Joel Filani

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.

Joel Filani
No. 19
Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1983-12-08) December 8, 1983
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

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
Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeight40-yard dash10-yard split20-yard split20-yard shuttleThree-cone drillVertical jumpBroad jumpBench press
6 ft 2+1⁄8 in
(1.88 m)		 211 lb
(96 kg)		 4.55 s1.63 s2.66 s4.10 s6.81 s32+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

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.

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
  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. 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.
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