Chris Warren (American football)
{{Short description|American football player (born 1967)}}
{{for|his son and 2010s running back|Chris Warren III}}
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{{Use American English|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name = Chris Warren
| number = 35, 42
| position = Running back
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|1|24}}
| birth_place = Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 227
| high_school = Robinson {{nowrap|(Fairfax, Virginia)}}
| draftyear = 1990
| draftround = 4
| draftpick = 89
| pastteams =
- Seattle Seahawks ({{NFL Year|1990|1997}})
- Dallas Cowboys ({{NFL Year|1998|2000}})
- Philadelphia Eagles (2000)
| highlights =
| statlabel1 = Rushing yards
| statvalue1 = 7,696
| statlabel2 = Rushing average
| statvalue2 = 4.3
| statlabel3 = Rushing touchdowns
| statvalue3 = 52
| statlabel4 = Receptions
| statvalue4 = 273
| statlabel5 = Receiving yards
| statvalue5 = 1,935
| statlabel6 = Receiving touchdowns
| statvalue6 = 5
| pfr = W/WarrCh00
}}
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.
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
{{NFL predraft
| height ft = 6
| height in = 1 3/4
| weight = 225
| dash = 4.61
| ten split = 1.65
| twenty split = 2.74
| vertical = 36.5
| broad ft = 9
| broad in = 6
| bench = 14
| arm span = 31 3/4
| hand span = 10
| note = All values from NFL Combine{{Cite web |url=https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?i=25583 |title=Chris Warren, Combine Results, RB - Ferrum (VA) |website=nflcombineresults.com |access-date=October 20, 2022}}
}}
Warren was drafted by the Seahawks in the fourth round of the 1990 NFL Draft.{{Cite web |title=1990 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1990/draft.htm |access-date=2023-05-25 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} 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. In 2005 Shaun Alexander eclipsed that record.
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.{{cite news |title=One More Casualty for the N.F.L.; Frier, the Latest Car-Crash Victim, Faces Uphill Battle |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/04/sports/one-more-casualty-for-nfl-frier-latest-car-crash-victim-faces-uphill-battle.html?pagewanted=all |accessdate=February 10, 2016 |date=December 4, 1994 |work=si.com}}
NFL career statistics
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| Year | Team | GP | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | SEA
| 16 || 6 || 11 || 1.8 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0.0 || 0 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 1991 | SEA
| 16 || 11 || 13 || 1.2 || 7 || 0 || 2 || 9 || 4.5 || 12 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 1992 | SEA
| 16 || 223 || 1,017 || 4.6 || 52 || 3 || 16 || 134 || 8.4 || 33 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 1993 | SEA
| 14 || 273 || 1,072 || 3.9 || 45 || 7 || 15 || 99 || 6.6 || 21 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 1994 | SEA
| 16 || 333 || 1,545 || 4.6 || 41 || 9 || 41 || 323 || 7.9 || 51 || 2 | |||||||||||
| 1995 | SEA
| 16 || 310 || 1,346 || 4.3 || 52 || 15 || 35 || 247 || 7.1 || 20 || 1 | |||||||||||
| 1996 | SEA
| 14 || 203 || 855 || 4.2 || 51 || 5 || 40 || 273 || 6.8 || 33 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 1997 | SEA
| 15 || 200 || 847 || 4.2 || 36 || 4 || 45 || 257 || 5.7 || 20 || 0 | |||||||||||
| 1998 | DAL
| 9 || 59 || 291 || 4.9 || 49 || 4 || 13 || 66 || 5.1 || 15 || 1 | |||||||||||
| 1999 | DAL
| 16 || 99 || 403 || 4.1 || 25 || 2 || 34 || 224 || 6.6 || 24 || 0 | |||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|2000 | DAL
| 13 || 59 || 254 || 4.3 || 32 || 2 || 31 || 302 || 9.7 || 76 || 1 | |||||||||||
| PHI
| 1 || 15 || 42 || 2.8 || 11 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1.0 || 1 || 0 | ||||||||||||
| colspan="2"| Total | 162 | 1,791 | 7,696 | 4.3 | 52 | 52 | 273 | 1,935 | 7.1 | 76 | 5 |
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;{{cite web |url=http://texassports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7252 |title=Chris Warren III |website=texassports.com |accessdate=January 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120124128/http://texassports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=7252 |archive-date=January 20, 2018 |url-status=dead }} he then declared for the 2018 NFL draft.{{cite web |url=https://www.nfl.com/news/list-of-underclassmen-granted-eligibility-for-2018-nfl-draft-0ap3000000908163 |title=List of underclassmen granted eligibility for 2018 NFL Draft |website=NFL.com |date=January 19, 2018 |access-date=January 19, 2018}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2018/5/7/17328048/raiders-sign-undrafted-free-agent-fullback-chris-warren-iii-after-minicamp-tryout|title=Raiders sign undrafted free agent fullback Chris Warren III after minicamp tryout|work=Silver And Black Pride|access-date=2018-05-08}}
Honors
- 1990: First-team All Rookie by Pro Football Weekly, College and Pro Football Newsweekly.
- 1991: First-team All-AFC by Football News.
- 1993: AFC Pro Bowl Squad, AFC Offensive Player of Week 3 (At New England)
- 1994: AFC Pro Bowl Squad, Seahawks Most Valuable Player (Voted By Teammates), First-team All-AFC (Pro Football Weekly\Pro Football Writers Association/Football News), Second-team All-NFL by Associated Press, College and Pro Newsweekly, Football Digest, AFC Offensive Player of Week 5 (At Pittsburgh 9/25).
- 1995: AFC Pro Bowl Starter; Seahawks Most Valuable Player (Voted By Teammates); First-team All-AFC (Pro Football Weekly/Pro Football Writers Association, United Press International, Football News), Second-team All-NFL (AP, College and Pro Football NewsWeekly, Football Digest); All-Madden Team (Selected By FOX-TV's NFL Analyst John Madden)
References
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External links
- {{Football stats |nfl=chris-warren-2 |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |fox= |si= |pfr=W/WarrCh00 |rotoworld= }}
{{Seahawks1990DraftPicks}}
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