Warrick Dunn
Photo: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Running back, Florida State, 1993–⁠96

Warrick Dunn

Born
Jan 5, 1975, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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Warrick Dunn played running back at Florida State (1993–⁠96). He finished fifth in the 1996 Heisman vote. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Dunn in the first round, No. 12 overall in the 1997 NFL Draft. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2024.

At a glance

Best season
1996
First-team All-ACC
Heisman vote
5th
In the 1996 vote
Drafted
No. 12
Overall, 1997 NFL Draft (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 1993; ACC champions, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996

All-America: NEA first team 1996; FWAA 1996; NEA second team 1995; AP second team 1996

Season by season, from Wikipedia

SeasonRushingReceiving
AttYdsAvgTDRecYdsTD
1993685117.54253576
19941521,0266.88343081
19951661,2427.513432943
19961891,1806.212303552
Career5753,959371321,31412

From the college statistics table in Dunn’s Wikipedia article (Warrick Dunn, CC BY-SA), season by season as the article gives them, bowls included where it counts them. Our own records come from box scores, which start in 2004 (tackles in 2016, kickoff returns in 2009).

The teams in those years

Our player records start in 2004; before that they hold the honors, the Heisman vote and the draft (from 1936), with college years from the player’s Wikipedia article where it gives them.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 1997
Height5′8″
Weight176 lb
Arm length30¾″
Hand size8½″

Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

Pro Bowls: 3 (1997, 2000, 2005)

Pro Bowls and All-Pro teams by NFL season: rosters and honors, Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Books

Books: Open Library (CC0); most-reissued first, each linked to its page there.

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