Former QB Ted White to lead Howard football
“FLIGHT” HOME: Record-setting Howard QB Ted White returns home to lead the Bison.
ALBANY, GA. — The Howard football program became the third black college to name a former standout quarterback as its new head football coach when Ted White was chosen last week to replace Larry Scott leading the Bison.
White, a record-setting QB for Howard from 1995 to 1998, follows former Florida A&M quarterback Quinn Gray who was named the Rattlers new head coach in late December and former Winston-Salem State QB Tory Woodbury who the Rams chose as their new leader in early December. Scott left Howard after five seasons to become the tight ends coach at Auburn.
In addition to his playing prowess, White brings an extensive coaching resume as he returns to lead Howard.
As a player, White, who earned the nickname “Sweet Flight” for his beautiful ball delivery, became the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference’s career passing yards (9,808) and passing touchdowns (92) leader during his four-year career. Those records still stand today.
The 6-2 rugged 225-pound Baton Rouge, La. native led the Bison to a 24-8 record in his three years as a starter including a Heritage Bowl win and black college national championship during a 10-2 1996 campaign. He was named the MEAC’s offensive player of the year that season after passing for 36 TDs to 12 different receivers. The 36 passing touchdowns in a season is second all-time to Florida A&M’s Patrick Bonner who threw for 28 TDs in 1998. In 1998, White set the MEAC single-game record as passed for 561 yards and eight touchdowns vs. Florida A&M in a game played in Jacksonville, Florida. In that game, he and Bonner (7 TDs) combined for 15 passing TDs in a 69-41 Howard win.
As a pro, White played in the NFL with four teams (Kansas City, Tampa Bay, Jacksonville and Oakland), had stints in NFL Europe with the Frankfort Galaxy and the Barcelona Dragons before spending three seasons (2003-05) in the CFL with the Montreal Alouettes. He became a member of the MEAC Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Howard Hall Of Fame in 2014.
He began his coaching career as a quarterbacks and receivers coach at Texas Southern from 2006 to 2008 under his former head coach at Howard, Steve Wilson. It continued with stints at Southern as offensive coordinator (2010), back at Howard under former Bison standout Gary “Flea” Harrell as assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach (2011-2016) before assuming similar duties at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2016-18) and at Prairie View A&M (2019). That was before joining fellow former Howard QB and head coach Pep Hamilton with the XFL’s DC Defenders (2020) as quarterbacks coach. He spent the 2022 season in the NFL with the Houston Texans as an offensive assistant and quarterbacks coach before returning to the college ranks at UCLA in 2024 as quarterbacks coach.
He spent the 2025 season as an offensive analyst at Maryland under head coach Mike Locksley.
SIAC offensive POY to join Gray at Florida A&M
Former Albany State quarterback Isaiah Knowles has decided to join his former Golden Rams head coach Quinn Gray at Florida A&M.
Knowles entered the transfer portal not long after Gray, a former standout quarterback at FAMU, was named the Rattler’s new head coach in late December. Under Gray, Knowles, who spent three seasons at ASU after transferring from Navy, led Albany State to two Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) championship game appearances and the 2025 SIAC title.
He was the 2025 SIAC offensive player of the year in 2025 after passing for 2,151 yards, 18 TDs with six interceptions. ASU finished 12-1 in the regular season and 8-0 in SIAC play to earn the conference title and No. 1 seed in the NCAA Div. II Super Region II playoffs.
In 26 career games for the Golden Rams, Knowles recorded 5,585 passing yards with a 63% completion percentage, passing for 60 touchdowns to 17 interceptions. He also rushed for 577 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Also leaving Albany State for FAMU are wide receiver Corey Petty and tight end Xavier Herndon. Petty, a 5-11, 190-pound redshirt junior from Warner Robbins, Ga., had 28 receptions for 389 yards (14.9 yards per reception) and 3 TDs this season. Herndon (6-3, 245), from Norcross, Ga., had 9 receptions for 119 yards and three TDs.
ON THE MOVE – From the Transfer Portal
Below is a list of outstanding 2025 black college football players who have made their decisions out of the transfer portal.
• Jalen Jones, R-Fr., WR, Alabama State – Jones, who led the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) with 1,167 receiving yards, has announced his commitment to Texas Tech. The 5-9, 175-pound Birmingham, Ala. native, hauled in 51 catches for the Hornets this season, fourth best in the SWAC, and averaged a league-best 22.9 yards per reception. He had nine receiving touchdowns.
He now joins a Big 12 program fresh off a conference championship and a College Football Playoff berth.
• Travis Terrell Jr., So., WR/KR, Jackson State – Terrell (5-9, 170, Atlanta), the 2024 SWAC freshman of the year and first team all-SWAC as a kick returner, announced his transfer to Purdue of the Big Ten.
He led the FCS with two kickoff return TDs in 2024. This season he was used more as a running back and finished third on JSU’s squad with 608 rushing yards (6.0 yards per carry) and five TDs. He rushed for 50.6 yards per game. He averaged 21.4 yards on 16 kickoff returns and 6.0 yards on 6 punt returns in 2025.
Purdue finished 2-10 overall this season, 0-9 in the Big Ten.
• Daylin Lee, Jr., QB, Winston-Salem State – Lee, who passed for 5,619 yards in three seasons at WSSU, has decided to take his talents to join head coach Reggie Barlow at Tennessee State.
Lee (6-4, 190) out of Shelby, N. C., threw for 55 touchdowns and 18 interceptions while completing 58% of his passes during his three seasons with the Rams. He was named to the All-CIAA Second team in 2023 after finishing second in the conference in passing across the board.
In 2024, the Rams’ star helped lead the team to a 7-3 overall record, marking their first winning season since 2018.
This season he threw for 2,046 yards with 23 TDs and seven interceptions while completing 62.1% of his passes. He rushed for 89 yards and five scores during a 4-6 season, 2-5 in CIAA play.
He joins a TSU that finished 2-10 overall in Barlow’s first season, 0-8 in OVC/Big South play. It was the first time TSU has finished winless in conference play since 2010.
