at Harvard:
2012: Preseason second team All-Ivy League by College Sports Madness ... Preseason first team All-Ivy League by Phil Steel’s College Football Preview.

2011: Major H recipient ... Started all 10 games at right tackle ... Named to the Jerry Rice Award Watch List, honoring the outstanding freshman in the Football Championship Subdivision. Whitman was the only offensive or defensive lineman named to the list ... Named All-Freshman team by College Sports Journal ... Became the first freshman to start at offensive line at Harvard under head coach Tim Murphy ... Named to the Ivy League weekly Honor Roll on Oct. 10 after a brusing game at Cornell during which he recorded 10 knock downs against no pressures in a 41-31 win. 

Background:
Three-year starter and two-time all-state selection at offensive tackle … Two-time all-city selection … Selected to play in the Kentucky vs. Tennessee all-star game … Also lettered in basketball and track & field.