Background
Chandler was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
Chandler was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
He attended Mandarin High School in Jacksonville, where he played kicker and wide receiver for the Mandarin Mustangs high school football team Chandler attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he joined coach Steve Spurrier"s Florida Gators football program as a walk-on in 1997, kicking one extra point and later being granted a redshirt for the remainder of the 1997 season.
Chandler played college football for the University of Florida, where he became the all-time leading scorer with 368 points. Thereafter, he played professionally for the San Francisco 49ers, Carolina Panthers and Washington Redskins of the NFL.
Chandler was also a standout letterman in soccer and tennis. He subsequently played for the Gators from 1998 to 2001, and was rewarded with an athletic scholarship after the 1998 season.
He successfully completed sixty-seven of eighty field goal attempts in his career, and 167 of 180 attempted extra points after touchdowns (PATs).
Chandler was the Gators" all-time career leader in field goals completed, first in PATs made, and second in field goal percentage (838 percent). He ranks second in Southeastern Conference (Securities and Exchange Commission) history in scoring with 368 points, fourth in league history in field goals made and second in field goal percentage.
He graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor"s degree in telecommunications in December 2001. The San Francisco 49ers chose Chandler in the fourth round (102nd pick overall) of the 2002 NFL Draft, and he played for the 49ers from 2002 to 2003.
Chandler was released by the 49ers after the 2003 season, and he appeared on the regular season roster of two different teams in 2004: the Carolina Panthers and the Washington Redskins.
He played in thirteen games during his four-year NFL career, kicking nineteen field goals on twenty-seven attempts (704 percent), with a career long of forty-nine yards.