TYLER WARREN: The Best Tight End in College Football

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TYLER WARREN ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Senior Tyler Warren, a Mackey Award and Walter Camp Player of the Year Award semifinalist and Paul Hornung Award finalist, owns 116 receptions for 1,414 yards and 16 touchdowns, while adding six rushing scores and a passing touchdown, in his career. Warren has 20 career receptions of 20+ yards and four career 100-yard games.
• He has 16 career touchdown receptions, tied for ninth all-time at Penn State and tied for first among PSU tight ends with Pat Freiermuth (16; 2018-20).
• He sits 15th all-time at Penn State with 116 career receptions, while ranking second among PSU tight ends, trailing only Gesicki (129; 2014-17), and holds second among PSU tight ends with 1,414 career receiving yards.
• Against UCLA, Warren tallied his 17th total touchdown to pass Freiermuth for the most total touchdowns (16) among Penn State tight ends. He has 22 career total touchdowns (16 receiving, 6 rushing).
• Against Washington, Warren set Penn State tight end season records for receptions and receiving yards, bettering Mike Gesicki’s 57 receptions for 679 yards in 2017. Warren has 67 catches for 808 yards this season.
• Warren’s 67 receptions this season are eight shy of the Big Ten tight end record held by Wisconsin’s Travis Beckum (75; 2007) and his 808 yards are 174 away from Beckum’s record (982; 2007).
• With four career 100-yard receiving games, Warren is tied for most among Penn State tight ends with Ted Kwalick (4; 1966-68).
• Warren is one of three FBS tight ends (only Big Ten) with 110+ receptions, 1,400+ receiving yards and 16+ touchdown receptions in his career.
• Warren joins Freiermuth and Gesicki among 79 FBS tight ends, since 1956, who have notched 90+ receptions, 1,100+ receiving yards and 15+ touchdown receptions in a career.
• Since 1956, Penn State is one of seven FBS schools (one of two Big Ten) with three tight ends notching 90+ receptions, 1,100+ receiving yards and 15+ receiving touchdowns in their career.
• Among active FBS tight ends, Warren is fifth in career touchdown receptions (16; 1st B1G), while sitting 10th among FBS tight ends in career receptions (116) and ninth in career receiving yards (1,414). He’s also seventh among active FBS tight ends, averaging 12.2 yards per reception (minimum 110 receptions) and third in total touchdowns (22).
• Since 1956, Warren is one of three Big Ten players, and the only tight end, with 16+ receiving touchdowns and 6+ rushing touchdowns in their career.
• He currently has a 26-game reception streak and has at least one 14-yard catch in each of his last 16 games.
• He has 67 receptions for 808 yards and five touchdowns in 2024, while adding four rushing touchdowns and a passing touchdown. He has 13 catches of 20+ yards and two 20+ yard rushes.
• He has 16 rushes this season, gaining 13 first downs and scoring four touchdowns.
• Warren has three 100-yard receiving games this season, most by a PSU tight end, and most by any PSU player since Jahan Dotson’s five in 2021.
• His 67 receptions are sixth in a season at Penn State.
• Since 1956, Warren is the seventh FBS true tight end with four rushing touchdowns in a season, joining Jaylen Samuels (NC State; 2015, 2016, 2017), Jordan Myers (Rice; 2021), Jordan Reed (Florida; 2010), Gerald Everett (South Alabama; 2015), Harold Fannin Jr. (Bowling Green; 2022) and James Mitchell (Virginia Tech; 2019).
• Since 1956, Warren is the only Big Ten tight end with four rushing touchdowns in a season.
• Since 1956, Warren is one of four FBS tight ends with 5+ touchdown receptions and 4+ rushing touchdowns in a season, joining Rice’s James Casey (2008), South Alabama’s Gerald Everett (2015) and NC State’s Jaylen Samuels (2015, 2016).
• Since 1956, Warren is one of eight Big Ten players with 5+ receiving touchdowns and 4+ rushing touchdowns in a season.
• He’s one of two FBS tight ends with a passing, rushing and receiving touchdown this season.
• Among FBS tight ends in 2024, Warren is tied first in total touchdowns (9; 1st in Power Four) and ranks second in receiving yards (808; 1st), receiving yards per game (80.8; 1st), yards per reception (12.1; 1st, min. 60 catches), third in receptions (67; 1st) and 100-yard receiving games (3; 2nd) and ninth in receiving touchdowns (5; T-4th).
• He’s also second among FBS TE with 24 receptions of 15+ yards this season and ranks second in percentage of catches for first downs (63%) among FBS TE with 60+ catches.
• He’s tied for first among FBS tight ends with 11 red zone receptions, while ranking second in 10+ yard receptions (35; 1st in P4) and tied for second in 25+ yard receptions (7; t-1st).
• Warren’s 51 receptions in Big Ten play are most by an FBS tight end in conference games.
• Against Bowling Green, Warren posted eight receptions for 146 yards, setting a then-Penn State tight end record in a game, topping Matt Kranchick’s 136 yards against Wisconsin in 2003. He was Mackey Award Tight End of the Week.
• Warren tallied a 16-yard touchdown reception and threw a 17-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter.
• He caught four passes against Illinois, while rushing for a 3-yard touchdown, and had a 5-yard touchdown grab against UCLA.
• Warren was named Big Ten Co-Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 14 after setting career highs with 17 receptions for 224 yards at USC. He also earned National Player of the Week honors from the Associated Press, Mackey Award, Maxwell Award and Paul Hornung Award.
• Warren set a Penn State and Big Ten tight end record with 224 receiving yards, while joining Northwestern’s Jon Harvey (208 vs. Michigan, 1982) as the only Big Ten tight ends to go over 200 receiving yards in a game.
• His 17 receptions are a Penn State record, bettering DaeSean Hamilton’s 14 against Ohio State in 2014, and tied New Mexico’s Emilio Valley (1967) and Northwestern’s Harvey for the FBS tight end record.
• Warren’s 17 receptions are tied with Harvey for fourth-most in a game by a Big Ten player, while he’s also the first FBS tight end to go over 200 receiving yards in a game since Utah’s Dalton Kincaid (234 vs. USC, 2022).
• Warren’s 224 yards are the second-most by a Penn State player, trailing only Jahan Dotson’s 242 yards at Maryland in 2021.
• He had 136 yards after the catch against USC, while making five grabs of 20+ yards including a 32-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter.
• Against Ohio State, Warren had including a 31-yard grab and a 33 yard rush in the fourth quarter.
• Warren caught eight passes for 75 yards against Washington. He added a pair of 2-yard rushing touchdowns in the second quarter against the Huskies.
• He tallied eight receptions for 127 yards and a 15-yard touchdown, while adding three rushes for 63 yards and a 48-yard score at Purdue, to earn B1G Offensive Player of the Week.
• His catches included 27 and 38-yard grabs, while all three of his rushes gained first downs.
• It was his first career game with both a rushing and a receiving touchdown.