Curt Warner

This article is about the American football running back. For the American football quarterback, see Kurt Warner.
Curt Warner
No. 28, 21
Position: Running back
Personal information
Date of birth: (1961-03-18) March 18, 1961
Place of birth: Wyoming, West Virginia
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight: 205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school: Pineville (WV)
College: Penn State
NFL draft: 1983 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Rushing yards: 6,844
Average: 4.0
Touchdowns: 56
Player stats at NFL.com

Curtis Edward Warner (born March 18, 1961) is a former professional American football running back. A two-time All-American at Penn State University, Warner was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the first round of the 1983 NFL Draft. Warner was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame on December 8, 2009.[1][2][3]

Warner was the 1983 AFC Offensive Player of the Year in his rookie NFL season.

Penn State

Warner was a standout at Pineville High School in Pineville, West Virginia, graduating in a class of only 90 students. He would lead Penn State in rushing in 1980, 1981, and 1982, and help the Nittany Lions capture their first national championship in the 1983 Sugar Bowl.[4] When his collegiate career was over, he owned 42 Penn State records (his 3,398 career rushing yards is 2nd in school history, and his 18 100-yard rushing games remains a Penn State record). On October 30, 2010, Evan Royster surpassed Warner to take over the career rushing yards record.[4] He was named an All-American twice, in 1981 and 1982.

Warner earned a Bachelor of Arts in speech communication from Penn State in 1983.

Statistics

Rushing Receiving
YEAR ATT YDS AVG LNG TD NO. YDS AVG LNG TD
1979843914.72121012912.9621
19801969224.753613927.1350
19811711,0446.1698910611.8260
19821981,0415.34682233515.3695
Totals6493,3985.269245466212.3696

Professional career

Warner was the third overall pick of the 1983 NFL draft, selected by the Seattle Seahawks. He followed future hall of famers John Elway and Eric Dickerson.

Warner led the AFC in rushing yards his rookie season in 1983, helping Seattle to its first Conference Championship game which they lost to the Los Angeles Raiders, the eventual league champion. The following year Warner suffered a torn ACL in the 1984 season opener against Cleveland and was sidelined for the rest of the year. He came back in 1985 and had a number of successful seasons before ending his career with the Los Angeles Rams.

Warner is a three-time Pro Bowler (1983, 1986, 1987), and was inducted into the Seattle Seahawks Ring of Honor in 1994.[4]

After football

Warner owned Curt Warner Chevrolet in Vancouver, Washington from 1999 until 2010.[5] He is also the current running backs coach at Camas High School in Camas, Washington and founder and president of the Curt Warner Autism Foundation.[4]

Warner and his wife Ana have three sons, Jonathan, twins Austin and Christian, and a daughter, Isabella.[6]

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