No. 3, 5 | |
Placekicker | |
Personal information | |
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Date of birth: | June 18, 1979|
Place of birth: Jacksonville, Florida | |
High School: Mandarin High School Jacksonville, Florida | |
Height: 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | Weight: 218 lb (99 kg) |
Career information | |
College: University of Florida | |
NFL Draft: 2002 / Round: 4 / Pick: 102 | |
Debuted in 2002 for the San Francisco 49ers | |
Last played in 2004 for the Washington Redskins | |
Career history | |
* San Francisco 49ers ( 2002– 2003)
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Career highlights and awards | |
* First-team All-SEC (1999, 2001)
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Career NFL statistics as of 2004 | |
Field goal attempts | 27 |
Field goals | 19 |
Extra point attempts | 36 |
Extra points | 35 |
Stats at NFL.com | |
Stats at pro-football-reference.com | |
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com |
Jeffrey Robin Chandler (born June 18, 1979) is a former American college and professional football player who was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) for three seasons during the early 2000s. Chandler played college football for the University of Florida, where he became the all-time leading scorer with 368 points. Thereafter, he played professionally for the San Francisco 49ers, Carolina Panthers and Washington Redskins of the NFL.
Early years[]
Chandler was born in Jacksonville, Florida.[1] He attended Mandarin High School in Jacksonville,[2] where he played kicker and wide receiver for the Mandarin Mustangs high school football team.[3] Chandler was also a standout letterman in soccer and tennis.[3]
College career[]
Chandler attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he joined coach Steve Spurrier's Florida Gators football program as a walk-on in 1997, kicking one extra point and later being granted a redshirt for the remainder of the 1997 season.[3] He subsequently played for the Gators from 1998 to 2001,[4] and was rewarded with an athletic scholarship after the 1998 season.[3] He successfully completed sixty-seven of eighty field goal attempts in his career, and 167 of 180 attempted extra points after touchdowns (PATs).[4]
Chandler was the Gators' all-time career leader in field goals completed, first in PATs made, and second in field goal percentage (83.8 percent).[4] He ranks second in Southeastern Conference (SEC) history in scoring with 368 points, fourth in league history in field goals made and second in field goal percentage.[3] He kicked his career long field goal of fifty-four yards in the Gators' 34–23 victory of the rival Georgia Bulldogs on October 28, 2000.[3]
Chandler was a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award honoring the nation's top collegiate placekicker in 1999 and 2000; was a second-team All-American in 1999; a first-team All-SEC selection in 1999 and 2001; and was chosen by his teammates as the Gators' most valuable player for the 1999 season.[4] He graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in telecommunications in December 2001.[3]
Professional career[]
The San Francisco 49ers chose Chandler in the fourth round (102nd pick overall) of the 2002 NFL Draft,[5] and he played for the 49ers in ( 2002– 2003).[6] Chandler was released by the 49ers after the 2003 season, and he appeared on the regular season roster of two different teams in ( 2004): the Carolina Panthers and the Washington Redskins.[6] He played in thirteen games during his four-year NFL career, kicking nineteen field goals on twenty-seven attempts (70.4 percent), with a career long of forty-nine yards.[1]
See also[]
- Florida Gators
- Florida Gators football, 1990–99
- List of Carolina Panthers players
- List of Florida Gators football All-Americans
- List of Florida Gators football players
- List of University of Florida alumni
- List of Washington Redskins players
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Jeff Chandler. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ↑ databaseFootball.com, Players, Jeff Chandler. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 GatorZone.com, Football History, 2001 Roster, Jeff Chandler. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 85, 89, 97, 101, 103, 151, 159, 162, 180 (2011). Retrieved August 28, 2011.
- ↑ Pro Football Hall of Fame, Draft History, 2002 National Football League Draft. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 National Football League, Historical Players, Jeff Chandler. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
Bibliography[]
- Carlson, Norm, University of Florida Football Vault: The History of the Florida Gators, Whitman Publishing, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia (2007). ISBN 0-7948-2298-3.
- Golenbock, Peter, Go Gators! An Oral History of Florida's Pursuit of Gridiron Glory, Legends Publishing, LLC, St. Petersburg, Florida (2002). ISBN 0-9650782-1-3.
- Hairston, Jack, Tales from the Gator Swamp: A Collection of the Greatest Gator Stories Ever Told, Sports Publishing, LLC, Champaign, Illinois (2002). ISBN 1-58261-514-4.
External links[]
- Jeff Chandler – Florida Gators player profile
- Jeff Chandler – National Football League player profile