Has played in 33 regular-season games (no starts) in two-year NFL career (Pittsburgh 2022-23)
Has recorded 1,163 rushing yards and five rushing TDs on 226 attempts (5.1 avg.) and added 89 catches for 584 yards (6.6 avg.) and six receiving TDs
Warren and Najee Harris each eclipsed 1,000 scrimmage yards in 2023
Warren and Harris were the fourth duo in franchise history to eclipse 1,000 scrimmage yards in the same season and first since Walter Abercrombie and Earnest Jackson in 1986 (Abercrombie and Frank Pollard also accomplished the feat in 1985, as did Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier in 1976)
Warren and Harris each rushed for at least 750 yards in 2023
First pair of Steelers' running backs to rush for 750 or more yards in the same since season 2004 (Jerome Bettis, 941; Duce Staley, 830)
Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2022 (at Cincinnati)
PRO CAREER
Has played in 33 regular-season games (no starts) in two-year NFL career (Pittsburgh 2022-23)
Has recorded 1,163 rushing yards and five rushing TDs on 226 attempts (5.1 avg.) and added 89 catches for 584 yards (6.6 avg.) and six receiving TDs
Warren and Najee Harris each eclipsed 1,000 scrimmage yards in 2023
Warren and Harris were the fourth duo in franchise history to eclipse 1,000 scrimmage yards in the same season and first since Walter Abercrombie and Earnest Jackson in 1986 (Abercrombie and Frank Pollard also accomplished the feat in 1985, as did Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier in 1976)
Warren and Harris each rushed for at least 750 yards in 2023
First pair of Steelers' running backs to rush for 750 or more yards in the same since season 2004 (Jerome Bettis, 941; Duce Staley, 830)
Made NFL debut in Week 1 of 2022 (at Cincinnati)
2023 (STEELERS)
Played in 17 regular-season games (no starts)
Rushed 149 times for 784 yards (5.3 avg.) and four TDs
Added 61 receptions for 370 yards (6.1 avg.)
Warren and Najee Harris each eclipsed 1,000 scrimmage yards in 2023
Warren and Harris were the fourth duo in franchise history to eclipse 1,000 scrimmage yards in the same season and first since Walter Abercrombie and Earnest Jackson in 1986 (Abercrombie and Frank Pollard also accomplished the feat in 1985, as did Franco Harris and Rocky Bleier in 1976)
Warren and Harris each rushed for at least 750 yards in 2023
First pair of Steelers' running backs to rush for 750 or more yards in the same since season 2004 (Jerome Bettis, 941; Duce Staley, 830)
Rushed 13 times for 75 yards (5.8 avg.) and one TD while adding 23 receiving yards on four receptions (5.8 avg.) in Week 17 at Seattle
Registered an 18-yard TD run with 1:47 remaining in the first quarter that gave the Steelers a 7-0 lead over the Seahawks
Led the team with 129 yards on nine carries (14.3 avg.) while adding 16 receiving yards on three receptions (5.3 avg.) in Week 11 at Cleveland
Registered a 74-yard TD run with 14:10 remaining in the third quarter that cut the Browns lead to 10-7
The 74-yard TD run was the longest by the Steelers since Le'Veon Bell had an 81-yard TD run in Week 3 of 2014 (at Carolina)
The 74-yard TD run was the second-longest by the Steelers in the series history with Cleveland (Willie Parker had an 80-yard TD run in Week 16 of 2005)
Rushed for 100 yards or more in both Week 10 (vs. Green Bay) and Week 11 (at Cleveland)
First Steelers player to rush for 100 or more yards in consecutive games since James Conner in Weeks 2-3 of 2020
First undrafted running back to register back-to-back 100-yard rushing games since C.J. Anderson (L.A. Rams) in Weeks 16 and 17 of 2018
Second undrafted running back in franchise history to register back-to-back 100-yard rushing games
Willie Parker is the only other undrafted running back in franchise history to accomplish the feat (had streaks of four games, three games, three games, two games, two games and two games)
Registered 19 runs of 10 yards or more after Week 9, which was tied for the fifth-most in the League over the span
Averaged 5.86 yards/rush after Week 9, which was the second-best in the League over the span (min. 100 carries)
2022 (STEELERS)
Played in 16 regular season games
Rushed 77 times for 379 yards and one touchdown
Added on 28 receptions for 214 yards
Ranked sixth in rushing yards by an undrafted free agent running back in 2022
Broke off runs of 10-plus yards 11 times, including three in Week 8 at Philadelphia
Caught a pass for 26 yards, his longest reception and the longest by a Steelers running back of the season, in Week 10 vs. New Orleans
Was inactive Week 12 at Indianapolis due to injury
Punched in his first career touchdown in Week 15 at Carolina on a two-yard run
Had a season-long 31-yard run in Week 17 at Baltimore to contribute to his total of 98 all-purpose yards
COLLEGE
A JUCO product (Snow College, 2018) who played two years at Utah State (2019-20) before tansfering to Oklahoma State for his final collegiate season (2021)
Rushed for 2,126 yards and 19TDs on 407 carrries (5.0 yards/rush) in 29 career college games
Named the 2021 Big 12 Offensive Newcomer of the Year by the league's head coaches
Voted as a captain by his teammates at the end of his lone season in Stillwater
One of seven finalists for the 2021 Polynesian College Football Player of the Year Award
Finished 2021 ranked in top 25 among all FBS players with 1,216 rushing yards and 11 carries of at least 20 yards
Ranked 28th in the FBS with 1,441 yards from scrimmage in 2021
His '21 season rushing total tied for 19th-most in a single season in school history
Started the final 12 games of the year and played in all 14, although he was availble for just the first two snaps with no carries due to an injury in the Big 12 Championship game
His 256 carries led the team and his 25 catches were the third-most on the team
Scored 11 rushing TDs on the year
Finished with five 100-yard rushing performances, including 218 vs. Boise State, 193 vs. Texas, 125 vs. Baylor, 123 vs. Kansas State and 113 vs. TCU
Had OSU's longest rush (75-yard TD run at Boise State) and reception (52-yard catch vs. K-State) of the year
Had two of the top six single-game rushing yardage totals in the Big 12, including No. 2 (218 at Boise State) and No. 6 (193 at Texas)
Received five Big 12 weekly honors, which marked two more than any other player in the conference
PERSONAL
Derrell Jaylen Warren was born Nov. 1, 1998, in Clinton, North Carolina
Son of Derrick and Salaneta Warren
Graduated with a degree in sociology
Named the 2016 Deseret News' Mr. Football and the Salt Lake Tribune Player of the Year after leading East to an undefeated 14-0 season and second consecutive Class 4A state championship
Helped the Leopards lead the nation in rushing with 6,797 yards (485.5 ypg)
Totaled 3,099 yards rushing during his senior season to shatter the 37-year-old single-season state rushing record, while becoming the first player in the history of Utah high school football to ever reach the 3,000-yard mark
Tied a single-season state record with 38 rushing touchdowns as a senior in 2016
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