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Football: How Warren got out of Oklahoma and became ISU’s star running back

Iowa State running back Mike Warren is 46 yards shy of 1,000 rushing yards and is likely to reach the milestone at Oklahoma tonight. File Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune

With Lawton High School (Okla.) backed near its end zone the hope was for a few rushing yards. Nothing special, just some extra room from the goal line. No one envisioned a highlight worthy run that would make recruiters drool.

Yet, there Mike Warren went on the inside zone run, around the right tackle, virtually untouched, as if running a wind sprint instead of a touchdown.