Former St Louis Ram Az-Zahir Hakim Joining XFL as WR Coach

Mike Mitchell from the XFLBoard.com is reporting that former St Louis Ram Wide Receiver Az-Zahir Hakim will be joining the XFL St Louis franchise. He will be Wide Receivers coach for Head Coach/GM Jonathan Hayes. He most recently served as the wide receivers coach of the San Diego Fleet of the Alliance of American Football(AAF) until they folded in 2019.

Breaking: Former St. Louis Rams Wide Receiver and All Pro Return Specialist, Az-Zahir Hakim will be joining Jonathan Hayes @XFLStLouis staff. Hakim will be coaching the teams wide receivers. A position, he held earlier this year in the AAF, with The San Diego Fleet. #XFL2020 pic.twitter.com/0AlqcNlDTj

— Mike Mitchell (@MMXFLBoard) July 4, 2019

Hakim was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the fourth round of the 1998 NFL Draft. He was part of the famed “Greatest Show On Turf” team that won Super Bowl XXXIV in 2000. That team included QB Kurt Warner, RB Marshall Faulk, and Wide receivers Isaac Bruce and Torry Holt. Faulk was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2011.

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