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| Position | Guard | ||||||
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| Born | (1991-09-14)September 14, 1991 (age 34) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | ||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 323 lb (147 kg) | ||||||
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| High school | Westlake (Atlanta, Georgia) | ||||||
| College | Alabama (2009–2012) | ||||||
| NFL draft | 2013: 1st round, 10th overall pick | ||||||
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Chance Warmack (born September 14, 1991) is an American former professionalfootball player who was aguard in theNational Football League (NFL). He was selected by theTennessee Titans tenth overall in the2013 NFL draft. He playedcollege football for theAlabama Crimson Tide, where he was a three time national champion and earnedunanimous All-American honors during his senior year.
Warmack spent his first four seasons in the NFL with Titans. He was a starter for his first three seasons before missing most of the 2016 season due to injury. He then signed with thePhiladelphia Eagles in 2017, playing with the team for two seasons as a backup and winningSuper Bowl LII. After not playing for any team in 2019, Warmack signed with theSeattle Seahawks in 2020 but opted out of the season due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.
Warmack attendedWestlake High School inAtlanta, Georgia, where he was an all-state offensive lineman. For his freshman and sophomore year, he was teammates with quarterbackCam Newton. During his senior year, Warmack was credited with an average of seven pancake blocks per game. Westlake finished the season 6–5 with a first-round playoff loss toDouglasville – Chapel Hill High School. Warmack earned a Georgia Top 150 selection by theAtlanta Journal-Constitution, andTom Lemming listed him as an All-American in hisPrep Football Report.
Considered a three-star recruit byRivals.com,[1] Warmack was listed as the No. 20 offensive guard in the nation in 2009.[2] He chose Alabama over offers fromArkansas,Rutgers,Auburn, andSouth Carolina.
Warmack graduated early from high school and enrolled in theUniversity of Alabama in January 2009, and played for coachNick Saban'sAlabama Crimson Tide football team from 2009 to 2012. After participating in spring football practice, he served as a backup toBarrett Jones and played in 5 games as atrue freshman. As a sophomore, Warmack replaced All-AmericanMike Johnson in the starting lineup and opened all 13 contests at left guard.
As a junior in 2011, he started 13 more games and helped Alabama win the2012 BCS National Championship Game overLouisiana State, while earning 2nd team All-SEC honors. After weighing his options to enter the2012 NFL draft, Warmack decided to return to Alabama for his final year of eligibility.[3] Prior to his senior season, he received numerous individual accolades, being on multiple preseason award watch lists and being named toSports Illustrated's preseason All-American team.[4][5]
Warmack started all 13 games for the Crimson Tide as a senior in 2012, on his way to winning histhird national championship title in four years. He graduated in December 2012 with a degree in communication studies.[6]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Broad jump | |||
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| 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 317 lb (144 kg) | 34+3⁄4 in (0.88 m) | 9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 5.49 s | 1.90 s | 3.17 s | 5.01 s | 7.93 s | 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m) | |||
| All values fromNFL Combine/Pro Day[7][8] | ||||||||||||
Warmack was considered the best interior linemen available in the2013 NFL draft.[9][10]ESPN draft analystTodd McShay considered Warmack the best guard prospect he's seen sinceSteve Hutchinson, who went 17th overall to theSeattle Seahawks in the2001 NFL draft.[11]NFL Network analyst andNBC commentatorMike Mayock considered him the best football player in the draft.[12] Not sinceChris Naeole in1997 had a guard been selected in the top-10 of an NFL draft, but Warmack was considered to have a chance.[13]
Warmack was selected in the first round as the 10th overall pick by theTennessee Titans in the2013 NFL draft, becoming the second guard picked in the draft, behindJonathan Cooper.[14] Cooper and Warmack became the first guards to be selected in the top-10 of the same draft sinceDave Cadigan andEric Moore in1988.
Despite playing left guard in college, he was moved to right guard with the Titans. During his rookie year in 2013, he started all sixteen games for the Titans, who finished with a 7–9 record.Pro Football Focus gave him positive grades for four games in the season.[15]
In 2014, Warmack remained the starting right guard, starting all sixteen games in the season. The Titans finished with a league-worst 2–14 record. Despite this, Pro Football Focus rated him positively in six consecutive games beginning with the Week 11 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers. His plus-12.8 PFF rating from Weeks 11–15 was second in the league only to thePhiladelphia Eagles'Evan Mathis.[15]
Warmack started all sixteen games for the Titans in 2015, who finished with another league-worst record of 3–13.
On May 2, 2016, the Titans declined the fifth-year option on Warmack's contract.[16] Warmack started the first two games of the season. After the Titans' Week 2 win against the Detroit Lions, Warmack was placed on injured reserve with a hand injuryon September 21, 2016.[17]Josh Kline started as right guard for the rest of the season and the Titans finished with a 9–7 record.
On March 9, 2017, Warmack was signed a one-year, $1.51 million deal with thePhiladelphia Eagles.[18] On September 2, 2017, he signed a one-year contract extension with the Eagles through the 2018 season.[19] In 2017, he played in 11 games, starting three at left guard. The Eagles finished first in the division with a 13–3 record. Warmack wonSuper Bowl LII when the Eagles defeated theNew England Patriots 41–33. In the Super Bowl, he played four snaps at guard and another two for special teams plays.[20]
In the 2018 season, he played in nine games, starting none. The Eagles finished with a 9–7 record, qualifying for the playoffs finishing second in the division, winning the Wild Card game against the Chicago Bears and losing the Divisional round against the New Orleans Saints. Warmack played in both postseason games.
After a year away from football, Warmack signed a one-year contract with theSeattle Seahawks on March 30, 2020.[21] On August 1, 2020, he opted out of the 2020 season due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[22] He was released after the season on February 8, 2021.[23]
Warmack has a younger brother,Dallas Warmack, who also played offensive guard for the University of Alabama,[24] but transferred to the University of Oregon after the 2017 season.[25]
