Usage / Role
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Major offensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2018Iowa State
Mike Warren
RB • 6'0" • 215 lbs • Lawton, OK, USA
Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover
Mike Warren leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Impact Production
82
High-end production for a back
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
lowhigh
Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Iowa State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Iowa State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech
Player Story
Mike Warren built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a running back from Lawton, OK wearing No. 2, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Mike Warren's career was his backfield work: 2,003...
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- Committed To
- LSU
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Mike Warren, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Iowa State. Mike Warren leans balanced backfield option traits and partial efficiency context.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Scrimmage yards
- 2,171
- Rushing yards
- 2,003
- Receiving yards
- 168
- Touchdowns
- 9
Quick Answers
Mike Warren quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Iowa State · RB
- Career Scrimmage Yards
- 2,171
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2015 Regular Season · Iowa State
- Top game
- Texas Tech
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Edna Karr · LSU
- High school pipeline
- Edna Karr · 58 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Scrimmage | Rush Yds | Rec Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Iowa State | 12 | 1,409 | 1,339 | 70 | 5 | 77 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Iowa State | 11 | 657 | 559 | 98 | 3 | 47.6 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Iowa State | 8 | 105 | 105 | 0 | 1 | 25.6 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Mike Warren played RB for Iowa State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Mike Warren recorded 2,003 rushing yards, 168 receiving yards, and 9 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Iowa State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season
Iowa State paired 1,409 primary output with 55.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
backfield-heavy usage with 55.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas Tech
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · Iowa State
Games
12
Scrimmage Yards / G
117.4
Efficiency
55.3
Usage
32.1
Consistency
61
Best Game by takeover score
Texas Tech
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northern Iowa: 42. Iowa: 13. Toledo: 126. Kansas: 172. Texas Tech: 245. TCU: 78. Baylor: 152. Texas: 154. Oklahoma: 73. Oklahoma State: 77. Kansas State: 195. West Virginia: 82
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Iowa: 8 by 41.7. Iowa: 4 by 32.3. Toledo: 21 by 62.5. Kansas: 21 by 84.1. Texas Tech: 23 by 94.4. TCU: 22 by 36.9. Baylor: 29 by 54.2. Texas: 33 by 50.1. Oklahoma: 21 by 29.4. Oklahoma State: 16 by 50.5. Kansas State: 22 by 86.9. West Virginia: 21 by 40.6
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins122.7 · Games = 3 · +7 vs Losses
Losses115.7 · Games = 9 · -7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Scrimmage Yards
Top game by takeover score
Texas Tech
Best efficiency game
94.4 vs Texas Tech
| Result | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/28 | @ West Virginia | L 6-30 | 19 | 74 | 3.90 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3.9 |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Kansas State100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 35-38 | 22 | 195 | 8.90 | 1 | — | — | 8.9 |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Oklahoma State | L 31-35 | 15 | 73 | 4.90 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.8 |
| Sun 11/8 | @ Oklahoma | L 16-52 | 18 | 43 | 2.40 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 3.5 |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Texas100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 24-0 | 32 | 157 | 4.90 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 4.7 |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Baylor100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 27-45 | 28 | 145 | 5.20 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5.2 |
| Sat 10/17 | vs TCU | L 21-45 | 22 | 78 | 3.50 | 1 | — | — | 3.5 |
| Sat 10/10 | @ Texas Tech100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | L 31-66 | 23 | 245 | 10.70 | 0 | — | — | 10.7 |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Kansas100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yards | W 38-13 | 18 | 175 | 9.70 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 8.2 |
| Sun 9/20 | @ Toledo100 rush yards | L 23-30 | 21 | 126 | 6 | 0 | — | — | 6 |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Iowa | L 17-31 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3.3 |
| Sun 9/6 | vs Northern Iowa | W 31-7 | 6 | 19 | 3.20 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 5.3 |
Player Story
Mike Warren story
Mike Warren built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a running back from Lawton, OK wearing No. 2, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Mike Warren's career was his backfield work: 2,003 rushing yards, 395 carries, 9 rushing touchdowns, and 168 receiving yards across 31 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2015 with Iowa State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 168 receiving yards and 186 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 31 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Iowa State.
The arc is straightforward: Mike Warren moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Iowa State
2014-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20142015201620172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Iowa State | 1,409 | 55.3 | 32.1 | 1,409 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Iowa State | 657 | 41.9 | 22.4 | -752 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Iowa State | 105 | 28.3 | 7.6 | -552 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | — | — | -105 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Texas Tech
Week 6 · L 31-66 · Conference game
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
245
Scrimmage Yards
98.1 takeover
245 scrimmage yards and 38.3 usage.
#2
@ Kansas State
Week 12 · L 35-38 · Conference game
195
Scrimmage Yards
88.8 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
195 scrimmage yards and 37.3 usage.
#3
vs San José State
Week 4 · W 44-10
171
Scrimmage Yards
88.8 takeover
Win with 171 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
171 scrimmage yards and 40.7 usage.
#4
vs Kansas
Week 5 · W 38-13 · Conference game
172
Scrimmage Yards
82.7 takeover
Win with 172 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.
172 scrimmage yards and 32.8 usage.
#5
vs Baylor
Week 5 · L 42-45 · Conference game
130
Scrimmage Yards
73.7 takeover
Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.
130 scrimmage yards and 42.3 usage.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2015 Regular Season · Iowa State
1,409 primary output · 55.3 efficiency · 32.1 usage
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#2
2016 Regular Season · Iowa State
47.6
657 primary · 41.9 efficiency · 22.4 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Iowa State
25.6
105 primary · 28.3 efficiency · 7.6 usage
Milestones
8
100+ rush yards
6
150+ scrimmage yards
2
2+ TD games
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