Terry Warren was an NCAA All-American linebacker at Florida State University. In 1987, during his senior year, before one game, he sang the national anthem. Burt Reynolds, who was at the game, later called him and told him if he ever was interested in getting into acting he would help him out. Shortly after he started playing for the Dallas Cowboys, his football career ended when he broke his back playing. While he was studying acting at Reynolds' theatre school, he also worked as Loni Anderson's bodyguard.He now has a Christian music ministry.