Aaron Moorehead
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1980)}}
{{about|the football coach|the filmmaker|Aaron Moorhead}}
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{{BLP sources|date=August 2010}}
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| name = Aaron Moorehead
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| current_team = Philadelphia Eagles
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| position = Wide receivers coach
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1980|11|5|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Aurora, Colorado, U.S.
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| height_ft = 6
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| weight_lbs = 200
| high_school = Deerfield (IL)
| college = Illinois
| undraftedyear = 2003
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- Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|2003}}–{{NFL Year|2007}})
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- New Mexico (2009)
Graduate assistant - Stanford (2010–2012)
Graduate assistant - Virginia Tech (2013–2014)
Wide receivers coach - Texas A&M (2015–2017)
Wide receivers coach - Vanderbilt (2018–2019)
Wide receivers coach - Philadelphia Eagles ({{NFL Year|2020}}–present)
Wide receivers coach
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| statlabel1 = Receptions
| statvalue1 = 31
| statlabel2 = Receiving yards
| statvalue2 = 330
| statlabel3 = Return yards
| statvalue3 = 41
| statlabel5 = Total touchdowns
| statvalue5 = 1
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Aaron Matthew Moorehead (born November 5, 1980) is an American football coach and former wide receiver who is the wide receivers coach for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach at Vanderbilt University, Texas A&M University, Virginia Tech, Stanford University and the University of New Mexico.
Moorehead played college football as a wide receiver at Illinois and signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2003. Moorehead played his entire 5-year career with the Colts from 2003 to 2007 and was a member of their Super Bowl XLI winning team over the Chicago Bears.
Early life
Aaron attended South Park Elementary school in district 109. Then later attended Alan B. Shepard Jr. High which is also in district 109 Moorehead attended Deerfield High School in Deerfield, Illinois and was a standout in football and track. In his senior year, he went to the state meet and placed fourth in the 110m High Hurdles. His best time was 14.06 seconds.
Professional career
Moorehead signed with the Colts on May 5, 2003.{{cite web | url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/transactions/m/moor13700.html | title=Aaron Moorehead NFL Transactions | publisher=Pro Football Archives | accessdate=June 6, 2024}} He caught 31 passes for 330 yards and one touchdowns during his career. In the 2006 postseason, Moorehead caught 5 catches for 41 yards.{{Cite web |title=Aaron Moorehead Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/M/MoorAa00.htm |access-date=March 28, 2023 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}} He became a free agent after the 2007 season.
| class="wikitable"
! Season ! 2003 ! 2004 ! 2005 ! 2006 ! 2007 |
| Receptions
|7 |1 |7 |8 |8 |
| Yards
|101 |7 |75 |82 |65 |
| Touchdowns
|0 |0 |0 |1 |0 |
Coaching career
In 2009, he was a graduate assistant coach (offense) at the University of New Mexico. He was the wide receivers coach at Vanderbilt, Texas A&M, and Virginia Tech and was the assistant wide receivers coach at Stanford University.
On February 6, 2020, Moorehead was hired to be the wide receivers coach for the Philadelphia Eagles.{{Cite news |last=McManus, Tim |date=February 5, 2020 |title=Eagles promote Press Taylor, add Rich Scangarello, Andrew Breiner, but won't have OC |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28640570/eagles-promote-press-taylor-add-rich-scangarello-andrew-breiner-oc |access-date=February 7, 2020 |work=ESPN.com}} He missed the team's week 11 game in 2020 against the Cleveland Browns due to COVID-19 pandemic protocols.{{Cite news |last=Zangaro, Dave |date=November 20, 2020 |title=Eagles leaving 2 coaches behind because of COVID-19 protocols |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/eagles/eagles-browns-covid-press-taylor-aaron-moorehead |access-date=November 29, 2020 |work=NBCSports.com}} Moorehead was part of the coaching staff that won Super Bowl LIX over the Kansas City Chiefs.{{cite web | last=Maaddi | first=Rob | title=Eagles deny the Chiefs a Super Bowl three-peat with dominant defense in a 40-22 rout | website=AP News | date=2025-02-10 | url=https://apnews.com/article/super-bowl-2025-eagles-chiefs-score-e2ff209c074a00a6faff39750ff048f8 | access-date=2025-02-16}}
Personal
He is the son of Emery Moorehead, a Super Bowl champion who played twelve seasons in the NFL with the New York Giants, Denver Broncos, and Chicago Bears. Aaron and his father are the NFL's third father-and-son tandem to both win a Super Bowl. The father-and-son duo joined Bob Griese /Brian Griese and Ronnie Lott /Ryan Nece. He is the cousin of former NBA basketball player Brad Daugherty. He remains close friends with Sol (IYKYK)
References
{{Reflist}}
{{NFL wide receivers coach navbox}}
{{Super Bowl XLI}}
{{Super Bowl LIX}}
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