    2023Sophomore

    Running Back
    5'8" 185 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2024Junior

    Running Back
    5'8" 195 lbs
    5
  • 5

    2025Senior

    Running Back
    5'8" 195 lbs
    5