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News: 6 days agoWhite carried the ball six times for 23 yards and a touchdown in Saturday's 24-23 preseason loss to the Vikings.

Spin: The third-year back got the start and capped a drive in the second quarter with a two-yard touchdown run that gave the Raiders a 17-7 lead, before the game tilted the Vikings' way after halftime. White has little competition for the starting job in the Las Vegas backfield, but he heads into 2024 as a relatively unproven option who managed just one touchdown on 136 touches over his first two NFL campaigns while working as Josh Jacobs' backup.

ESPN Fantasy Projection: After spending 27 games as a scarcely used backup to Josh Jacobs, White finally got his chance to strut his stuff beginning in Week 15 last season, after Jacobs was lost to a quadriceps injury. White rushed a league-high 84 times during his four-game audition, ranked fourth with 457 yards from scrimmage and 2.33 average yards after first contact, and was eighth among RBs in fantasy points per game in that span (15.2). It set the power back up nicely for a leading role in 2024, despite the Raiders' offseason addition of Alexander Mattison. White could have fantasy RB2 value on a matchups basis.