Antonio Warren is a former Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

The Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....

 running back

Running back

A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...

 who played with the BC Lions

BC Lions

The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954...

 and the Calgary Stampeders

Calgary Stampeders

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 and Edmonton Eskimos

College career

Warren attended Cal Poly San Luis Obispo University

California Polytechnic State University

California Polytechnic State University, or Cal Poly, is a public university located in San Luis Obispo, California, United States. The university is one of two polytechnic campuses in the 23-member California State University system....

. He finished his career with over 4,000 rushing yards, 673 receiving yards, and 35 touchdowns.

Calgary Stampeders

In 2001

2001 CFL season

The 2001 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 48th season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 44th Canadian Football League season.-CFL news in 2001:...

, with the Stampeders he led the CFL in kickoff returns and was second in punt return yardage (764).

BC Lions

He signed with the Lions prior to the 2004 season

2004 CFL season

The 2004 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 51st season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 47th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 2004:...

 and replaced Kelvin Anderson

Kelvin Anderson

Kelvin Anderson is a retired professional gridiron football player. As a running back, he rushed for over 1,000 yards in eight consecutive seasons in the Canadian Football League, a league record...

 as their starting running back. He had a career-high 1361 yards rushing in his first full season as a starter. He set a club record with 160 yards on 18 carries in a losing effort in the 2004 Grey Cup game against the Toronto Argonauts. This was the second-highest ever number of yards rushing in a Grey Cup game, trailing only Johnny Bright

Johnny Bright

Johnny D. Bright was a professional Canadian football player in the Canadian Football League. He played college football at Drake University...

's 171 yards in 1956.

In 2005

2005 CFL season

The 2005 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 52nd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 48th Canadian Football League season.-CFL News in 2005:...

, he led the CFL in rushing touchdowns with 13 and ranked second overall with 16. He led the Lions in rushing for the second straight season and was fourth in the CFL with 2,179 combined yards.

In 2006

2006 CFL season

-2006 Rogers CFL Awards:* CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Geroy Simon , BC Lions* CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Brent Johnson , BC Lions* CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Brent Johnson , BC Lions...

, Warren rushed for 169 yards in five games with the Lions before he was released in July. Joe Smith

Joe Smith (football player)

Joseph O’Brien "Joe" Smith is a professional football player in the Canadian Football League who is a free agent. Smith plays the running back position...

replaced him as the Lions' starting running back.

External links

• Antonio Warren at CFL.ca