Joel Filani
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Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||
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Born: | Tempe, Arizona | December 8, 1983||||||
Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 216 lb (98 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Phoenix (AZ) Paradise Valley | ||||||
College: | Texas Tech | ||||||
NFL Draft: | 2007 / Round: 6 / Pick: 188 | ||||||
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Joel O. Filani (born December 8, 1983) is a former American football wide receiver and the former wide receivers coach for the Texas Tech Red Raiders football team. He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft. He played college football at Texas Tech.
Filani was also a member of the Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks, Detroit Lions, St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, California Redwoods, San Jose SaberCats and Chicago Rush.
Early years[]
Filani attended Paradise Valley High School in Phoenix, Arizona and was a student and a letterman in football. In football, he was named to the First-team All-Arizona as a senior when he caught 40 passes for 653 yards and eight touchdowns and also rushed for 559 yards and five touchdowns on 62 attempts and ran up 623 yards and four touchdowns on 16 kickoff returns. In addition to Texas Tech, Filani was recruited by Washington State and Colorado State.[1]
College career[]
At Texas Tech, in 2006, Filani was again First-team All-Big 12 after catching 91 passes for 1,300 yards for a 14.3-yards per catch and 13 touchdowns. As a junior, he was First-team All-Big 12 in 2005 when he caught 65 passes for 1,007 yards a 15.5-yard average and 8 touchdowns. In 2004, he caught 12 passes for 310 yards and two touchdowns and led team with 17.2 yards per reception In 2003, he played in all 13 games and finished the season with one reception for nine yards. He reshirted in 2002.
Professional career[]
Pre-draft[]
Height | Weight | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |||
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6 21⁄8 | 211 lb (96 kg) |
4.55 s | 1.63 s | 2.66 s | 4.10 s | 6.81 s | 321⁄2 | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
17 reps | |||
Shuttle and cone drill from Pro Day, all other values from NFL Combine.[2] |
Tennessee Titans[]
He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers[]
Filani was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on May 13, 2009. He was waived and subsequently placed on injured reserve on August 19. Filani was released with an injury settlement the following day.
Coaching career[]
Boise State[]
In 2013, Filani began his coaching career at Boise State working as a graduate assistant for the Broncos.
WSU[]
In 2015, Filani was hired by his former coach Mike Leach to become an offensive quality assistant at Washington State University.[3][4]
North Texas[]
From 2016[5] to 2018,[6] Filani served as the wide receivers coach for the North Texas Mean Green.
Texas Tech[]
In 2019, he joined the coaching staff of his alma mater[5] where he worked as the wide receivers coach.[7] He was not retained after the 2021 season.
References[]
- ^ "Player Bio: Joel Filani". TexasTech.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-19. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
- ^ "Joel Filani, DS #29 WR, Texas Tech". DraftScout.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
- ^ Zach Barnett (February 18, 2015). "Wazzu adds former Leach WR Joel Filani to support staff". www.collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com. NBC Sports. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
- ^ Sandritter, Mark (2015-02-19). "WSU adds former TT WR to coaching staff". CougCenter. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- ^ a b Cooke, Hunter (2015-12-11). "Graham Harrell And Joel Filani Are Headed To UNT". Viva The Matadors. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- ^ Suarez, Matt (2019-02-15). "Joel Filani marks fourth coach to leave North Texas in offseason". North Texas Daily. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
- ^ "Texas Tech football: Former Red Raider Joel Filani hired as WR coach". Wreck'Em Red. 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
External links[]
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Tempe, Arizona
- Players of American football from Arizona
- American football wide receivers
- Texas Tech Red Raiders football players
- Tennessee Titans players
- Minnesota Vikings players
- Seattle Seahawks players
- Detroit Lions players
- St. Louis Rams players
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers players
- Sacramento Mountain Lions players
- San Jose SaberCats players
- Chicago Rush players
- Washington State Cougars football coaches
- Boise State Broncos football coaches
- North Texas Mean Green football coaches