Editing Gerard Warren (section)

== Early life ==

Warren was born in [[Lake City, Florida]]. He attended [[Union County High School (Florida)|Union County High School]] in [[Lake Butler, Union County, Florida|Lake Butler, Florida]], where he played for the Union County Tigers high school football team.<ref name=fhsaa12042007>"[http://www.fhsaa.org/news/2007/1204  FHSAA unveils '100 Greatest Players of First 100 Years' as part of centennial football celebration] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322032439/http://www.fhsaa.org/news/2007/1204 |date=March 22, 2012 }}," Florida High School Athletic Association (December 4, 2007).  Retrieved May 26, 2011.</ref>  He finished his high school career with 36 sacks, and was ranked among the top ten defensive linemen nationally.  During his four years in high school, the Union County High School Tigers had an overall win–loss record of 49–4 and won three consecutive Florida Class 3A state championships in 1994, 1995 and 1996.<ref name=fhsaa12042007/>  Warren was named to the Prep Stars and ''[[USA Today]]'' high school [[All-America]] teams.  In 2007, ten years after he graduated from high school, the [[Florida High School Athletic Association]] (FHSAA) recognized Warren as one of the "100 Greatest Players of the First 100 Years" of Florida high school football.<ref name=fhsaa12042007/>