White threw for 517 yards and three touchdowns in his Topper debut and WKU cruised to a 46-14 home win over Rice in its home opener.
The former South Florida transfer put up the kind of numbers the Hilltoppers had come to expect in recent years from Doughty, who’s now a Miami Dolphin. No. 12 may be in the NFL, but No. 14 showed Thursday that WKU’s offense won’t be taking a step back with him at the helm.
White collected 355 of his passing yards in the first half as the Toppers (1-0 overall, 1-0 Conference USA) racked up a 30-7 halftime lead.