Aaron Moorehead
Quick Facts
Biography
Aaron Matthew Moorehead (born November 5, 1980) is an American football coach and former wide receiver who is currently the wide receivers coach for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played for the Indianapolis Colts from 2003 to 2007. He was originally signed by the Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played his entire 5-year career with the Colts and was a member of their Super Bowl XLI winning team over the Chicago Bears. He played college football at Illinois. After his playing career ended, he was the wide receivers coach for Virginia Tech, Texas A&M, and Vanderbilt.
Early years
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 caught 31 passes for 330 yards and one touchdown during his career. In the 2006 postseason, Moorehead caught 5 catches for 41 yards.
Aaron Moorehead – receiving statisticsSeason | 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.
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 first father-and-son tandem to win a Super Bowl. He is the cousin of former NBA basketball player Brad Daugherty.