Football
Underwood, Tiquan
Tiquan Underwood
- Title:
- Wide Receivers / Passing Game Coordinator
- Season at Pitt:
- Second
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Former NFL player Tiquan Underwood joined Pitt's coaching staff in 2022 as the program's pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach.
In Underwood’s initial campaign, Jared Wayne, a Houston Texans signee, enjoyed the highest production of his career en route to All-ACC accolades, compiling 60 catches for 1,063 yards (17.7 avg.). His senior year performance earned him an invite to the prestigious Hula Bowl all-star game.
Wayne also achieved only the eighth 200-yard receiving game in Pitt history. His 205 yards at Miami marked the highest single-game total by a Pitt player since the legendary Larry Fitzgerald posted 207 at Rutgers in 2003.
Before arriving at Pitt, Underwood spent two seasons (2020-21) as wide receivers coach at Rutgers. He was a record-setting pass catcher himself for the Scarlet Knights from 2005-08 before embarking on an eight-year professional career in the NFL and Canadian Football League.
Joining a rebuilding effort on Greg Schiano's Rutgers staff in 2020, Underwood helped the Scarlet Knights significantly raise their competitive level in the Big Ten. Under his tutelage, Bo Melton compiled more than 100 receptions for 1,256 yards with 11 total touchdowns over the 2020-21 seasons. An All-Big Ten performer who was a Senior Bowl and NFL Combine invitee, Melton was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks.
Prior to Rutgers, Underwood served as a quality control assistant with the Miami Dolphins (2019) and wide receivers coach at Lafayette College (2018). At Lafayette, he mentored All-Patriot League receiver Nick Pearson.
As a collegian, Underwood was a four-year letterman for the Scarlet Knights and captained the team as a senior. He finished his career ranking among the school's most prolific receivers of all-time, totaling 132 receptions for 1,931 yards and 16 touchdowns. His 248-yard receiving game against Buffalo in 2007 remains a school record.
Underwood was a first-team All-Big East performer in 2007, when he amassed 1,100 yards on 65 catches (16.9 avg.) and caught seven touchdowns. His signature moment came in a 30-27 upset at No. 2 USF, the highest-rated opponent the Scarlet Knights have ever defeated. Underwood averaged 22.8 yards per catch—totaling five receptions for 114 yards—and scored two touchdowns, including a 69-yard catch-and-run TD in the third quarter that gave Rutgers the lead for good.
Underwood's career coincided with one of the most accomplished eras in Rutgers football history. He played in four bowl games (winning three) and was a member of arguably the greatest Scarlet Knights team ever—the 2006 squad that went 11-2 and finished with a No. 12 national ranking.
A 2009 draft selection of Jacksonville, Underwood played with the Jaguars (2009-10), New England Patriots (2011) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2012-13) during his five-year NFL career. He then played three seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL), including tenures with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Montreal Allouettes.
A 2009 graduate of Rutgers with a bachelor's degree in sociology, Underwood and his wife, Samantha, have three daughters: Thai, Kali and Skye.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Former NFL player Tiquan Underwood joined Pitt's coaching staff in 2022 as the program's pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach.
In Underwood’s initial campaign, Jared Wayne, a Houston Texans signee, enjoyed the highest production of his career en route to All-ACC accolades, compiling 60 catches for 1,063 yards (17.7 avg.). His senior year performance earned him an invite to the prestigious Hula Bowl all-star game.
Wayne also achieved only the eighth 200-yard receiving game in Pitt history. His 205 yards at Miami marked the highest single-game total by a Pitt player since the legendary Larry Fitzgerald posted 207 at Rutgers in 2003.
Before arriving at Pitt, Underwood spent two seasons (2020-21) as wide receivers coach at Rutgers. He was a record-setting pass catcher himself for the Scarlet Knights from 2005-08 before embarking on an eight-year professional career in the NFL and Canadian Football League.
Joining a rebuilding effort on Greg Schiano's Rutgers staff in 2020, Underwood helped the Scarlet Knights significantly raise their competitive level in the Big Ten. Under his tutelage, Bo Melton compiled more than 100 receptions for 1,256 yards with 11 total touchdowns over the 2020-21 seasons. An All-Big Ten performer who was a Senior Bowl and NFL Combine invitee, Melton was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks.
Prior to Rutgers, Underwood served as a quality control assistant with the Miami Dolphins (2019) and wide receivers coach at Lafayette College (2018). At Lafayette, he mentored All-Patriot League receiver Nick Pearson.
As a collegian, Underwood was a four-year letterman for the Scarlet Knights and captained the team as a senior. He finished his career ranking among the school's most prolific receivers of all-time, totaling 132 receptions for 1,931 yards and 16 touchdowns. His 248-yard receiving game against Buffalo in 2007 remains a school record.
Underwood was a first-team All-Big East performer in 2007, when he amassed 1,100 yards on 65 catches (16.9 avg.) and caught seven touchdowns. His signature moment came in a 30-27 upset at No. 2 USF, the highest-rated opponent the Scarlet Knights have ever defeated. Underwood averaged 22.8 yards per catch—totaling five receptions for 114 yards—and scored two touchdowns, including a 69-yard catch-and-run TD in the third quarter that gave Rutgers the lead for good.
Underwood's career coincided with one of the most accomplished eras in Rutgers football history. He played in four bowl games (winning three) and was a member of arguably the greatest Scarlet Knights team ever—the 2006 squad that went 11-2 and finished with a No. 12 national ranking.
A 2009 draft selection of Jacksonville, Underwood played with the Jaguars (2009-10), New England Patriots (2011) and Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2012-13) during his five-year NFL career. He then played three seasons in the Canadian Football League (CFL), including tenures with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Montreal Allouettes.
A 2009 graduate of Rutgers with a bachelor's degree in sociology, Underwood and his wife, Samantha, have three daughters: Thai, Kali and Skye.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: February 17, 1987
Hometown: New Brunswick, N.J.
Alma Mater: Rutgers, 2009
Family: Underwood and his wife, Samantha, have three daughters: Thai, Kali and Skye.
COACHING EXPERIENCE
COACHING EXPERIENCE
College
Pittsburgh, 2022, pass game coordinator and wide receivers.
Rutgers, 2020-21, wide receivers.
Lafayette, 2018, wide receivers.Professional
Miami Dolphins, 2019, quality control.
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