Chris Warren (American football)

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Chris Warren
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Position(s):
Running back		 Jersey #(s):
42, 35
Born: January 24, 1967 (1967-01-24) (age 41)
Silver Spring, Maryland
Career Information
Year(s): 1990–2000
NFL Draft: 1990 / Round: 4 / Pick: 89
College: Ferrum
Professional Teams
Career Stats
Rushing yards     7,696
Average     4.3
Touchdowns     52
Stats at NFL.com
Career Highlights and Awards

Christipher Collins Warren (born January 24, 1967 in Silver Spring, Maryland) is a former American football running back in the National Football League. 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,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.

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