Chris Warren (American football)

For his son and 2010s running back, see Chris Warren III.

Chris Warren
No. 35, 42
Position:Running back
Personal information
Born: (1967-01-24) January 24, 1967 (age 57)
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 / round: 4 / pick: 89
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.

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
Height Weight Arm length Hand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 1+3⁄4 in
(1.87 m) 		225 lb
(102 kg) 		31+3⁄4 in
(0.81 m) 		10 in
(0.25 m)		 4.61 s 1.65 s 2.74 s 36.5 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. 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.[3]

NFL career statistics

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
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
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;[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

  • 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

  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.