Talk:Lorenzo White

A fact from Lorenzo White appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 25 August 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Lorenzo White was the first player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season without winning the Heisman Trophy?

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 18:49, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Lorenzo White was the first player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season without winning the Heisman Trophy? Source: this ("The MSU sophomore was the first back to rush for 2,000 yards without winning the Heisman Trophy; he finished fourth in the voting, averaging 4.9 yards on 419 carries.").
- Reviewed: William J. Ennis

5x expanded by Cbl62 (talk). Self-nominated at 23:08, 12 August 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Lorenzo White; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.[reply]

article was recently expanded, is definitely long enough and appears to be inline with all policies. No copyvio concerns. The hook is short enough and really interesting! QPQ is done. Everything looks good. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 15:40, 14 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]