Chris Warren (American football)

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Chris Warren
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Position: Running back
Personal information
Born: (1967-01-24) January 24, 1967 (age 58)
Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:227 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school: Robinson (Fairfax, Virginia)
College: Virginia
Ferrum
NFL draft: 1990: 4th round, 89th pick
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:7,696
Rushing average:4.3
Rushing touchdowns:52
Receptions:273
Receiving yards:1,935
Receiving touchdowns:5
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Christopher Collins Warren II (born January 24, 1967) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. He played from 1990 to 2000, primarily for the Seattle Seahawks, but also for the Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles.

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Early life

Born in Silver Spring, Maryland, Warren was raised in the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area and attended Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, Virginia. After an outstanding high school football career with the Rams, he graduated in 1985 and enrolled at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, but transferred after two years with the Cavaliers and finished at Ferrum College, a Division III school in rural southwestern Virginia. He was selected by the Seahawks in the fourth round (89th overall) of the 1990 NFL draft.

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 1+34 in
(1.87 m)
225 lb
(102 kg)
31+34 in
(0.81 m)
10 in
(0.25 m)
4.61 s1.65 s2.74 s36.5 in
(0.93 m)
9 ft 6 in
(2.90 m)
14 reps
All values from NFL Combine [1]

Warren was drafted by the Seahawks in the fourth round of the 1990 NFL Draft. [2] Initially seeing action as a kick returner, Warren's breakout season as a professional came in 1992, when he rushed for 1,017 yards. He followed that season with three more years with at least 1,000 yards rushing, setting a career-high in 1994 with 1,545 rushing yards. In 1995, Warren set another career-best with 15 rushing touchdowns.

Warren was a three-time selection for Pro Bowl in three consecutive seasons (1993, 1994, & 1995). By the end of his stint in Seattle he held the Seahawks' career rushing record, logging 6,706 total rushing yards for the franchise from 1990 to 1997. This record was held until 2005 when Shaun Alexander eclipsed the record during his MVP season.

In 1998 Warren signed with the Dallas Cowboys. He served as a kick returner, and a backup to Emmitt Smith. His best performance with the team came against the Redskins in week 5 of the 1998 season, when he and Smith both rushed for over 100 yards in the same game, marking the first time in 20 years such a feat was accomplished in Dallas. Warren was released after the 1999 season.

In 2018, Warren was a Pro Football Hall of Fame nominee along with fellow Seahawks running backs Shaun Alexander and Ricky Watters.

Car crash

On December 1, 1994, Warren and teammates Lamar Smith and Mike Frier were involved in a collision in Kirkland, Washington, in which Smith's vehicle crashed into a utility pole. Warren and Smith walked away with minor injuries, while Frier took the brunt of the impact, becoming paralyzed from the waist down as a result. [3]

NFL career statistics

YearTeamGPAttYdsAvgLngTDRecYdsAvgLngTD
1990 SEA 166111.841000.000
1991 SEA 1611131.270294.5120
1992 SEA 162231,0174.6523161348.4330
1993 SEA 142731,0723.945715996.6210
1994 SEA 163331,5454.6419413237.9512
1995 SEA 163101,3464.35215352477.1201
1996 SEA 142038554.2515402736.8330
1997 SEA 152008474.2364452575.7200
1998 DAL 9592914.949413665.1151
1999 DAL 16994034.1252342246.6240
2000 DAL 13592544.3322313029.7761
PHI 115422.8110111.010
Career 1621,7917,6964.352522731,9357.1765

Personal life

Warren now helps out coaching for the Edison High School football team in Alexandria, Virginia. Warren has two sons, Chris III and Conlin, and two daughters, Ariana and Kayla. Chris Warren III was a running back for the Texas Longhorns for the 2015 through 2017 seasons; [4] he then declared for the 2018 NFL draft. [5] On May 7, 2018, Chris Warren III signed an undrafted free agent contract with the Oakland Raiders. As of 2020, he is the running back coach for the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. [6]

Honors

References

  1. "Chris Warren, Combine Results, RB - Ferrum (VA)". nflcombineresults.com. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
  2. "1990 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  3. "One More Casualty for the N.F.L.; Frier, the Latest Car-Crash Victim, Faces Uphill Battle". si.com. December 4, 1994. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
  4. "Chris Warren III". texassports.com. Archived from the original on January 20, 2018. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  5. "List of underclassmen granted eligibility for 2018 NFL Draft". NFL.com. January 19, 2018. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
  6. "Raiders sign undrafted free agent fullback Chris Warren III after minicamp tryout". Silver And Black Pride. Retrieved May 8, 2018.