Devin White once quit playing football at the age of eight because he was tired of losing. The star running back on a team with older kids always scored touchdowns, but it was not enough. He wanted to win.
“We always lost badly, and after that one year of playing, I decided I wasn’t going to play football anymore because it wasn’t fun,” White explained. “I wasn’t winning. I didn’t enjoy it, so I strictly focused on basketball.”
At the time, White went to a school that did not have football. The high school football team and pee wee football team had been discontinued, but a family friend, Shaun Houston, who played high school football at Byrd High in Shreveport, La.