Joel Filani

University of North Texas

Position:

Wide Receivers Coach
Wide receiver

Personal information

Date of birth:

December 8, 1983

Place of birth:

Tempe, Arizona

Height:

6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Weight:

216 lb (98 kg)

Career information

High school:

Phoenix (AZ) Paradise Valley

College:

Texas Tech

NFL draft:

2007 / Round: 6 / Pick: 188

Career history

As player:

* Offseason and/or practice squad member only

As coach:

Washington State (OQC) (2015–present)

Career highlights and awards

2× First-team All-Big 12 (2005–2006)

Career NFL statistics

Player stats at NFL.com

Career Arena statistics

Receptions:	3
Receiving yards:	31
Receiving TDs:	0

Player stats at ArenaFan.com

Joel O. Filani (born December 8, 1983) is a former American football wide receiver. He is now the Offensive Quality Control coach for the Washington State Cougars 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 TDs on 62 attempts and ran up 623 yards and four TDs 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 ss	3-cone	Vert	Broad	BP	Wonderlic
Pre-draft measureables
6-2⅛ *	211 *	4.55 *	1.53 *	2.62 *	4.10 **	6.81 **	32½" *	9'09" *	17 *	14 *
* represents NFL Combine **represents Texas Tech Pro Day

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

In 2015, Filani was hired by his former coach Mike Leach to become an offensive quality assistant at Washington State University.^[2]

References

↑ "Player Bio: Joel Filani". TexasTech.com. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
↑ 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.

External links

Tennessee Titans 2007 NFL Draft selections

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