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| Position: | Offensive coordinator | ||||||
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| Born: | December 8, 1983 Tempe, Arizona, U.S. | ||||||
| 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 an American former professional football wide receiver and current wide receivers coach for the Washington State Cougars Football Team. He was selected 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 life
[edit]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
[edit]At Texas Tech, he redshirted in 2002. In 2003, he played in all 13 games and finished the season with one reception for nine yards. In 2004, he caught 12 passes for 310 yards and two touchdowns and led the team with 17.2 yards per reception In 2005, he was First-team All-Big 12 catching 65 passes for 1,007 yards with a 15.5-yard average and 8 touchdowns. 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.
Professional career
[edit]| 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 ft 2+1⁄8 in (1.88 m) | 211 lb (96 kg) | 4.55 s | 1.63 s | 2.66 s | 4.10 s | 6.81 s | 32+1⁄2 in (0.83 m) | 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
[edit]He was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL draft.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
[edit]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
[edit]Boise State
[edit]In 2013, Filani began his coaching career at Boise State working as a graduate assistant for the Broncos.
WSU
[edit]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
[edit]From 2016[5] to 2018,[6] Filani served as the wide receivers coach for the North Texas Mean Green.
Texas Tech
[edit]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.
WSU
On Jan. 3, 2022 he was named wide receivers coach,[8] joining the staff of first-year head coach Jake Dickert.[9] Filani returns to the Palouse, one month after former Red Raiders teammate Eric Morris was named as the Cougs new offensive coordinator.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player Bio: Joel Filani". TexasTech.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2007. Retrieved April 30, 2007.
- ^ "Joel Filani, DS #29 WR, Texas Tech". DraftScout.com. Archived from the original on June 23, 2021. 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. Archived from the original on November 8, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
- ^ Sandritter, Mark (February 19, 2015). "WSU adds former TT WR to coaching staff". CougCenter. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ a b Cooke, Hunter (December 11, 2015). "Graham Harrell And Joel Filani Are Headed To UNT". Viva The Matadors. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ Suarez, Matt (February 15, 2019). "Joel Filani marks fourth coach to leave North Texas in offseason". North Texas Daily. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ "Texas Tech football: Former Red Raider Joel Filani hired as WR coach". Wreck'Em Red. February 14, 2019. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
- ^ "Report: Washington State plans to hire two new assistants in receivers coach Joel Filani and running backs coach Mark Atuaia | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Archived from the original on August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
- ^ "Washington State hires Jake Dickert: Cougars value stability in elevating interim coach to full-time role". CBSSports.com. November 28, 2021. Archived from the original on August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
- ^ "WSU football team reportedly hiring Eric Morris as offensive coordinator, Clay McGuire as offensive line coach". The Seattle Times. December 6, 2021. Archived from the original on August 24, 2022. Retrieved August 24, 2022.