Aaron Dobson - Wide Receivers - Football Coaches - University of Memphis Athletics

Aaron Dobson

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Wide Receivers

Aaron Dobson, a former NFL standout, joins the Memphis staff after spending one season at Southern Miss.

A 2025 FootballScoop Coach of the Year finalist, Dobson coaches Elijah Metcalf and Micah Davis to All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention performances in 2025.

Metcalf ranked first on the team in catches (52) and receiving yards (677). He went on to record back-to-back 100-yard receiving games against Arkansas State (143) and Texas State (116) while also finding himself in the end zone in both contests.

Davis posted 28 catches for 393 yards and five touchdowns through the air in route to Southern Miss’ longest catch in school history – 98 yards – with a touchdown at Louisiana. The receiver also returned 12 punts for 241 yards, including a long of 31 and added three punt returns for 42 yards and a long of 33 yards. His combined kick return yards of 283 ranks No. 69 nationally.

Dobson’s receiver room clocked a 65.3 completion percentage during the 2025 season while ranking as the 25^th best passing offense in the country (266.8). The rooms 26 receiving touchdowns ranked 18^th in Division I seventh best in the Group of Five.

Dobson spent the previous two seasons working at Marshall prior to his arrival at Southern Miss. He served as offensive analyst in 2023, before his promotion to overseeing wide receivers in 2024. He was a standout player at Marshall from 2009-12, leading the team in receiving in both the 2010 and 2011 seasons. The Charleston, W. Va. native ranks tied for No. 7 all-time in Marshall receiving history in touchdown receptions with 24 and is No. 10 all-time in receiving yards with 2,398.

Following his playing days with the Herd, Dobson was selected in the 2nd round of the 2013 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots where he spent three of his five NFL seasons. In 24 career games in the NFL, Dobson caught 53 passes for 698 yards and four touchdowns, all with the Patriots. He was also a member of the Detroit Lions in 2016 and the Arizona Cardinals in 2017.

Dobson, and wife Biancca Iannizotto, have two children, Gianna and Jordynn.