BC Lions (first stint) Whyte was signed by the
BC Lions as a territorial exemption on May 29, 2007, where he practiced regularly with the team throughout the season. Later that year, he signed a three-year contract to remain with the Lions. In
2009, following an injury to incumbent Lions kicker,
Paul McCallum, Whyte played in his first professional game on July 16, 2009, against the
Edmonton Eskimos, where he made his only field goal attempt of 23 yards and made all five of his extra point conversions. He played in 11 regular season games, making 21 of 29 field goal attempts and punting 70 times with a 41.7-yard average before the kicking duties were given back to McCallum in October that year. He won the kicking job following training camp and connected on 45 of 52 field goal attempts and punted 115 times for a 41.3-yard average throughout all 18 regular season games in
2011. Whyte continued to play well for the Alouettes as he connected on 80.5% of his field goal attempts in
2012 and 82.0% in
2013, where he was named a Division All-Star for the first time in his career. Whyte spent the first six games on the reserve roster behind Bede, who performed well enough for Whyte to be released on August 10, 2015.
Edmonton Eskimos / Elks in 2021 On September 4, 2015, it was announced that Whyte had signed with the
Edmonton Eskimos, after the team's incumbent kicker,
Grant Shaw had been injured. He played in the team's final nine games of the regular season where he made 24 out of 26 field goal attempts. In his
second year with the Eskimos, Whyte had his best season as he made 45 of 48 field goal attempts for a 93.8% completion rate, which was the
third-best completion percentage in CFL history, at the time. After suffering an injury in 2017 that caused him to miss 12 games, he returned in 2018 where he made 36 of 40 field goal attempts. He signed a contract extension through the 2021 season with the team on December 31, 2020. He became a free agent upon the expiry of his contract on February 8, 2022.
BC Lions (second stint) On the first day of free agency, on February 8, 2022, Whyte signed with the Lions. After wearing number 6 with the Alouettes and Elks, he opted to return to wearing number 10, his old number with the Lions and the same number as one of his favourite hockey players,
Pavel Bure. In his first season back with the Lions, he connected on 36 of 39 field goal attempts for a rate of 92.3%, which was the sixth-best single season rate in CFL history, but
Rene Paredes was named the All-Star in
2022 after making 54 of 60 attempts. In
2023, Whyte had the best season of his career, as he connected on 50 of 53 field goal attempts, a rate of 94.3%, which tied for the
fourth-best completion percentage in CFL history (
Boris Bede had a 94.9% completion rate that year). At the end of the season, he was named a divisional All-Star for the second time in his career and he was a CFL All-Star for the first time in his career. Entering the
2024 season, Whyte had a streak of 18 consecutive field goals made, dating back to the 2023 season. On July 7, 2024, Whyte successfully kicked his 31st consecutive field goal, breaking the
BC Lions franchise record previously held by
Paul McCallum, and finished the game having made 32 in a row. On July 13, 2024, Whyte kicked seven field goals in a game versus the
Saskatchewan Roughriders, extending his franchise record to 39 consecutive field goals and moving him into a tie for 2nd overall on the
all-time league record. The seven field goals made had also tied a
franchise single game record, which had only been done twice before, both times by
Lui Passaglia. Whyte's streak came to an end at 47 consecutive field goals on August 24, 2024, against the
Ottawa Redblacks, when his 37-yard field goal attempt was partially blocked by
Jovan Santos-Knox. On January 7, 2025, Whyte signed a one-year contract extension with BC. He continued his exemplary play from the previous season as he again had a cross-season consecutive field goal streak that came to an end on August 7, 2025, at 32 in a row, which was the second-highest in franchise history and fifth-highest in CFL history. In the West Semi-Final, Whyte was four-for-four on field goal attempts including the game-winner with no time remaining as the Lions won 33–30 over the Calgary Stampeders. Whyte signed a one-year contract extension on January 6, 2026. ==Personal life==