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| Position: | Offensive coordinator | ||||||
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| Born: | (1983-12-08)December 8, 1983 (age 41) 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: 6th round, 188th pick | ||||||
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| * Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||||||
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Joel O. Filani (born December 8, 1983) is an American former professionalfootballwide receiver and current wide receivers coach for theWashington State Cougars Football Team. He was selected by theTennessee Titans in the sixth round of the2007 NFL draft. He playedcollege football atTexas Tech.
Filani was also a member of theMinnesota Vikings,Seattle Seahawks,Detroit Lions,St. Louis Rams,Tampa Bay Buccaneers,California Redwoods,San Jose SaberCats andChicago Rush.
Filani attendedParadise 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 byWashington State andColorado State.[1]
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.
| 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 ft2+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 fromPro Day, all other values fromNFL Combine.[2] | ||||||||||||
He was drafted by theTennessee Titans in the sixth round of the2007 NFL draft.
Filani was signed by theTampa Bay Buccaneers on May 13, 2009. He was waived and subsequently placed oninjured reserve on August 19. Filani was released with an injury settlement the following day.
In2013, Filani began his coaching career at Boise State working as agraduate assistant for the Broncos.
In2015, Filani was hired by his former coachMike Leach to become an offensive quality assistant atWashington State University.[3][4]
From2016[5] to2018,[6] Filani served as the wide receivers coach for the North Texas Mean Green.
In2019, he joined the coaching staff of hisalma 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 coachJake Dickert.[9] Filani returns to thePalouse, one month after formerRed Raiders teammateEric Morris was named as the Cougs new offensive coordinator.[10]