Interesting and fun facts about Fred Warner.
He is from San Marcos CA (North County San Diego). He went to Mission Hills High School. It's one of the best High School programs for football in the area. 6'3" 236 lbs. 4.6 forty. He probably plays a little faster than that. I don't think he had great production from a #'s perspective but what he is great at is flying all over the field. He really covers a lot of ground sideline to sideline. Plus he can cover RB's and even TE's or WR's sometimes. He's pretty fast and with his tall length he is pretty effective in coverage.
He was a really big star in High School at a super premier program in San Diego. Mission Hills has won the San Diego Section Championship a few times. I believe they did it in his time era. There were some other really good players on that team. Some in college and some pro prospects too.
I can't say I followed him a huge amount at BYU. But from talking to a lot of people who know him they regard him as a pretty good speed LB and excellent in coverage. That's where he can really excel. He's a very good but maybe not super elite athlete. IMO he plays faster than that timed speed. I saw him play in High School and he was really fast running around and a hard hitter and good tackler.
You would like to see some bigger numbers. But he is a real good athlete, has height and frame and can cover really well. I think there are some good tools there. I'm not sure how they plan on using him or how they see him? But he is a very good athlete with a real good frame too. You would like to see more production yes. But he is a pretty good athlete.
He was very highly recruited out of High School BTW. There were a lot of stories about him. He eventually chose BYU. But he had other offers too. I believe there was some kind of connection there for him as far as I understand. Like somebody that he already knew there? I'm not sure if it was a player or coach or program familiarity or what? But somehow he was a little connected there at BYU and that's one reason he chose it.
So I hope this background helps out some. It's going way back to his early days. But some interesting information in there for you.
[ Edited by SanDiego49er on Apr 27, 2018 at 9:17 PM ]