Joel Filani

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Joel Filani
Northern Arizona
Position:Wide receivers/Passing game coordinator
Personal information
Born: (1983-12-08) December 8, 1983 (age 40)
Tempe, Arizona, U.S.
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 a player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× First-team All-Big 12 (2005–2006)
Career NFL statistics
Career Arena statistics
Receptions:3
Receiving yards:31
Receiving touchdowns:0
Player stats at NFL.com · ArenaFan.com

Joel O. Filani (born December 8, 1983) is a former American football wide receiver, and is the current wide receivers 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[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]

Pre-draft[edit]

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
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]

  1. ^ "Player Bio: Joel Filani". TexasTech.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-19. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
  2. ^ "Joel Filani, DS #29 WR, Texas Tech". DraftScout.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Sandritter, Mark (2015-02-19). "WSU adds former TT WR to coaching staff". CougCenter. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  5. ^ a b Cooke, Hunter (2015-12-11). "Graham Harrell And Joel Filani Are Headed To UNT". Viva The Matadors. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  6. ^ Suarez, Matt (2019-02-15). "Joel Filani marks fourth coach to leave North Texas in offseason". North Texas Daily. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  7. ^ "Texas Tech football: Former Red Raider Joel Filani hired as WR coach". Wreck'Em Red. 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  8. ^ "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. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  9. ^ "Washington State hires Jake Dickert: Cougars value stability in elevating interim coach to full-time role". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 2022-08-24.
  10. ^ "WSU football team reportedly hiring Eric Morris as offensive coordinator, Clay McGuire as offensive line coach". The Seattle Times. 2021-12-06. Retrieved 2022-08-24.

External links[edit]

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