Dewey Warren
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| Born: | May 7, 1945 Savannah, Georgia | ||||||||
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| College: | Tennessee | ||||||||
| Position: | Quarterback | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1968 / Round: 6 / Pick: 155 | ||||||||
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Dewey Warren (The "Swamp Rat") (born May 7, 1945) is a former American football quarterback for the University of Tennessee football team and the American Football League's Cincinnati Bengals.
Football experience
In three seasons with Warren as the starting quarterback of the Tennessee Volunteers, their record was 19-6. He was the first Volunteers quarterback to pass for more than a 1,000 yards in a season.
Warren was selected in the sixth round (155th overall) of the 1968 NFL/AFL Draft.[1] He spent one season with the American Football League's Cincinnati Bengals in the team's expansion year, playing in seven games in 1968 and starting three. Sharing time with Bengals quarterbacks John Stofa and Sam Wyche, Warren completed 47 passes in 80 attempts (58.8 percent) for 506 yards and one touchdown.[2]
Coaching
Warren coached at Brigham Young University, Kansas State University, Tennessee, and the University of the South.
Warren was instrumental in revolutionizing college football under LaVell Edwards at Brigham Young. Edwards, who had spent his career as a defensive coach, became head coach in 1972; he knew that BYU lacked the blue-chip athletes necessary to win consistently with a conventional run-oriented game, so handed the offense to Warren, who had been hired to install a passing attack.
Warren's offense turned every running play into a passing play, and overwhelmed defenses with four and five receivers, coming from every possible position in the offense. Although Warren left BYU after only two seasons, his offense, led by quarterback Gary Sheide, was already setting records. BYU continues to use his offense, with further refinements, today.
Personal
Warren is now the host of a sports talk radio show in Knoxville, Tennessee.