Curt Warner

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Curt Warner
No. 28, 21
Position: Running back
Personal information
Born: (1961-03-18) March 18, 1961 (age 63)
Wyoming, West Virginia, U.S.
Height:5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school: Pineville (Pineville, West Virginia)
College: Penn State
NFL draft: 1983  / round: 1 / pick: 3
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:6,844
Average:4.0
Touchdowns:63
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Curtis Edward Warner (born March 18, 1961) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). A two-time All-American playing college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions, Warner was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the first round of the 1983 NFL draft. Warner was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on December 8, 2009. [1] [2] [3]

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Warner was the 1983 AFC Offensive Player of the Year in his rookie NFL season.

Penn State

Warner was a standout at Pineville High School in Pineville, West Virginia, graduating in a class of only 90 students. At Pennsylvania State University, he led the Nittany Lions in rushing in 1980, 1981, and 1982, and helped them capture their first national championship in the 1983 Sugar Bowl. [4] When his collegiate career was over, he owned 42 Penn State records (his 3,398 career rushing yards is 3rd in school history, and his 18 100-yard rushing games remains a Penn State record). On October 30, 2010, Evan Royster surpassed Warner to take over the career rushing yards record. [4] He was named an All-American twice, in 1981 and 1982.

Warner earned a Bachelor of Arts in speech communication from Penn State in 1983.

Statistics

RushingReceiving
YEARATTYDSAVGLNGTDNO.YDSAVGLNGTD
1979843914.72121012912.9621
19801969224.753613927.1350
19811711,0446.1698910611.8260
19821981,0415.34682433514.0695
Totals6493,3985.269245666211.8696cap

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Professional career

Warner was the third overall pick of the 1983 NFL draft, selected by the Seattle Seahawks. He followed future hall of famers John Elway and Eric Dickerson.

Warner led the AFC in rushing yards his rookie season in 1983, helping Seattle to its first Conference Championship game. He became the first Seahawk to rush for at least 1,000 yards in their rookie season, followed 39 years later by Kenneth Walker III. The Seahawks lost to the Los Angeles Raiders in that season, who went on to become the league champion. The following year, Warner suffered a torn ACL in the 1984 season opener against Cleveland and was sidelined for the rest of the year. He came back in the 1985 season and had a number of successful seasons before ending his career with the Los Angeles Rams.

Warner is a three-time Pro Bowler (1983, 1986, 1987), and was inducted into the Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor in 1994. [4]

NFL career statistics

Legend
UPI AFC Offensive Player of the Year
BoldCareer high

Regular season

YearTeamGamesRushingReceivingFumbles
GPGSAttYdsAvgY/GLngTDRecYdsAvgLngTDFumFR
1983 SEA 16163351,4494.390.66013423257.728162
1984 SEA 1110404.040.09011919.019000
1985 SEA 16162911,0943.868.4388473076.527182
1986 SEA 16163191,4814.692.66013413428.326065
1987 SEA 12122349854.282.1578171679.830241
1988 SEA 16162661,0253.964.12910221547.017251
1989 SEA 16151946313.339.4343231536.724172
1990 LARams 72491392.819.991000.00010
Career 100941,6986,8444.068.460561931,4677.63073713

After football

Warner owned Curt Warner Chevrolet in Vancouver, Washington from 1999 until 2010. [6] He is the current running backs coach at Camas High School in Camas, Washington and founder and president of the Curt Warner Autism Foundation. [4]

Warner and his wife Ana have three sons, Jonathan, twins Austin and Christian, and a daughter, Isabella. [7]

In 2018, Little A published The Warner Boys: Our Family's Story of Autism and Hope, written by Curt Warner and Ana Warner with Dave Boling. The book explores Warner's family life, including how it has been impacted by having twin boys (Austin and Christian) severely impacted by autism.

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References

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