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Gerard Warren

Gerard Warren
No. 94, 61, 92, 98, 62
Position: Defensive tackle
Personal information
Date of birth: (1978-07-25) July 25, 1978 (age 38)
Place of birth: Lake City, Florida
Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight: 330 lb (150 kg)
Career information
High school: Union County (FL)
College: Florida
NFL Draft: 2001 / Round: 1 / Pick: 3
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Tackles: 335
Sacks: 36.5
Passes defended: 13
Forced fumbles: 7
Safeties: 1
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR
Tackles: 335
Sacks: 36.5
Passes defended: 13
Forced fumbles: 7
Safeties: 1
Player stats at NFL.com

Gerard Thurston Warren (born July 25, 1978) is an American former college and professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for eleven seasons. He played college football for the University of Florida. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns third overall in the 2001 NFL Draft, and has also played professionally for the Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders and New England Patriots of the NFL.

Warren was born in Lake City, Florida. He attended Union County High School in Lake Butler, Florida, where he played for the Union County Tigers high school football team. He finished his high school career with 36 sacks, and was ranked among the top ten defensive linemen nationally. During his four years in high school, the Union County High School Tigers had an overall win-loss record of 49–4 and won three consecutive Florida Class 3A state championships in 1994, 1995 and 1996. Warren was named to the Prep Stars and USA Today high school All-America teams. In 2007, ten years after he graduated from high school, the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) recognized Warren as one of the "100 Greatest Players of the First 100 Years" of Florida high school football.

Warren attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football team from 1998 to 2000. As a junior team captain in 2000, Warren posted 76 tackles and 4.5 quarterback sacks at defensive tackle and was a second-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection and a second-team All-American. He finished his three-season career as a Gator with 159 tackles, 9.5 sacks, and 30 tackles for a loss in 35 games and 22 starts.


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