Warren once wondered whether he was good enough to play tight end at Penn State. Now, he's a potential Heisman Trophy candidate.

Warren is near the end of what will likely be the most prolific career by a Penn State tight end. He has 124 receptions for 1,516 yards and 16 touchdowns in his career. He owns the school record for receiving yards by a tight end and needs six catches and one TD to hold the records in those categories.

Tyler Warren’s first Penn State game was a loss that could’ve been avoided. It was against Indiana in 2020. With a 21-20 lead and under two minutes remaining, all the Nittany Lions needed was a first down to burn the clock.

Penn State football's Tyler Warren broke another record and gained even more acclaim: Listen to Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck

At halftime of Saturday's Penn State-Purdue game, the CBS broadcast crew spent substantial time comparing Penn State's Tyler Warren with Colorado's Travis Hunter. The terms revolved around team value and versatility. The crew said Warren was at least as valuable to his team, and as versatile, as one of the Heisman Trophy frontrunners.

The unusual tight end numbers and attention keep coming for Penn State football's Tyler Warren. He's a 6-foot-6, 261-pound junior − and a former high school quarterback − from Mechanicsville, Virginia. He's a lefty. And he continues to put up gaudy statistics and break tight end records − doing it all in the most versatile ways possible.

With No. 4 Penn State trailing by six at Minnesota in the third quarter, the Nittany Lions offense turned to their go-to guy, star tight end Tyler Warren. He had three straight catches for 30 yards, topped off by a Nicholas Singleton score to re-take the lead.

Penn State coach James Franklin has mentioned tight end Tyler Warren's candidacy for a number of awards this season. After Saturday's win over Purdue, Franklin discussed college football's most prestigious honor.