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Most college football players have dreams of one day playing in the National Football League. Unfortunately, only a handful ever realizes that dream. So what do the former athletes, like Jason White, do once the lights and screaming fans are gone?
Lance West begins a special series on "Life after College Football."
His name is synonymous with Oklahoma football. Jason White lead his team to a Big 12 championship, earned a Heisman Trophy, and played in consecutive BCS title games.
"I've got 10 rings total," Jason White says.
"One for every finger?" Lance asks him.
"Yes, one for every finger," Jason replies.
Including a ring from that magical 2000 season, when Jason was just a wide-eyed freshman.
"Being a part of the national championship team, I wasn't a big part. I didn't play, but I was the scout team quarterback. I tell everyone, I was the best scout team QB in the nation that year because we won the national championship," Jason says.
Jason has parlayed his college football success into business gold. "Number 18" holds down several jobs selling insurance with OU legend Steve Owens, speaking engagements, and a partnership in two metro stores.
Jason's newest venture is selling OU and OSU merchandise from a store that bares his name.
You'll occasionally find the former Sooner at the stores, signing autographs and helping customers, including a Kansas State fan that visited.
Though his playing days are over, Jason is still hounded by autograph seekers everywhere.
"A little boy came to my house and said Mr. White, do you mind signing my bed?" Jason says.
"What?" I asked him.
"He said, ‘Will you sign my bed?' Do you're parents know about this? Jason asked him.
"Yeah, they told me to come ask," the boy says.
Like many college athletes, Jason hoped for a long and lucrative NFL career. Two knee surgeries sidelined those dreams, but the happily married father of two is content with the cards he's been dealt.
"I don't have any regrets," Jason says.
Life after college football; for Jason White, it's a field of opportunity that stretches well beyond 100 yards of turf. And Jason just signed a deal to open seven Mini-Bedlam stores inside metro area Homeland Grocery Stores.
Lance West begins a special series on "Life after College Football."
His name is synonymous with Oklahoma football. Jason White lead his team to a Big 12 championship, earned a Heisman Trophy, and played in consecutive BCS title games.
"I've got 10 rings total," Jason White says.
"One for every finger?" Lance asks him.
"Yes, one for every finger," Jason replies.
Including a ring from that magical 2000 season, when Jason was just a wide-eyed freshman.
"Being a part of the national championship team, I wasn't a big part. I didn't play, but I was the scout team quarterback. I tell everyone, I was the best scout team QB in the nation that year because we won the national championship," Jason says.
Jason has parlayed his college football success into business gold. "Number 18" holds down several jobs selling insurance with OU legend Steve Owens, speaking engagements, and a partnership in two metro stores.
Jason's newest venture is selling OU and OSU merchandise from a store that bares his name.
You'll occasionally find the former Sooner at the stores, signing autographs and helping customers, including a Kansas State fan that visited.
Though his playing days are over, Jason is still hounded by autograph seekers everywhere.
"A little boy came to my house and said Mr. White, do you mind signing my bed?" Jason says.
"What?" I asked him.
"He said, ‘Will you sign my bed?' Do you're parents know about this? Jason asked him.
"Yeah, they told me to come ask," the boy says.
Like many college athletes, Jason hoped for a long and lucrative NFL career. Two knee surgeries sidelined those dreams, but the happily married father of two is content with the cards he's been dealt.
"I don't have any regrets," Jason says.
Life after college football; for Jason White, it's a field of opportunity that stretches well beyond 100 yards of turf. And Jason just signed a deal to open seven Mini-Bedlam stores inside metro area Homeland Grocery Stores.
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