Paul Warfield
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| Position: | Wide Receiver | ||||||||
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| Date of birth: | November 28, 1942 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | Warren, Ohio | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 188 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||
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| High school: | Warren (OH) Harding | ||||||||
| College: | Ohio State | ||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1964 / Round: 1 / Pick: 11 | ||||||||
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| Receptions: | 427 |
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| Receiving yards: | 8,565 |
| Touchdowns: | 85 |
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Paul Dryden Warfield (born November 28, 1942) is a former professional American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) in the 1960s and 1970s for the Cleveland Browns and Miami Dolphins. He was known for his speed, fluid moves, grace, jumping ability, and hands. He led the Dolphins receiving game and helped them attain the NFL's first and only undefeated season.
Warfield graduated from Warren G. Harding High School in Warren, Ohio in 1960. He was a star running back and defensive back for the Panthers, joining the varsity as a sophomore in 1957. In 1958, Warfield ran for 810 yards and scored 15 touchdowns—a campaign highlighted by a 6–0 victory over powerhouse Massillon Washington High School. Warfield ran for 1,158 yards in 1959 and had 13 touchdowns. He also set a state mark in the long jump.
He graduated from Ohio State University, where he was a two-time All-Big Ten halfback in the 1962 and 1963 seasons. He was a track team sprinter, jumper, and hurdler.
Warfield played for the Cleveland Browns as a wide receiver from 1964 to 1969. In his rookie season, he caught 52 receptions for 920 yards and nine touchdowns as the Browns won the NFL championship. In 1968 he caught 50 passes and for the only time in his career gained over 1,000 yards in receiving (1,067 yards). That year he scored 12 touchdowns as the Browns reached the NFL Championship Game for the third time in the 1960s.
In 1970, he was traded to the Miami Dolphins for a draft pick which the Browns used on Purdue University quarterback Mike Phipps. The trade is considered one of the most lopsided in NFL history, as Phipps had only limited success for the Browns, while Warfield was a major factor in the Dolphins' championships in the early 1970s. For most of Warfield's tenure in Miami the Dolphins ran an offense which stressed running the ball. Warfield was considered a major threat on any given play. Even though he only caught 29 passes during the 1973 NFL season, 11 of those receptions were touchdowns, with four coming in the first half of the regular season finale. Three years earlier, when he arrived in Miami, he caught only 28 passes but he averaged 25.1 yards per catch.
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