2022 (Freshman): Member of the 2022 recruiting class ... named American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year ... named Pro Football Networks Newcomer of the Year and Offensive Rookie of the Year ... also named to the All-Freshman Team by College Football News, Pro Football Focus ... made collegiate debut in the home opener against Lafayette, completing 14 of 19 passes for 173 yards and throwing first career passing touchdowns, earning him his first career win ... made first career start vs. Rutgers ... threw for a career high 344 passing yards, marking it his first career 300 yard passing game, his 344 yards were the 13th most thrown in school history and 2nd most by a true freshman (P.J. Walker had 382 yards vs. UCF in 2013) ... became the 6th quarterback in Temple history to throw for 2,000 yards in a single season ... broke multiple school records at Houston including the most passing yards (486), and completions (42), in a game ... passed PJ Walker for the most passing yards as a freshman in school history ... his performance against Houston helped to earn him the American Athletic Conference Honor Roll and Owlsports.com Athlete of the Week ... broke multiple of his own records vs. ECU, finishing with stat line of 45/63, 527 yards and five touchdowns, his 45 completions mark a school record and his 527 yards in the air are the most in a single game in the FBS on the season and also a school record, all of these stats mark career highs and helped him to earn American Athletic Conference Honor Roll for the week ... finished his record breaking season with 268 completions, 3,028 yards and 18 touchdowns, his 268 completions are the most in a season in program history and his 3,028 yards are the second most in program history, becoming just the second player to break the 3,000 mark (P.J. Walker, 2016) ... lettered.

High School: Played quarterback at Brophy Prep in Phoenix, Ariz., for head coach Jason Jewell … as a senior, passed for 2,742 yards and 26 touchdowns, completing 288 of 446 passes as he led Brophy into the 6A state playoffs … missed all but one quarter of game action during his junior season after suffering an injury … finished his career with 3,483 yards and 31 touchdown passes.

Personal: Born Elijah Warner … parents are Brenda and Kurt Warner … father is Pro Football Hall of Fame QB Kurt Warner, a former NFL MVP who played for Green Bay, St. Louis, New York Giants and Arizona … has six siblings: brothers Zachary and Kade, and sisters Jesse Jo, Jada, and twins Sienna and Sierra … Kade played wide receiver for Owls’ offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf at Nebraska.

E.J. Warner