Player Dossier

2017-2021

North Carolina

Ty Chandler

RB • 6'0" • 210 lbs • Nashville, TN, USA

Balanced backfield optionSteady chain mover

Ty Chandler leans balanced backfield option traits and 61.7 efficiency.

Usage / Role

55%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

67

Solid production for a back

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

78

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · North Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Tennessee • North Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Player Story

Ty Chandler built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Nashville, TN wearing No. 19, spending time with North Carolina and Tennessee. The clearest part of Ty Chandler's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.9678

Montgomery Bell Academy · Nashville, TN

Committed To
Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 26
Overall
No. 169
NFL Team
Minnesota Vikings

Ty Chandler, RB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · North Carolina. Ty Chandler leans balanced backfield option traits and 61.7 efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Scrimmage yards
3,819
Rushing yards
3,138
Receiving yards
681
Touchdowns
32

Quick Answers

Ty Chandler quick answers

Latest team and position
North Carolina · RB
Career Scrimmage Yards
3,819
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 58 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · North Carolina
Top game
Wake Forest
Recruit profile
4-star · Montgomery Bell Academy · Tennessee
High school pipeline
Basha · 24 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 5 · Pick 26 · Minnesota Vikings
Latest roster
No. 19 · Senior
2021 Scrimmage yards rank
1,308 scrimmage yards · RB 32nd (top 5%) · ACC 5th (top 2%) · National 45th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesScrimmageRush YdsRec YdsTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonTennessee12413305108436.6
2018 Regular SeasonTennessee11813630183764.5
2019 PostseasonTennessee12593524057.8
2019 Regular SeasonTennessee1265962039357.8
2020 Regular SeasonTennessee10567456111455.4
2021 PostseasonNorth Carolina1330291072.5
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina131,2781,0632151472.5

Related Context

Ty Chandler played RB for Tennessee and North Carolina. Across 5 tracked seasons, Ty Chandler recorded 3,138 rushing yards, 681 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with North Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

North Carolina paired 1,308 primary output with 61.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

backfield-heavy usage with 50.3 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tennessee, North Carolina.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UTEP

Win with 158 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2018 Regular Season · Tennessee

Games

11

Scrimmage Yards / G

73.9

Efficiency

50.3

Usage

25

Consistency

74.2

Best Game by takeover score

UTEP

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. West Virginia: -4. UTEP: 158. Florida: 66. Georgia: 80. Auburn: 112. Alabama: 60. South Carolina: 83. Charlotte: -1. Kentucky: 89. Missouri: 82. Vanderbilt: 88

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. West Virginia: 4 by 0. UTEP: 12 by 100. Florida: 19 by 36.2. Georgia: 9 by 70.8. Auburn: 21 by 41.8. Alabama: 12 by 35.4. South Carolina: 18 by 49.9. Charlotte: 2 by 0. Kentucky: 16 by 57.9. Missouri: 14 by 61. Vanderbilt: 7 by 100

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins89.5 · Games = 4 · +24.5 vs Losses
Losses65 · Games = 7 · -24.5 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Scrimmage Yards

Top game by takeover score

UTEP

Best efficiency game

100 vs Vanderbilt

Result
Sat 11/24@ VanderbiltL 13-3878812.60112.6
Sat 11/17vs Missouri2+ TDL 17-5014825.9025.9
Sat 11/10vs KentuckyW 24-716895.6005.6
Sat 11/3vs CharlotteW 14-32-1-0.500-0.5
Sat 10/27@ South CarolinaL 24-2711544.9007294.6
Sat 10/20vs AlabamaL 21-589212.3003395
Sat 10/13@ AuburnW 30-2416503.1005625.3
Sat 9/29@ GeorgiaL 12-385275.4004538.9
Sat 9/22vs FloridaL 21-4719663.5003.5
Sat 9/15vs UTEP100 rush yards · 150 scrimmage yardsW 24-01215813.20113.2
Sat 9/1vs West VirginiaL 14-404-4-10-1

Player Story

Ty Chandler story

Ty Chandler built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a running back from Nashville, TN wearing No. 19, spending time with North Carolina and Tennessee. The clearest part of Ty Chandler's career was his backfield work: 3,138 rushing yards, 603 carries, 26 rushing touchdowns, and 681 receiving yards across 58 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2021 with North Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 681 receiving yards, 2 tackles, and 850 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 58 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across North Carolina and Tennessee.

The arc is straightforward: Ty Chandler moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Tennessee

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    North Carolina

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonTennessee41347.712.6
2018 Regular SeasonTennessee81350.325400
2019 PostseasonTennessee71850.923.6-95
2019 Regular SeasonTennessee71850.923.60
2020 Regular SeasonTennessee56743.721.6-151
2021 PostseasonNorth Carolina1,30861.725.9741
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina1,30861.725.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Wake Forest

Week 10 · W 58-55 · Conference game

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

243

Scrimmage Yards

96.9 takeover

243 scrimmage yards and 33.8 usage.

#2

vs Virginia

Week 3 · W 59-39 · Conference game

198

Scrimmage Yards

88.8 takeover

Win driven by a workhorse rushing load.

198 scrimmage yards and 32.8 usage.

#3

vs BYU

Week 2 · L 26-29

154

Scrimmage Yards

86.6 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

154 scrimmage yards and 42.4 usage.

#4

@ Kentucky

Week 9 · L 26-29 · Conference game

153

Scrimmage Yards

84.9 takeover

Loss driven by a workhorse rushing load.

153 scrimmage yards and 32.9 usage.

#5

vs UTEP

Week 3 · W 24-0

158

Scrimmage Yards

84.8 takeover

Win with 158 yards from scrimmage and efficient touch value.

158 scrimmage yards and 19 usage.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · North Carolina

1,308 primary output · 61.7 efficiency · 25.9 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · North Carolina

72.5

1,308 primary · 61.7 efficiency · 25.9 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Tennessee

64.5

813 primary · 50.3 efficiency · 25 usage

Milestones

6

100+ rush yards

5

150+ scrimmage yards

7

2+ TD games