Moorehead Wide Receivers
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AARON MOOREHEAD WIDE RECEIVERS NFL Experience: 2nd Year (2nd with Eagles) College: Illinois Hometown: Deerfield, IL Super Bowl Champion: 2006 (XLI) Aaron Moorehead originally joined the Philadelphia Eagles as the COACHING TIMELINE team’s wide receivers coach during the 2020 offseason. Prior to joining the Eagles, Moorehead spent the 2018-19 seasons Years Team Position working with the wide receivers at Vanderbilt. In 2018, he guided Kalija 2020- Philadelphia Eagles Wide Receivers Lipscomb (undrafted free agent by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2020) to 2018-19 Vanderbilt Wide Receivers 916 yards on 87 receptions, which are among the top totals in school 2015-17 Texas A&M Wide Receivers history, earning him a spot on the Biletnikoff Award watchlist (nation’s top receiver) as a senior the following year. Lipscomb ended his career 2013-14 Virginia Tech Wide Receivers ranking among the Commodores’ Top 10 all-time in receptions (198), 2010-12 Stanford Graduate Assistant receiving yards (2,356) and receiving touchdowns (22). 2009 New Mexico Graduate Assistant During the 2019 offseason, Moorehead participated in the NFL Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship with the Indianapolis Colts, where he worked with Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni. Before his time at Vanderbilt, Moorehead served as the wide re- ceivers coach at Texas A&M from 2015-17. In 2016, Moorehead led a group highlighted by Christian Kirk and Josh Reynolds, who combined for 144 catches, 1,967 yards and 21 touchdowns. Kirk earned All-SEC honors with a career-high 83 receptions for 928 yards, while Reynolds produced 1,039 yards on 61 catches (17.0 avg.). In 2015, Moorehead oversaw a receiving corps that featured three players with at least 40 receptions and 500 yards, led by Kirk, the SEC Freshman of the Year, who posted 80 catches and 1,009 yards. Addi- tionally, Reynolds contributed 907 yards on 51 receptions for a confer- ence-leading 17.8 receiving average. Overall, Moorehead worked with four Aggies that went on to play in the NFL – Kirk (second-round pick by the Arizona Cardinals in 2018), Reynolds (fourth-round pick by the Los Angeles Rams in 2017), Damion Ratley (sixth-round pick by the Cleveland Browns in 2018) and Ricky Seals-Jones (undrafted free agent by the Cardinals in 2017). In Moorehead’s first year as Virginia Tech’s wide receivers coach (2013), Willie Byrn, Demitri Knowles and Joshua Stanford became the first trio in program history to record 40-plus receptions in a season. Byrn registered 51 catches, which tied for the fifth-most in school his- tory, and Stanford was named a freshman All-American. That feat was Moorehead spent five seasons (2003-07) in the NFL playing wide matched again with Byrn, Isaiah Ford (seventh-round pick by the Miami receiver for Indianapolis, including an appearance in Super Bowl XLI, Dolphins in 2017) and Cam Phillips (undrafted free agent by the Buffalo when the Colts defeated the Chicago Bears. He appeared in 36 games Bills in 2018) during the 2014 season. and caught 31 passes for 330 yards and one touchdown. Moorehead’s Moorehead spent the 2010-12 seasons at Stanford working as an father, Emery, played 12 seasons (1977-88) with the New York Giants, offensive assistant with the wide receivers. He helped the team reach Denver Broncos and Chicago Bears and was part of the Bears’ Super three straight BCS games, including wins in the Orange and Rose Bowls. Bowl-winning team following the 1985 season. The Mooreheads were With Moorehead’s guidance, Doug Baldwin (undrafted free agent by the first father-son combination to play in and win a Super Bowl. the Seattle Seahawks in 2011) and Ryan Whalen (sixth-round pick by Moorehead played collegiately at Illinois (1999-2002), totaling 85 the Cincinnati Bengals in 2011) combined for 99 receptions with 1,296 catches for 1,293 yards and nine touchdowns and helping his team to yards and 10 touchdowns. He also spent time coaching Ty Montgom- the 2001 Big Ten Championship and a berth in the 2002 Sugar Bowl. In ery (third-round pick by the Green Bay Packers in 2013), Chris Owusu 2003, he earned his bachelor’s degree in sports management. (undrafted free agent with the San Francisco 49ers in 2012) and Griff A native of Deerfield, IL, Moorehead and his wife, Rosalyn, have Whalen (undrafted free agent with the Indianapolis Colts in 2012). three children: Aliah, Avari and Mason. Moorehead attended Deerfield Prior to Stanford, Moorehead worked with the wide receivers as a High School where he participated in football, basketball and track, fin- graduate assistant coach at New Mexico in 2009. ishing fourth in the state 110-meter high hurdles as a senior. 2021 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES MEDIA GUIDE.