Education
Chandler finished his career with 370 receptions for 5,243 yards and 48 touchdowns, along with 11 carries for 18 yards.
Chandler finished his career with 370 receptions for 5,243 yards and 48 touchdowns, along with 11 carries for 18 yards.
Chandler played in the National Football League between 1971 and 1982 for the Buffalo Bills (1971–1979) and the Oakland Raiders (1980–1982). He led the NFL in receptions from 1975-1977 with 176, and was named Second-Team All-Pro in 1975 and 1977. He also caught four passes for 77 yards in the Raiders 27-10 Super Bowl XV victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in January 1981.
In the first game of the 1981 season against the Denver Broncos, Chandler stretched out for a pass and took a hit so severely it ruptured his spleen.
Chandler was rushed to a Denver hospital where doctors saved his life. Chandler made a miraculous recovery and returned to the field later in the season.
Chandler played college football at the University of Southern California, he was a captain and the team"s leading receiver during his senior year. He played in two Rose Bowl games, and was named Most Valuable Player of the 1970 Rose Bowl when Trojan quarterback Jimmy Jones hit Chandler for a 33-yard touchdown.
Chandler broke several Wolverine tackles, and gave University of Southern California its margin of victory.
The award funds a scholarship for the player"s full tuition, room and board for the following year. Chandler was inducted into the University of Southern California Hall of Fame in November 1999. Highlights of his University of Southern California athletic career are on permanent display in University of Southern California"s Heritage Hall lobby.
Chandler served as a color analyst for NFL games on National Broadcasting Company in 1983, hosted 2 On The Town for KCBS-television in Los Angeles from 1984–1987, was a sports reporter for KABC-television in the late 1980s and hosted Amazing Games (a global documentary series about the world"s most exotic sports) for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network in 1989.
He also served as a "Technical Advisor" for the humor book The Unofficial NFL Players Handbook.