Aaron Matthew Moorehead (born November 5, 1980) is an

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coach and former player who is the

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for the

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of the

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(NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach at

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, Stanford University and the

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. Moorehead played college football as a wide receiver at

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and signed with the

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as an

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in 2003. Moorehead played his entire 5-year career with the Colts from 2003 to 2007 and was a member of their

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winning team over the

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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

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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.

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,

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, and

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

. He missed the team's week 11 game in 2020 against the

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due to

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protocols.

Personal

He is the son of

Emery Moorehead Emery Matthew Moorehead (born March 22, 1954) is a former American football tight end and wide receiver in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Denver Broncos, and the Chicago Bears. He won a Super Bowl ring as the starting ti ...

, a Super Bowl champion who played twelve seasons in the NFL with the

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, and

. 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

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/Brian Griese and Ronnie Lott /Ryan Nece. He is the cousin of former NBA

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player Brad Daugherty. He remains close friends with Kawaga alum Andre Rosenberg.

References

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