A highly sought after recruit from Chicago, Paul White was ranked as high as #34 nationally by ESPN when he joined former teammate L.J. Peak in signing for Georgetown in the fall of 2013.

White was a productive reserve as a freshman, averaging five points and seeing action across all 33 games, with eight double figure games. A pelvic injury suffered prior to the 2015-16 season limited White to just seven games by mid-January, whereupon he underwent hip surgery and lost for the season.

White's rehabilitation continued through the summer. With a week before the start of the 2016-17 season, he announced a transfer, later confirmed to be to Oregon. White averaged 10.0 points per game for the Ducks from 2017 through 2019, starting 60 of 71 games.