 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - The Cleveland Browns vakasarudza Warfield nechisarudzo chechi 11 cheNFL Draft ya1964. Paiva nepfungwa yokuti Warfield atambe somudziviriri. Asi panguva yokurovedza pamberi pemwaka, kutamba kwake somugamuchiri akapamhama kwakaorora murairidzi mukuru Blanton Collier, uye akachinjirwa kunzvimbo yacho. Mumwaka wake wokutanga, akabata 52 passes for 920 yards and nine touchdowns. Avhareji yaaiita yaiva 17.8 yards pakugamuchira, uye kumhanya kwake kwakashanda kuti kuwedzere simba renyeredzi inomhanya shure Jim Brown. The Browns akapedza mwaka pamusoro East Division ane 1031 chinyorwa, uye vakakunda Baltimore Colts 270 muna 1964 NFL Championship Game. Warfield akakokwa kuPro Bowl yake yekutanga uye akatumidzwa zita rekutanga-timu All-Pro neNewspaper Enterprise Association NEA. 