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Roddy White heads back to college to help UAB jump-start program

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Roddy White wanted no part it.

An odd job responsibility emerged 13 years ago inside Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium, when the former Atlanta Falcons wide receiver was a junior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. During a 2003 matchup with South Florida, White watched as his long-snapper, John Newton, suffered a broken leg running in coverage.