Derrick Warren

Photo by: Mean Green Sports

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Position:
Sprints/Jumps
Class:
Senior
High School:
Jarell HS
Hometown:
Manor, Texas
Prev School:
Sam Houston State

TFFRS Bio (Sam Houston State) I TFFRS Bio (UNT)

Personal Bests

60 Meters	6.75
100 Meters	10.45
200 Meters	21.18
Long Jump	7.55m

Honors and Awards
• School Record Holder (SMR, Outdoor)
• 2026 All-AAC (Long Jump, Outdoor)
• 2025 All-AAC (Long Jump, Indoor)
• 2025 All-AAC (Long Jump, Outoor)
• 2025 All-AAC (4x100, Outdoor)
• 2025 All-AAC (4x400, Outdoor)
• 2024 All-Conference USA (4x100, Outdoor)
• 2024 All-Conference USA (4x400, Outdoor)
• 2024 All-Conference USA (Long Jump, Indoor)

2026 Outdoors
Competed in the jumps, sprints and relays during the outdoor season ... Competed at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in the 4x400 relay, which finished 19th with the fourth-best time in program history (3:07.65) … Finished third in the long jump at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (7.20m) and fifth at the Michael Johnson Invitational (7.52m) ... Posted a long jump PR of 7.90m and earned runner-up honors at the American Outdoor Championships, while also competing in the 100m, 200m PR of 21.12, and 4x100 relay ... Helped North Texas place fifth in the 4x100 relay at the conference championships.

2026 Indoors
Competed in the long jump and sprints during the indoor season. Opened the year with an eighth-place long jump finish at the Arkansas Invitational (6.88m) and placed second at the New Mexico Team Open with a 7.43m mark. Recorded a long jump PR of 7.55m and placed third at the Crimson and Cream Qualifier, while also finishing third in the 60m (6.85). Added a seventh-place finish in the long jump at the American Indoor Championships (7.31m). Closed indoors with a 100m PR of 10.42 and a fourth-place finish at the TCU Alumni Invitational, while helping North Texas to first-place relay finishes in the 4x100 at both the Bill Schmidt Invite and TCU Alumni Invitational.

2025 Outdoors
Earned three all-conference honors at the AAC Outdoor Championships with a runner-up finish in the long jump and a pair of third-place finishes on the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams ... Delivered the best jump of his career on his fifth attempt, marking 7.55 meters to place second at the conference meet at both the indoor and outdoor meets ... Made his first appearance at the NCAA West Preliminary Round, placing No. 41 with a mark of 7.04m ... Also ran the 200 meters at the conference meet where he placed 10th with a time of 21.30 ... Posted the fastest 200m time of his career (21.18) at the Alumni Muster to wrap up the regular season ... Collected three top-10 finishes in the long jump on the season ... Also appeared in the 100 meters at the Raleigh Relays.

2025 Indoors
Primarily competed in the long jump and 60 meters across four meets ... Was the conference runner-up in the long jump with a season-best mark of 7.41 meters ... Also placed seventh in the 60 meters at the conference meet ... Ran the fastest time of his career in the 60 meters prelims at the AAC Championships (6.75) ... Won the UW Invite's 60m competition with a time of 6.77, while placing second in the long jump ... Recorded another top-10 finish in the long jump at the Red Raider Invite.

Prior to UNT
Spent two seasons at Sam Houston State where he competed in sprints and horizontal jumps ... Earned All-Conference USA honors after placing second in the long jump at the 2024 CUSA Indoor Championships ... Placed fourth in the long jump at the outdoor conference meet before advancing to the NCAA West Prelims for the first time in his career ... His best mark in the long jump (7.53m) came at the 2023 WAC Outdoor Championships when he was a true freshman.