Wes Chandler

Wesley Sandy Chandler

Position: WR

6-0, 196lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: August 22, 1956 in New Smyrna Beach, FL

College: Florida (College Stats)

Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 79 (441st overall since 1960)

High School: New Smyrna Beach (FL)

Draft: New Orleans Saints in the 1st round (3rd overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.

SUMMARY

Career

150

Rec

559

Yds

8966

Y/R

16.0

FantPt

1231.7

Receiving & Rushing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Receiving & Rushing Table
					Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	AV	Awards
1978	22	NOR	WR	89	16	5	35	472	13.5	2	58	2.2	29.5	2	10	0	10	5.0	0.6	0.1	37	13.0	482	2	1	5
1979*	23	NOR	WR	89	16	16	65	1069	16.4	6	85	4.1	66.8			0					65	16.4	1069	6	0	13	PB
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	66	14.9	984	6	2	8
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	74	15.4	1141	6	1	11
		NOR	WR	89	4	4	17	285	16.8	1	39	4.3	71.3			0					17	16.8	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	57	15.0	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	54	19.7	1064	9	0	22	AP OPoY-4, AP1, PB
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	60	14.5	870	5	3	7	PB
1984	28	SDG	WR	89	15	15	52	708	13.6	6	63	3.5	47.2			0					52	13.6	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	68	17.8	1208	10	1	11	PB
1986	30	SDG	WR	89	16	14	56	874	15.6	4	40	3.5	54.6			0					56	15.6	874	4	2	8
1987	31	SDG	WR	89	12	11	39	617	15.8	2	27	3.3	51.4			0					39	15.8	617	2	1	4
1988	32	SFO	WR	81	4	4	4	33	8.3	0	9	1.0	8.3			0					4	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	575	15.7	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	386	16.1	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	185	15.2	2820	15	3	28
1 yr		SFO			4	4	4	33	8.3	0	9	1.0	8.3			0					4	8.3	33	0		0

Receiving & Rushing Table
				Games		Receiving							Rushing							Total Yds
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Rush	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
1981	25	SDG	WR	2	2	12	185	15.4	0	47	6.0	92.5			0					12	15.4	185	0	0
1982*+	26	SDG	WR	2	2	11	162	14.7	0	33	5.5	81.0			0					11	14.7	162	0	0
Career				4	4	23	347	15.1	0	47	5.8	86.8			0					23	15.1	347	0

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Kick & Punt Returns

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Kick & Punt Returns Table
					Games		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	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			0			1020
1981	25	2TM	WR		16	15	5	79	0	30	15.8	8	125	0	30	15.6	1396
		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			0			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			0			61
Career					150	131	67	428	0	32	6.4	48	1032	0	38	21.5	10561
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	4049
1 yr		SFO			4	4	6	28	0	13	4.7			0			61

Kick & Punt Returns Table
				Games		Punt Returns					Kick Returns
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
1981	25	SDG	WR	2	2	2	63	1	56	31.5			0			248
Career				4	4	2	63	1	56	31.5			0			410

Punting

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Punting Table
					Games		Punting
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Pnt	Yds	Y/P	RetYds	Net	NY/P	Lng	TB	TB%	In20	In20%	Blck
1979*	23	NOR	WR	89	16	16	8	248	31.0	37	211	26.4	40	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
1986	30	SDG	WR	89	16	14	5	167	33.4	2	165	33.0	38	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Career					150	131	13	415	31.9	39	376	28.9	40	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
7 yrs		SDG			94	86	5	167	33.4	2	165	33.0	38	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
4 yrs		NOR			52	41	8	248	31.0	37	211	26.4	40	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
1 yr		SFO			4	4	0	0					0					0

Passing

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

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

Defense & Fumbles

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Defense & Fumbles Table
					Games		Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Sk	Sfty
1978	22	NOR	WR	89	16	5			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1980	24	NOR	WR	89	16	16			0				2	2	0	0	0.0
1981	25	2TM	WR		16	15			0				1	1	51	0	0.0
		NOR	WR	89	4	4			0				0	1	51	0	0.0
		SDG	WR	89	12	11			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1983*	27	SDG	WR	89	16	14			0				3	1	0	0	0.0
1985*	29	SDG	WR	89	15	13			0				1	0	0	0	0.0
1986	30	SDG	WR	89	16	14			0				2	0	0	0	0.0
1987	31	SDG	WR	89	12	11			0				1	1	0	0	0.0
Career					150	131			0				11	5	51	0	0.0
7 yrs		SDG			94	86			0				8	2	0	0	0.0
4 yrs		NOR			52	41			0				3	3	51	0	0.0
1 yr		SFO			4	4			0							0	0.0

Scoring Summary

* Selected to Pro Bowl, + First-Team AP All-Pro, Bold indicates league leader

Regular Season

Playoffs

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	No.	G	GS	RecTD	AllTD	D2P	Pts	Pts/G
1978	22	NOR	WR	89	16	5	2	2		12	0.8
1979*	23	NOR	WR	89	16	16	6	6		36	2.3
1980	24	NOR	WR	89	16	16	6	6		36	2.3
1981	25	2TM	WR		16	15	6	6	0	36	2.3
		NOR	WR	89	4	4	1	1		6	1.5
		SDG	WR	89	12	11	5	5		30	2.5
1982*+	26	SDG	WR	89	8	8	9	9		54	6.8
1983*	27	SDG	WR	89	16	14	5	5		30	1.9
1984	28	SDG	WR	89	15	15	6	6		36	2.4
1985*	29	SDG	WR	89	15	13	10	10		60	4.0
1986	30	SDG	WR	89	16	14	4	4		24	1.5
1987	31	SDG	WR	89	12	11	2	2		12	1.0
Career					150	131	56	56	0	336	2.2
7 yrs		SDG			94	86	41	41	0	246	2.6
4 yrs		NOR			52	41	15	15	0	90	1.7
1 yr		SFO			4	4			0	0	0.0

Scoring Summary Table
Year	Age	Tm	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	OthTD	AllTD	2PM	2PA	D2P	XPM	XPA	FGM	FGA	Sfty	Pts	Pts/G
1981	25	SDG	WR	2	2			1					1			0						6	3.0
Career				4	4			1					1			0						6	1.5

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