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16-839: Chris Warren may refer to: Chris Warren (American football) (born 1967), American football running back Chris Warren III (born 1996), his son, American football running back Chris Warren (basketball, born 1981) , American basketball player Chris Warren (basketball, born 1988) , American basketball player for AEK Athens Chris Warren (musician) (1967–2016), American musician Chris Warren (rugby league) (born 1970), Australian rugby league footballer and commentator Chris Warren (actor) (born 1990), American actor Christer Warren (born 1974), English footballer Christopher Warren , Member of Parliament (MP) for Coventry See also [ edit ] Christopher Warren-Green (born 1955), conductor [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

32-422: A touchdown if possible) by returning it. Before catching the punted ball, the returner must assess the situation on the field while the ball is still in the air. He must determine if it is actually beneficial for his team to attempt a return. If it appears that the players from the punting team will be too close to the returner by the time he catches the ball, or it appears the ball will go into his own end zone ,

48-552: 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

64-405: A return. If he decides that it is not, he can make a touchback by kneeling down in the end zone after catching the ball, ending the play and starting the next play at the 25-yard line to start the drive. The kickoff returner position is often played by a small, faster player such as a cornerback , running back or wide receiver . Backup players frequently assume this role so starting players on

80-541: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages 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

96-559: 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 . Warren was drafted by the Seahawks in the fourth round of the 1990 NFL Draft. 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

112-785: The Dallas Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles . 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

128-528: The Oakland Raiders . As of 2020, he is the running back coach for the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology . Kick returner According to All-American Venric Mark , "Returning punts is harder. You have to judge the ball more, you have to know when to fair catch and when not to. You can't be a superhero and try to catch everything. With kickoff returns, you catch

144-419: The ball and—boom—you're going." A kickoff returner ( KR ) is the player on special teams who is primarily responsible for catching the opposing team's kickoff and attempting to run it towards the end zone to score a touchdown. If the ball is kicked into his own end zone, the kick returner must assess the situation on the field while the ball is in the air and determine if it would be beneficial to his team for

160-478: The idea was eventually dropped. However, rule changes during his tenure have greatly reduced the frequency of NFL kickoff returns. The most significant one was in 2011, when the NFL changed the starting position of the kickoff from the 30 to the 35-yard line, resulting in far more kickoffs going through the end zone or so deep into the end zone that the returner would usually take a touchback. In 2015, another rule change made

176-422: The offense take fewer hits as the kickoff returner position, and can play their regular positions. In the days of one platoon football, the returner position was synonymous with the " safety man"—a quarterback or halfback. In 2012, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell proposed the idea of removing the kickoff play, and quoted that the "kickoff return is too dangerous for the game". The idea was met with criticism and

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192-470: The punt returner can elect not to return the ball by choosing one of two options: Punt returners sometimes also return kickoffs and usually play other positions, especially wide receiver , cornerback and running back , although sometimes as backups. An analogous position exists in Canadian football , though differences in rules affect play considerably. See comparison of Canadian and American football for

208-405: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chris_Warren&oldid=898636214 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

224-459: The touchback give the receiving team the ball on their 25-yard line instead of the 20. On October 27, 2013, wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson of the Minnesota Vikings returned the kickoff 109 yards and scored a touchdown, the longest run possible in NFL standards. A punt returner ( PR ) has the job of catching the ball after it is punted and to give his team good field position (or

240-601: The waist down as a result. 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; he then declared for the 2018 NFL draft . On May 7, 2018, Chris Warren III signed an undrafted free agent contract with

256-472: Was a Pro Football Hall of Fame nominee along with fellow Seahawks running backs Shaun Alexander and Ricky Watters . 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

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