“College was amazing,” he said. “BYU was a great place for me to earn a degree and play Division 1 football. I was surrounded by a lot of like-minded individuals and got to walk onto a beautiful campus every day. I grew a lot as a young man and built a lot of long-lasting relationships.”

He chose to major in exercise and wellness.

“I obviously had aspirations to be a pro athlete, so learning about the body and how it functions helped me to be the best athlete I could be,” Warner said. “I still use the things I learned during college to this day in my job and life.”

After his junior season, BYU’s head coach, Kalani Sitake, told him that professional teams had graded where he would be taken in the NFL draft if he decided to forego his senior season, but added that it would ultimately be better for him to remain at BYU for another year.

“Safe to say, I made the right decision,” Warner said.