Kevin White opens up about his career with the Bears

The Charter: A Chicago Bears Podcast

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4.4 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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In 2015, in his very first draft as the new Bears GM, Ryan selected wide receiver Kevin White 7th overall, but White was soon let go after his rookie deal leaving fans confused and wondering why White's Chicago Bears tenure was so short lived. NBCS Bears insider JJ Stankevitz got a chance to talk with White about his career with the Bears, where it went wrong, and how he's still fighting to get rid of the label "bust" by his name.(4:41) - What did it mean for White to be selected 7th overall(11:21) - Is it difficult having the word "bust" attached to his (White) name(17:40) - Things the average fans doesn't know about constantly rehabbing injuries(26:07) - White describes what went wrong in 2018 for him(34:07) - White feels he could have gotten a better shot to play(42:10) - White wants to prove to Chicago fans that he was worth the pickSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, I'm J.J. Stankovitz and welcome into another edition of the Undercenter podcast, brought to you by Sprinkler Fitters Union Local 281.
0:13.1	I recently had a chance to spend an afternoon catching up with former Bears wide receiver Kevin White over Zoom to dive into how he experienced watching his promising NFL
0:21.9	career become unraveled by injuries and how he's been able to live with being labeled a bust.
0:27.1	We go deep on what happened in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2018, and 2019, and why he hasn't
0:35.1	quite given up on playing football just yet.
0:41.6	All that and more on this special edition of the Undercenter podcast starting right now.
0:45.7	What it means to me to be a Chicago bear, it's an easy question.
0:47.1	It means everything to me. That means rich tradition, black and blue division, defense, legends, linebackers.
0:56.0	The history of it. I mean, I'm a big history guy, so understanding this was one of the first franchises just kind of blows my mind, honestly.
1:03.0	That was able to be a part of that.
1:05.0	The city, just the nostalgia of playing for a story franchise, the story franchise of the running back
1:13.5	position with guys like Gail Sayers and Walter Payton and being able to follow in those footsteps.
1:18.3	So being a bear means everything.
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1:40.9	So Kevin, last March, you posted on your Instagram a goodbye message to the bears in the
1:45.4	city of Chicago. And in it, you wrote, it didn't turn out how we wanted, but it taught me more lessons
1:50.0	than success could have ever did. What were some of those lessons that you learned here in Chicago?
1:55.2	Oh, man. So for me, the lesson I've learned was just like never taking anything for granted, counting your blessings, still being that same modest, humble person, treating everyone the same. I think with some people or maybe how I could have turned out with more fame and success on the field,
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