Aaron Matthew Moorehead (born November 5, 1980 in Aurora, Colorado

Aurora, Colorado

City of Aurora is a Home Rule Municipality spanning Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties in Colorado. Aurora is an eastern suburb of the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area . The city is the third most populous city in the Colorado and the 56th most populous city in the...

) is a retired American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 wide receiver

Wide receiver

A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible...

. He was originally signed by the Indianapolis Colts

Indianapolis Colts

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 as an undrafted free agent in 2003. He played his entire 5 year career with the Colts including their SB XLI win over the Chicago Bears. He played college football

College football

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 at Illinois

Illinois Fighting Illini football

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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

Deerfield High School (Illinois)

Deerfield High School, or DHS, is a public four-year high school in Deerfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Township High School District 113, which also includes Highland Park High School....

 in Deerfield, Illinois

Deerfield, Illinois

Deerfield is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States and is located approximately 25 miles north of Chicago, Illinois. A portion of the village is in Cook County, Illinois, United States...

 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 catches for 330 yards and one touchdown during his career. In the 2006 postseason, Moorehead caught 5 catches for 41 yards. He would help the Colts win Super Bowl XLI

Super Bowl XLI

Super Bowl XLI was an American football game that featured the American Football Conference champion Indianapolis Colts and the National Football Conference champion Chicago Bears to decide the National Football League champion for the 2006 season...

 that same season.

Personal

He is the son of Emery Moorehead

Emery Moorehead

Emery Matthew Moorehead is a former American football tight end/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 tight end and a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears...

, a Super Bowl

Super Bowl XX

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 champion who played twelve seasons in the NFL with the New York Giants

New York Giants

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, Denver Broncos

Denver Broncos

The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

, and Chicago Bears

Chicago Bears

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. Aaron and his father are the NFL's 1st father and son team to both have played in and won Super Bowl victories. He is the cousin of former NBA

National Basketball Association

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 basketball

Basketball

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 player Brad Daugherty. In 2009 he was a graduate assistant coach (offense) at the University of New Mexico. He is now assistant Wide Receivers Coach at Stanford University.