MOBILE, Ala. – Local hero Pat White passed for 95 yards and a touchdown and directed two scoring drives to lead the South to a 35-18 win over the North yesterday in the Senior Bowl, a showcase game for many of college football’s top prospects.

The West Virginia quarterback is a native of Daphne, just outside Mobile. The most prolific running quarterback in major college football history, and projected to be a receiver in the NFL, White stood out among a group of high profile signal callers and was the most valuable player of the game that featured many top NFL prospects.

If there were doubts about the strength of White’s arm, he tried to erase them in the third quarter when he stretched the South’s lead with an impressive 39-yard scoring toss to Mississippi’s Mike Wallace in the corner of the end zone.

Alabama’s John Parker Wilson also played well, completing 7-of-13 passes for 56 yards and scoring on a four-yard scamper in the first quarter.

Wilson was named offensive player of the game, while Robert Ayers of Tennessee was named the game’s outstanding defensive player.

The South led 21-10 at halftime and stretched it to 28-10 with White’s TD pass midway through the third.

The North narrowed its deficit to 28-18 early in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard run by Eric Kettani of Navy and a 2-point conversion run by Oregon’s Jeremiah Johnson. But any hopes of getting closer were dashed with 8:47 to play when All-American defensive tackle Peria Jerry of Mississippi fell on a fumble in the North end zone for the final South score.

The game’s leading rusher was the South’s Rashad Jennings of Liberty College in Virginia (nine carries, 41 yards). The North’s Juaquin Iglesias of Oklahoma was the leading receiver (six catches, 90 yards).

South 35 North 18