Chris Warren (football player)
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| Chris Warren | |
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| Date of birth | January 24, 1967 |
| Place of birth |  Silver Spring, Maryland |
| Position(s) | Running back |
| College | Ferrum |
| NFL Draft | 1990 / Round 4/ Pick 89 |
| Pro Bowls | 3 |
| Stats | |
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| Team(s) | |
| 1990-1997 1998-2000 2000 |
Seattle Seahawks Dallas Cowboys Philadelphia Eagles |
Christipher Collins Warren (born January 24, 1967 in Silver Spring, Maryland) is a former National Football League running back. At 6'2", 226 lb., he played for 11 seasons from 1990 to 2000, primarily for the Seattle Seahawks as #42, but also for the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles.
Chris Warren attended Robinson Secondary School near Fairfax, Virginia, graduating in 1985. After an outstanding football career in high school, he enrolled at the University of Virginia, but transferred after two years and finished his college career at Ferrum College, a Division III school in rural southwestern Virginia. He was selected by the Seahawks in the 4th round of the 1990 NFL Draft, the 89th overall pick.
[edit] Pro football
Initially seeing action as a kick returner, Warren's breakout season 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, #42 Warren set another career-best with 15 rushing touchdowns.
Warren was a 3-time selection for NFL 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.
[edit] After football
Warren, who is now employed by UPS, has had some legal difficulties since his retirement from football.
In January 2005, Warren pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of willfully and illegally failing to pay a past-due child-support obligation, as ordered by King County Superior Court in 1996.
On August 5, 2005, he was sentenced to five years probation for failure to pay child support on behalf of two children he fathered with a Washington woman. Warren owed more than $128,000 when the government filed charges in October of 2004. He was also ordered by U.S. Magistrate Judge John Weinberg to get current by February 1, 2006, or face the possibility of further sanctions. Another hearing was scheduled for February 3, 2006. The result of the hearing was unknown, and the fate of Warren still is at loom.
[edit] References
- Seattle Seahawks - 1992 Official Yearbook, p.59
- NFL Gameday official program, Dolphins at Seahawks, 27-Sep-1992, p.52
- 1990 NFL Draft Seattle Seahawks - 4th round, 89th overall
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Chris Warren 26-Jan-2005
