Mike Warren

Photo by: Athletics Communications

Photo by: Athletics Communications

Position:
Running Back
Height:
6-0
Weight:
200
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Lawton, Okla.
High School:
Lawton

Awards and Honors
Second-Team Academic All-Big 12 (2017)
First Team Academic All-Big 12 (2016)
First-Team Freshman All-American- Sporting News, USA Today, Athlon’s, Scout, FWAA (2015)
Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year (2015)
Big 12 Newcomer of the Year- AP (2015)
Third-Team All-Big 12 – Phil Steele (2015)
Honorable Mention All-Big 12 - Coaches (2015)
ESPN.com Big 12 All-Underclassman (2015)
Doak Walker Watch List (2015, 2016)
Ray Scott Outstanding Offensive Skill Player (2015)

2018
Played in six games … ended career with 2,003 rushing yards and nine rushing TDs … his career 5.07 yards per carry average ranks fourth in school history.

2017
Played in nine games … fourth on the team in rushing with 105 yards … also averaged 20.7 yards on nine kickoff returns … tallied 33 yards on 12 carries vs. UNI … posted 31 yards and a touchdown vs. Akron … became the 14^thplayer in school history to rush for over 2,000 yards in a career.

2016
Started eight of 11 games played … second on the team in rushing with 559 yards in a team-high 134 carries … averaged 4.2 yards per rush and had three TDs … also caught 12 passes for 98 yards … had two 100-yard rushing games … posted 95 yards rushing on 23 carries vs TCU … vs. San Jose State, ran for 103 yards and a TD on 19 carries … also caught three passes for 68 yards … tallied 130 yards on the ground and ran for two TDs, tying his career high, vs. Baylor … had 60 rushing yards vs. Texas.

2015
First-Team Freshman All-American by the Sporting News, USA Today and FWAA … Big 12 Offensive Freshman of the Year … Big 12 Newcomer of the Year by the AP … Third-Team All-Big 12 by Phil Steele and Honorable Mention All-Big 12 by the Coaches … named to the Doak Walker Award Watch list … the nation’s best freshman rusher with 1,339 yards, the fifth-best season total in ISU history and tops by an ISU rookie … his 1,339 rushing yards is the third-best effort by a freshman in Big 12 history … broke ISU’s season school record by averaging 5.90 yards per carry, the 35th-best average in the nation … ranked third in the Big 12 and 19th nationally in yards per game at 111.6 … in league games only, led the Big 12 in rushing by averaging 131.7 yards per game … rushed for five TDs, tying for the third-best total by an ISU rookie … had six 100-yard rushing games, tying for ninth on ISU’s season record book … owns five of ISU’s top-10 single-game rushing marks by a freshman … had six rushes of over 40 yards … also caught 14 passes for 70 yards … saw limited action in the first two games before breaking out for a 126-yard game in his first career start against Toledo … tallied 175 rushing yards and two TDs vs. Kansas on 18 carries … busted out on a 62-yard TD run vs. the Jayhawks … broke ISU’s freshman single-game rushing mark with 245 yards on 23 rushes at Texas Tech, the eighth-best effort overall in ISU history … it was the second-best single-game performance by a freshman and tied for the 13^th-best overall effort by a rusher in 2015 … became just the second player in school history to rush for over 200 yards in a game while averaging over 10.0 yards per carry (10.8) vs. the Red Raiders … tacked on another 100-yard game at Baylor with 145 yards … in ISU’s victory over Texas, rushed for 157 yards and a TD … on 22 carries vs. Kansas State, rushed for 195 yards and a TD … broke off a career-long 76-yard TD rush vs. the Wildcats, the longest play from scrimmage for the Cyclones in 2015.

2014
Redshirted initial collegiate season.

High School
Chose Iowa State over Washington State, Wake Forest, Tulsa, Toledo, New Mexico and Southern Mississippi … three-star recruit by Rivals and Scout … ranked as the 35th-best running back in the nation and the seventh-best prospect from Oklahoma by Rivals … listed as the 78th-best running back nationally by Scout … busted out as a senior, rushing for 2,512 yards and 26 touchdowns, averaging 9.3 yards per carry … also caught 11 passes for 225 yards and three touchdowns … rushed for a single-game school-record 358 yards and five TDs vs. Edmond Santa Fe … had two 300-yard rushing games in 2013 … clocked at 4.34 in the 40-yard dash in the summer of 2013 … named First-Team All-State by the Tulsa World and was the MVP of District 6A-4 in 2013 … team went 11-1 and made the state playoffs … as a junior, had 440 yards and three touchdowns … also a standout on the track & field team … placed seventh in the 100 meters (Class 6A) at the state meet in 2014 … coached in high school by Randy Breeze.

Personal
Born Jan. 1, 1996 … son of Curtis and Barbara Warren … communication studies major.