Antwaan Randle El

Antwaan Randle El

Randle El with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2005
Detroit Lions
Position:	Wide receivers coach
Personal information
Born:	(1979-08-17) August 17, 1979 (age 45) Riverdale, Illinois, U.S.
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:	185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school:	Thornton Township (Harvey, Illinois)
College:	Indiana (1998–2001)
NFL draft:	2002 / round: 2 / pick: 62
Career history
As a player:
Pittsburgh Steelers (2002–2005) Washington Redskins (2006–2009) Pittsburgh Steelers (2010)
As a coach:
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2019–2020) Offensive assistant coach Detroit Lions (2021–present) Wide receivers coach
Career highlights and awards
As a player Super Bowl champion (XL) First-team All-Pro (2005) PFWA All-Rookie Team (2002) First-team All-American (2001) Big Ten Most Valuable Player (2001) Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year (2001) Big Ten Freshman of the Year (1998) First-team All-Big Ten (2001) 2× Second-team All-Big Ten (1999, 2000) As a coach Super Bowl champion (LV)
Career NFL statistics
Receptions: 370 Receiving yards: 4,467 Receiving touchdowns: 15 Return yards: 4,316 Return touchdowns: 6 Passing yards: 323 TD-INT: 6-0 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Antwaan Randle El (/ˈæntwɑːn ˌrændəlˈɛl/; born August 17, 1979) is an American professional football coach and former player who currently serves as the wide receivers coach for the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football as a quarterback for the Indiana Hoosiers, earning first-team All-American honors in 2001. He also played basketball and baseball for the Hoosiers. He was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round of the 2002 NFL draft. Playing with the Steelers for four seasons as a wide receiver and return specialist, he was active in all 64 regular season games with 23 starts. He was also instrumental in a number of trick plays, including throwing a touchdown pass as a wide receiver for the Steelers in Super Bowl XL.

After the 2005 NFL season, Randle El was signed as a free agent with the Washington Redskins, where he scored ten touchdowns, catching eight and throwing two. In 2007, Randle El was sidelined for a game against the Buffalo Bills with a hamstring injury. This was the only inactive game of his NFL career.

Randle El was released by the Redskins in March 2010, re-signing with the Steelers shortly after. Randle El was also named fifth in USA Today's All-Decade kick returners.

For a time, he was also a sideline reporter for the Big Ten Network for interconference games that the Indiana football team plays.