Wes Chandler

Wesley Sandy Chandler

Position: WR
Height: 6-0 Weight: 196 lbs.

Born: August 22, 1956 in New Smyrna Beach, FL
College: Florida (school history)
Drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 80 (362nd overall since 1950)
4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time First-Team All-Pro (fine print)

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Fine Details · Last updated Jun 18, 2013 2:25AM

All-Time Rank: #413. Ed Budde… #414. Phil Simms… #415. Gary Fencik… #416. WES CHANDLER… #417. Daryle Lamonica… #418. Stanley Morgan… #419. Mark Clayton…

All-Time Rank: #413. Ed Budde… #414. Phil Simms… #415. Gary Fencik… #416. WES CHANDLER… #417. Daryle Lamonica… #418. Stanley Morgan… #419. Mark Clayton…

Receiving & Rushing

							Receiving							Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV
1978	22	NOR	KR/PR/wr	89	16	5	35	472	13.5	2	58	2.2	29.5	2	10	0	10	5.0	0.6	0.1	482	2	1	5
1979*	23	NOR	WR	89	16	16	65	1069	16.4	6	85	4.1	66.8								1069	6	0	13
1980	24	NOR	WR	89	16	16	65	975	15.0	6	50	4.1	60.9	1	9	0	9	9.0	0.6	0.1	984	6	2	8
1981	25	2TM			16	15	69	1142	16.6	6	51	4.3	71.4	5	-1	0	9	-0.2	-0.1	0.3	1141	6	1	11
		NOR	wr	89	4	4	17	285	16.8	1	39	4.3	71.3								285	1	0	2
		SDG	WR	89	12	11	52	857	16.5	5	51	4.3	71.4	5	-1	0	9	-0.2	-0.1	0.4	856	5	1	9
1982*+	26	SDG	WR	89	8	8	49	1032	21.1	9	66	6.1	129.0	5	32	0	21	6.4	4.0	0.6	1064	9	0	22
1983*	27	SDG	WR	89	16	14	58	845	14.6	5	44	3.6	52.8	2	25	0	23	12.5	1.6	0.1	870	5	3	7
1984	28	SDG	WR	89	15	15	52	708	13.6	6	63	3.5	47.2								708	6	0	6
1985*	29	SDG	WR	89	15	13	67	1199	17.9	10	75	4.5	79.9	1	9	0	9	9.0	0.6	0.1	1208	10	1	11
1986	30	SDG	WR	89	16	14	56	874	15.6	4	40	3.5	54.6								874	4	2	8
1987	31	SDG	WR	89	12	11	39	617	15.8	2	27	3.3	51.4								617	2	1	4
1988	32	SFO	wr	81	4	4	4	33	8.3	0	9	1.0	8.3								33	0	0	0
Career					150	131	559	8966	16.0	56	85	3.7	59.8	16	84	0	23	5.3	0.6	0.1	9050	56	11	95
7 yrs		SDG			94	86	373	6132	16.4	41	75	4.0	65.2	13	65	0	23	5.0	0.7	0.1	6197	41	8	67
4 yrs		NOR			52	41	182	2801	15.4	15	85	3.5	53.9	3	19	0	10	6.3	0.4	0.1	2820	15	3	28
1 yr		SFO			4	4	4	33	8.3	0	9	1.0	8.3								33	0	0	0

Kick & Punt Returns

							Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1978	22	NOR	KR/PR/wr	89	16	5	34	233	0	32	6.9	32	760	0	38	23.8	1475
1979*	23	NOR	WR	89	16	16	3	13	0	8	4.3	7	136	0	37	19.4	1218
1980	24	NOR	WR	89	16	16	8	36	0	11	4.5						1020
1981	25	2TM			16	15	5	79	0	30	15.8	8	125	0	30	15.6	1345
		SDG	WR	89	12	11	5	79	0	30	15.8	8	125	0	30	15.6	1060
1983*	27	SDG	WR	89	16	14	8	26	0	11	3.3						896
1986	30	SDG	WR	89	16	14	3	13	0	10	4.3	1	11	0	11	11.0	898
1988	32	SFO	wr	81	4	4	6	28	0	13	4.7						61
Career					150	131	67	428	0	32	6.4	48	1032	0	38	21.5	10510
7 yrs		SDG			94	86	16	118	0	30	7.4	9	136	0	30	15.1	6451
4 yrs		NOR			52	41	45	282	0	32	6.3	39	896	0	38	23.0	3998
1 yr		SFO			4	4	6	28	0	13	4.7						61

Kicking & Punting

							0-19		20-29		30-39		40-49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
1979*	23	NOR	WR	89	16	16																	8	248	40	0	31.0
1986	30	SDG	WR	89	16	14																	5	167	38	0	33.4
Career					150	131																	13	415	40	0	31.9
7 yrs		SDG			94	86																	5	167	38	0	33.4
4 yrs		NOR			52	41																	8	248	40	0	31.0

Passing

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD%	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
1980	24	NOR	WR	89	16	16	1	1	100.0	43	0.0	0.0	43	43.0	43.0	43.0	2.7	118.7	1	10	16.50	16.50	50.0
1981	25	2TM			16	15	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
		SDG	WR	89	12	11	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
1983*	27	SDG	WR	89	16	14	0	0		0			0				0.0		1	3	-3.00	-3.00	100.0
Career					150	131	1	3	33.3	43	0.0	0.0	43	14.3	14.3	43.0	0.3	81.9	2	13	6.00	6.00	40.0
7 yrs		SDG			94	86	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	1	3	-1.00	-1.00	33.3
4 yrs		NOR			52	41	1	1	100.0	43	0.0	0.0	43	43.0	43.0	43.0	0.8	118.7	1	10	16.50	16.50	50.0

Comeback and game-winning drive numbers are based on research by Scott Kacsmar, as described in parts I, II, and III on the blog.

Defense & Fumbles

								Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1978	22	NOR	KR/PR/wr	89	16	5							0	1	0	0	0
1980	24	NOR	WR	89	16	16							0	2	2	0	0
1981	25	2TM			16	15							0	1	1	51	0
		NOR	wr	89	4	4							0	0	1	51	0
		SDG	WR	89	12	11							0	1	0	0	0
1983*	27	SDG	WR	89	16	14							0	3	1	0	0
1985*	29	SDG	WR	89	15	13							0	1	0	0	0
1986	30	SDG	WR	89	16	14							0	2	0	0	0
1987	31	SDG	WR	89	12	11							0	1	1	0	0
Career					150	131							0	11	5	51	0
7 yrs		SDG			94	86							0	8	2	0	0
4 yrs		NOR			52	41							0	3	3	51	0

Scoring Summary

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	Pts
1978	22	NOR	KR/PR/wr	89	16	5	2	2	12
1979*	23	NOR	WR	89	16	16	6	6	36
1980	24	NOR	WR	89	16	16	6	6	36
1981	25	2TM			16	15	6	6	36
		NOR	wr	89	4	4	1	1	6
		SDG	WR	89	12	11	5	5	30
1982*+	26	SDG	WR	89	8	8	9	9	54
1983*	27	SDG	WR	89	16	14	5	5	30
1984	28	SDG	WR	89	15	15	6	6	36
1985*	29	SDG	WR	89	15	13	10	10	60
1986	30	SDG	WR	89	16	14	4	4	24
1987	31	SDG	WR	89	12	11	2	2	12
Career					150	131	56	56	336
7 yrs		SDG			94	86	41	41	246
4 yrs		NOR			52	41	15	15	90

Similar Players

What does "similar" mean?

NumYrs	Players whose career was of similar quality and shape
3	Billy Howton, Keyshawn Johnson, Terry Glenn, David Boston, Sterling Sharpe, Greg Jennings, Steve Smith, Gordie Soltau, Javon Walker, Drew Pearson
4	Greg Jennings, Billy Howton, Gary Clark, Drew Pearson, Al Toon, Lynn Swann*, Larry Fitzgerald, Sterling Sharpe, Laveranues Coles, Red Phillips
5	Mark Clayton, Eddie Brown, Herman Moore, Chad Johnson, Marvin Harrison, Terrell Owens, Bob Hayes*, Drew Pearson, Billy Howton, Larry Fitzgerald
6	Eddie Brown, Mark Clayton, Marvin Harrison, Terrell Owens, Gene A. Washington, Billy Howton, John Jefferson, Wesley Walker, Drew Pearson, Andre Reed
7	Eddie Brown, Wesley Walker, Gene A. Washington, Steve Smith, Mark Clayton, John Jefferson, Billy Howton, Fred Biletnikoff*, Mark Duper, Nat Moore
8	Paul Warfield, Gene A. Washington, Mark Clayton, Gary Clark, Art Monk, Billy Howton, Nat Moore, Steve Smith, Drew Pearson, Fred Biletnikoff*
9	Paul Warfield, Gene A. Washington, Gary Clark, Mark Clayton, Drew Pearson, Art Monk, Steve Smith, Fred Biletnikoff*, Harold Jackson, Andre Reed
10	Mark Clayton, Fred Biletnikoff, Gary Clark, Eric Moulds, Harold Jackson, Mark Duper, Paul Warfield, Wesley Walker, Charley Taylor*, Stanley Morgan
11	Mark Clayton, Eric Moulds, Nat Moore, Gene A. Washington, Mark Duper, Harold Carmichael, Muhsin Muhammad, Wesley Walker, Harold Jackson, Gary Clark
Career	Mark Clayton, Gene A. Washington, Mark Duper, Eric Moulds, Gary Clark, Laveranues Coles, Steve Smith, Terry Glenn, Anthony Miller, Wesley Walker

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year Lg Value (Rank/All-Time)

Pro Bowls 1979 1982 1983 1985	First-Team All-Pro 1982	Approximate Value 1982 NFL 22 (1/29)	Receptions 1979 NFL 65 (8) 1980 NFL 65 (10) 1982 NFL 49 (4) Career 559 (83)
Receiving Yds 1979 NFL 1069 (6) 1981 NFL 1142 (8) 1982 NFL 1032 (1) 1985 NFL 1199 (4) Career 8966 (53)	Receiving TD 1982 NFL 9 (1) 1985 NFL 10 (4) Career 56 (82)	Long Reception 1979 NFL 85 (1) 1982 NFL 66 (8) 1985 NFL 75 (9)	Yds/Reception 1982 NFL 21.1 (3) Career 16.0 (163)
Receiving Yds/Game 1979 NFL 66.8 (7) 1981 NFL 71.4 (9) 1982 NFL 129.0 (1/1) 1985 NFL 79.9 (3) Career 59.8 (56)	Touchdowns 1982 NFL 9 (4) Career 56 (169)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1982 NFL 9 (4) Career 56 (167)	Yds From Scrimmage 1982 NFL 1064 (3) Career 9050 (113)
All-Purpose Yds 1978 NFL 1475 (9) 1982 NFL 1064 (5) Career 10510 (116)	Yds/Touch 1978 NFL 14.3 (2) Career 15.2 (78)	Kick Returns 1978 NFL 32 (9)	Kick & Punt Returns 1978 NFL 66 (7)
Kick & Punt Return Yds 1978 NFL 993 (9)	Fumble Return Yds 1981 NFL 51 (10)

All-Pro Teams

Year	Team	Level	Voters
1979	2nd Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1979	2nd Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1982	1st Team	All-Conf.	UPI
1982	1st Team	All-NFL	Associated Press
1982	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Writers
1982	1st Team	All-NFL	Newspaper Ent. Assoc.
1982	1st Team	All-NFL	Pro Football Weekly

Fantasy

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1978	22	16	WR	60		49
1979	23	16	WR	143	43	11	34
1980	24	16	WR	136	35	12	35
1981	25	16	WR	150	53	8	27
1982	26	8	WR	160	190	1	2
1983	27	16	WR	117	28	18	47
1984	28	15	WR	107	4	27	71
1985	29	15	WR	181	72	3	15
1986	30	16	WR	111	10	27	66
1987	31	12	WR	74		42
1988	32	4	WR	3		117
				1242	435

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