Warren was ranked as the No. 15 overall player and the No. 2 tight end in the draft class by Bleacher Report's NFL Scouting Department. The 22-year-old played four seasons at Penn State and had 104 catches for 1,233 yards and eight touchdowns for the Nittany Lions in the 2024 season.

For the third time during Franklin’s time in State College, two Penn State players have gone in Round 1: Carter and Warren in 2025, offensive tackle Olu Fashanu (New York Jets) and edge rusher Chop Robinson (Miami) in 2024 and edge rushers Micah Parsons (Dallas) and Odafe Oweh (Baltimore) in 2021.

When the Jets were on the clock at No. 7, Warren was reportedly prank called by someone pretending to be the team's general manager. According to Fox's Jordan Schultz, Warren's camp believes it was the same number that prank called Shedeur Sanders during his monumental draft fall.