Three weeks following the tragic death of his father in a car crash that left his mother critically injured, James White returned to the field Monday night in Kansas City.
The captain has received a ton of support from his teammates and everyone was glad to have him back in the building last week.
Speaking via video conference Tuesday, offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels spoke very highly of White.
“James is a special individual, and he was that way when he got here,” he said. “I think that’s a tribute to the way his parents raised him and the kind of human being he is and he’s developed into. He’s a very mature young man. He’s very unselfish. He’s always been one of the finest teammates that I will ever coach. And he’s always prepared to do his job very well. And he has the rare ability to listen to something in a meeting and then perform it exactly that way on the field. He’s been able to do that really his whole career here.”
McDaniels added: “James doesn’t get yelled at on the practice field because James basically does his job the right way when he’s out there every snap. To have him come back and perform well in the snaps he was out there and get back in practice, I think that was all part of the process that he’s going to go through. We’ll all be here to support him.
“I told my kids last week if they grew up to be like James White, then me and their mother would have done a good job, and I think that’s one of the best compliments we could say about him.”
White finished Monday with three carries for 21 yards to go along with seven receptions for 38 yards.
