Jeff Chandler (American football)

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Jeff Chandler
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Position: Placekicker
Personal information
Born: (1979-06-18) June 18, 1979 (age 44)
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
High school: Jacksonville (FL) Mandarin
College: Florida
NFL Draft: 2002  / Round: 4 / Pick: 102
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Field goal attempts:27
Field goals:19
Extra point attempts:36
Extra points:35
Player stats at NFL.com  ·  PFR

Jeffrey Robin Chandler (born June 18, 1979) is an American former 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.

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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, and he played for the 49ers from 2002 to 2003. [5] [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. [5] 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Pro-Football-Reference.com, Players, Jeff Chandler. Retrieved March 16, 2011.
  2. databaseFootball.com, Players, Jeff Chandler Archived December 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved March 16, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GatorZone.com, Football History, 2001 Roster, Jeff Chandler Archived October 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 2011 Florida Gators Football Media Guide Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 85, 89, 97, 101, 103, 151, 159, 162, 180 (2011). Retrieved August 28, 2011.
  5. 1 2 National Football League, Historical Players, Jeff Chandler. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
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