Chris Warren (American football)

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.

Not to be confused with Chris Warren III.
Chris Warren
No. 35, 42
Position:Running back
Personal information
Born: (1967-01-24) January 24, 1967
Silver Spring, Maryland, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:227 lb (103 kg)
Career information
High school:Fairfax (VA) Robinson
College:Ferrum
NFL Draft:1990 / Round: 4 / Pick: 89
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards:7,696
Receiving yards:1,935
Touchdowns:58
Player stats at NFL.com

Early years

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 span40-yard dash10-yard split20-yard splitVertical jumpBroad jumpBench 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 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. In 2005 Shaun Alexander eclipsed that record.

In 2018, Warren is 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
1990SEA 166111.841000.000
1991SEA 1611131.270294.5120
1992SEA 162231,0174.6523161348.4330
1993SEA 142731,0723.945715996.6210
1994SEA 163331,5454.6419413237.9512
1995SEA 163101,3464.35215352477.1201
1996SEA 142038554.2515402736.8330
1997SEA 152008474.2364452575.7200
1998DAL 9592914.949413665.1151
1999DAL 16994034.1252342246.6240
2000DAL 13592544.3322313029.7761
PHI 115422.8110111.010
Total1621,7917,6964.352522731,9357.1765

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
  • 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 2023-05-25.
  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 2018-05-08.
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