Player
Tre'Davious White
DB · Bills
Tre'Davious White: facts drawn from the play-by-play.
9 seasons, 291 tackles, 91 PDs — and a 2025 return season that revived the career.
TrendTre'Davious White by season
| Season | Team | G | Tackles | PDs | Sacks | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | BUF | 17 | 48 | 19 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | BUF | 16 | 41 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2019 | BUF | 14 | 48 | 17 | 1.0 | 3 |
| 2020 | BUF | 17 | 55 | 13 | 1.5 | 1 |
| 2021 | BUF | 11 | 23 | 6 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2022 | BUF | 7 | 18 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2023 | BUF | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | BAL/LA | 11 | 17 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 |
| 2025 | BUF | 18 | 33 | 13 | 0.0 | 0 |
White's career is a near-perfect bell curve: 48-tackle / 19-PD rookie season in 2017, 17 PDs in 2019 (Pro Bowl year), then a 2021 torn ACL that started a multi-year slide — 11, 7, then just 4 games in 2023.
The 2024 detour to Baltimore and the Rams (combined 11 games, 17 tackles) was the low point. Then 2025: back in Buffalo, 18 games, 13 PDs — the highest PD count he's posted since 2020 and a clean comeback line.
Tackles by season
| Season | Tackles |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 48 |
| 2018 | 41 |
| 2019 | 48 |
| 2020 | 55 |
| 2021 | 23 |
| 2022 | 18 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 17 |
| 2025 | 33 |
19 PDs as a rookie — tied 6th-most in the entire NFL in 2017.
Rare2017 NFL PD leaders
| Rank | Player | PDs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Darius Slay | 26 |
| 2 | Robert Alford | 23 |
| T3 | Casey Hayward | 22 |
| T3 | Kyle Fuller | 22 |
| T3 | Marshon Lattimore | 22 |
| T6 | Tre'Davious White | 19 |
White entered the league as a 2017 first-round CB and immediately produced 19 PDs — tied with Patrick Robinson, A.J. Bouye, Bashaud Breeland, and Jalen Mills for 6th in the entire NFL.
Lattimore (also a rookie) led all 2017 first-years with 22 PDs. White's 19 was the second-best rookie mark and announced him as a future Pro Bowler from week one.
2021 ACL → 22 total games over the next 3 seasons. The road back was 4 years long.
AnomalyThe injury window
| Season | Team | G | Tackles | PDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | BUF | 11 | 23 | 6 |
| 2022 | BUF | 7 | 18 | 8 |
| 2023 | BUF | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2024 | BAL/LA | 11 | 17 | 5 |
A torn ACL on Thanksgiving 2021 fundamentally changed the trajectory. Over the next 3 full seasons (2022-2024) White played only 22 games combined — fewer than a single healthy regular season.
2024 was the breaking point with Buffalo: released, signed by the Rams, then traded mid-season to Baltimore. Just 17 tackles and 5 PDs across two teams. The 2025 return to Buffalo (18 games, 13 PDs) is the first time since the injury that he's looked anything like 2017-2020 White.
91 career PDs across 9 seasons — top-30 among active CBs.
MilestoneWhite's 91 career PDs sits comfortably in the top tier of active corners. Combined with 291 tackles and 6 forced fumbles, he's compiled a Pro Bowl resume even with the missed-time gap from 2021-2024.
The shape of his career: 155 tackles + 65 PDs in his first four seasons (2017-2020), then 70 tackles + 13 PDs in the four injury-shortened middle seasons (2021-2024), and now 33 tackles + 13 PDs in the 18-game 2025 comeback alone. He produced as many PDs in 2025 as he did across his three worst seasons combined.
2017 vs 2025: 8 years apart, 19 PDs as a rookie, 13 PDs in his return. Same player.
ComparisonThen and now
| Stat | 2017 rookie | 2025 return |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 17 | 18 |
| Tackles | 48 | 33 |
| PDs | 19 | 13 |
| FF | 1 | 0 |
| Team | BUF | BUF |
The bookend comparison: rookie season vs. comeback season, same uniform, 8 years apart.
The tackle volume dropped (48 → 33) which tracks with reduced snaps and a more situational role at age 30. But 13 PDs at 18 games is essentially the 2020 Pro Bowl pace — the ball skills came back faster than the volume did.
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