Wes Chandler

Wesley Sandy Chandler

Position: WR
Height: 6-0 Weight: 196 lbs.
Born: August 22, 1956 in New Smyrna Beach, FL
College: Florida

4-time Pro Bowler & 1-time first-team All-Pro (fine print)

Drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1978 Draft

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View Details For: 56 Regular Season and 1 Playoff TDs Scored

Receiving & Rushing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · · · Playoffs · 100/300/100

						Receiving							Rushing
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	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
1978	22	NOR	wr	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
1979*	23	NOR	WR	16	16	65	1069	16.4	6	85	4.1	66.8								1069	6	0
1980	24	NOR	WR	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
1981	25	2TM	/WR	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
		SDG	WR	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
		NOR		4	4	17	285	16.8	1	39	4.3	71.3								285	1	0
1982*+	26	SDG	WR	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
1983*	27	SDG	WR	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
1984	28	SDG	WR	15	15	52	708	13.6	6	63	3.5	47.2								708	6	0
1985*	29	SDG	WR	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
1986	30	SDG	WR	16	14	56	874	15.6	4	40	3.5	54.6								874	4	2
1987	31	SDG	WR	12	11	39	617	15.8	2	27	3.3	51.4								617	2	1
1988	32	SFO		4	4	4	33	8.3	0	9	1.0	8.3								33	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
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
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
1 yr		SFO		4	4	4	33	8.3	0	9	1.0	8.3								33	0	0

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · ·

						Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1978	22	NOR	wr	16	5	34	233	0	32	6.9	32	760	0	38	23.8	1475
1979*	23	NOR	WR	16	16	3	13	0	8	4.3	7	136	0	37	19.4	1218
1980	24	NOR	WR	16	16	8	36	0	11	4.5						1020
1981	25	2TM	/WR	16	15	5	79	0	30	15.8	8	125	0	30	15.6	1345
		SDG	WR	12	11	5	79	0	30	15.8	8	125	0	30	15.6	1060
1983*	27	SDG	WR	16	14	8	26	0	11	3.3						896
1986	30	SDG	WR	16	14	3	13	0	10	4.3	1	11	0	11	11.0	898
1988	32	SFO		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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	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	16	16																	8	248	40	0	31.0
1986	30	SDG	WR	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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · · · Playoffs · 100/300/100

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
1980	24	NOR	WR	16	16	1	1	100.0	43	43	43.0	43.0	43.0	2.7	118.7	1	10	16.5	16.5	50.0
1981	25	2TM	/WR	16	15	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
		SDG	WR	12	11	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career				150	131	1	3	33.3	43	43	14.3	14.3	43.0	0.3	81.9	2	13	6.0	6.0	40.0
7 yrs		SDG		94	86	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	1	3	-1.0	-1.0	33.3
4 yrs		NOR		52	41	1	1	100.0	43	43	43.0	43.0	43.0	0.8	118.7	1	10	16.5	16.5	50.0

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · ·

							Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
1978	22	NOR	wr	16	5								1	0	0	0
1980	24	NOR	WR	16	16								2	2	0	0
1981	25	2TM	/WR	16	15								1	1	51	0
		SDG	WR	12	11								1	0	0	0
		NOR		4	4								0	1	51	0
1983*	27	SDG	WR	16	14								3	1	0	0
1985*	29	SDG	WR	15	13								1	0	0	0
1986	30	SDG	WR	16	14								2	0	0	0
1987	31	SDG	WR	12	11								1	1	0	0
Career				150	131								11	5	51	0
7 yrs		SDG		94	86								8	2	0	0
4 yrs		NOR		52	41								3	3	51	0

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · · ·

Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RecTD	Pts
1978	22	NOR	wr	16	5	2	12
1979*	23	NOR	WR	16	16	6	36
1980	24	NOR	WR	16	16	6	36
1981	25	2TM	/WR	16	15	6	36
		NOR		4	4	1	6
		SDG	WR	12	11	5	30
1982*+	26	SDG	WR	8	8	9	54
1983*	27	SDG	WR	16	14	5	30
1984	28	SDG	WR	15	15	6	36
1985*	29	SDG	WR	15	13	10	60
1986	30	SDG	WR	16	14	4	24
1987	31	SDG	WR	12	11	2	12
Career				150	131	56	336
7 yrs		SDG		94	86	41	246
4 yrs		NOR		52	41	15	90

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Pro Bowls 1979 1982 1983 1985	1st-team All-Pro 1982	Receptions 1979 NFL 65 (8) 1980 NFL 65 (10) 1982 NFL 49 (4) Career 559 (69)	Receiving Yds 1979 NFL 1069 (6) 1981 NFL 1142 (8) 1982 NFL 1032 (1) 1985 NFL 1199 (4) Career 8966 (45)
Receiving TD 1982 NFL 9 (1) 1985 NFL 10 (4) Career 56 (70)	Long Reception 1979 NFL 85 (1) 1982 NFL 66 (8) 1985 NFL 75 (9)	Yds/Reception 1982 NFL 21.1 (3) Career 16.0 (157)	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 (48)
Touchdowns 1982 NFL 9 (4) Career 56 (146)	Rushing/Receiving TD 1982 NFL 9 (4) Career 56 (144)	Yds From Scrimmage 1982 NFL 1064 (3) Career 9050 (97)	All-Purpose Yds 1978 NFL 1475 (9) 1982 NFL 1064 (5) Career 10510 (95)
Yds/Touch 1978 NFL 14.3 (2-- 88) Career 15.2 (74)	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)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)

All-Pro Teams

Glossary

1979 - UPI: 2nd team all-conf.
1979 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 2nd team all-NFL
1982 - UPI: 1st team all-conf.
1982 - Associated Press: 1st team all-NFL
1982 - Pro Football Writers: 1st team all-NFL
1982 - Newspaper Ent. Assoc.: 1st team all-NFL
1982 - Pro Football Weekly: 1st team all-NFL

Fantasy

Glossary · ·

Year	Age	G	FantPos	FantPt	VBD	PosRank	OvRank
1978	22	16	WR	60		48
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	27	18	47
1984	28	15	WR	107	4	27	72
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		131
				1242	434

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