Ty Chandler

Photo by: ANDREW DYE

Position:
Running Back
Height:
6-0.25
Weight:
210
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Nashville, Tenn.
High School:
Montgomery Bell Academy/Tennessee

2021 – Graduate Transfer
Started all 13 games at running back • Second team All-ACC • Doak Walker Award Watch List • ACC Running Back of the Week (9/20, 11/6) • Become the 20th UNC player to record a 1,000-yard rushing season • Finished the season with 1,092 rushing yards and 13 rushing TDs and had 15 receptions for 216 yards and one receiving TD • Ranked fourth in the ACC with 84.0 rushing yards per game and third with 13 rushing TDs • Also seventh with 106.0 all-purpose yards per game • Had seven career rushes of 50+ yards, including four in 2021, and added a 75-yard receiving TD • Made Carolina debut at Virginia Tech and rushed for a team-high 66 yards on 10 carries in season opener • Rushed for 58 yards on 15 carries and scored a rushing TD against Georgia State • Recorded 198 rushing yards on 20 carries and scored a pair of rushing TDs against Virginia • Had a 60-yard run against the Cavaliers • Ran the ball 17 times for 48 yards at Georgia Tech • Had a receiving and rushing TD against Duke, the 1st time he's done that in his career • Scored on a 75-yard wheel route out of the backfield and finished with 140 all-purpose yards (87 rec, 53 rush) against the Blue Devils • Had 61 rushing yards and a TD against Florida State • Went for 104 yards on the ground and two rushing TDs against Miami • Scored two rushing touchdowns and had 101 all-purpose yards (83 rush, 18 rec) at Notre Dame • Exploded for a career-high 213 rushing yards on 22 carries and four rushing TDs against Wake Forest • First UNC player to have four rushing TDs since Leon Johnson in 1993 • Had 14 carries for 42 yards and three receptions for 12 yards at Pittsburgh • Rushed for 78 yards on 10 attempts and had one reception for eight yards against Wofford • Went over 3,000 career rushing yards against the Terriers • Had six carries for 59 yards and one catch for seven yards at NC State • Rushed for 29 yards on nine carries and had one catch for one yard against South Carolina in the Duke's Mayo Bowl.

At Tennessee
Veteran running back who played in 45 games and made 25 starts • Totaled 2,015 rushing yards and ranks fifth in UT history in all-purpose yards with 3,245 • Scored 17 career touchdowns (13 rushing, three receiving, one kickoff return) • His 724 career kickoff return yards rank No. 14 in school history • Averaged 4.9 yards per carry for his career • Led the Vols in rushing in both 2018 and 2019 with 630 and 655 yards, respectively • Named the team’s Offensive Player of the Year after the ’18 season • Home run threat with three rushes of 50 or more yards in his career.

Montgomery Bell Academy
Rated as a consensus four-star prospect and one of the nation’s top 100 recruits • Two-time Division II-AA Tennessee Mr. Football Award winner at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Ten • MaxPreps 2016 Football All-America Team • Member of ESPN 300 • 2017 U.S. Army All-American Bowl nomination • Candidate for the 2016 All-USA Offensive Player of the Year award • Ranked seventh in TSSAA history in career rushing yards (6,158) and third in career touchdowns (92) at the conclusion of his career • Rushed for 2,252 yards and 39 touchdowns as a senior in 2016, leading the Big Red to an 8-2 record • Rushed for 2,558 yards and 31 touchdowns as a junior in 2015.

Personal
Son of Katrina and Chico Chandler • Full name is Tykevious Chandler • Father, Chico, played running back at Ole Miss • Earned undergraduate degree in recreation and sport management in Dec. 2020 • Born May 12, 1998.