Call me a sucker for comeback stories, because I never tire of hearing them.
Lucky for me, the life of Texas Tech walk-on John White fits the bill.
Born in Bremond, Texas, a town of roughly a thousand residents, White was a man of humble beginnings. Growing up, White spent his summers lending a hand to local agriculturalists, tilling the fields of cotton farms. When he was not working on the land, White was busy helping his father with his swine business, breeding and raising pigs to impress at county and even national show-pig competitions. White worked hard enough to see his pigs deemed “grand champions” at a few shows and some were sold at top dollar at statewide events. Not the most…
