Roddy White was BLINDSIDED when he got the cuffs slapped on him during a traffic stop earlier this month ... telling cops he had no idea he was driving on a suspended license.
"I never got anything in the mail or anything," the Falcons legend says as he's being arrested.
It's all on police video obtained by TMZ Sports ... which shows the ex-Atlanta WR telling Gwinnett County police he straight-up had no clue he missed a court date earlier this year.
You can see in the clip White is shocked to learn of the offense, saying, "Why is my driver's license suspended?