West Virginia University Athletics

• Returned for an NCAA COVID eligibility year
• Has played in 44 career games, including 31 starts
• WVU’s active leader in career tackles (260)

2021 (Sr.)

• Started 13 games at mike linebacker
• All-Big 12 Third Team (Phil Steele)
• All-Big 12 Honorable Mention (Coaches)
• Led the Mountaineer defense with 110 stops, including 68 solo stops, 1.5 sacks, 5.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions, two forced fumbles, three pass breakups and six quarterback hurries
• Has eight career 10-plus tackle performances, including five
• Ranked No. 36 nationally and No. 3 in the Big 12 in total tackles (8.5)
• Also ranked No. 20 nationally and No. 5 in the league in solo tackles (5.2)
• Finished campaign with six tackles against Minnesota in the Guaranteed Rate Bowl
• WVU Defensive Player of the Week: Kansas
• Massive night at Kansas included eight solo tackles, a tackle for loss, forced fumble and two interceptions
• Tallied his 100th tackle of the season against the Jayhawks
• Matched season high with 12 tackles against Texas
• Finished with three tackles at Kansas State, including a shared tackle for loss
• Registered a team-high nine tackles against Oklahoma State
• WVU Defensive Player of the Week: Iowa State
• Had another 10-plus tackle game against Iowa State, finishing with 12 on the day, including his first career sack
• Finished with 11 tackles at TCU, including one for a loss
• Also tallied his 200th career tackle against TCU
• Led team with six tackles at Baylor to go along with a pair of pass breakups
• Totaled eight tackles against Texas Tech, including his first tackle for loss of the year
• Team leader in tackles at Oklahoma, with 12
• Finished with eight tackles against Virginia Tech, including a forced fumble
• Tallied five total tackles against LIU
• Opened the season with 10 tackles at Maryland

2020 (Jr.)

• Started all nine games in which he played, missing the TCU game due to a knee injury
• Third-leading tackler for WVU with 64 tackles, including 32 solo stops, four tackles for loss, a forced fumble, a pass breakup and an interception
• Tallied a pair of 10-plus tackle performances
• Finished No. 8 in the Big 12 in tackles per game (7.1)
• Huge day against Army in the Liberty Bowl included 13 tackles (10 solo), a TFL, forced fumble and first career interception, which sealed the win for WVU
• Named WVU’s Defensive MVP at the Liberty Bowl
• Earned All-Bowl Team honors (AP, USA Today, ESPN)
• Made five tackles at Iowa State
• Totaled six tackles at Texas, featuring a shared TFL
• Had three tackles against Kansas State
• Logged a season-best 11 tackles at Texas Tech
• Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 19)
• Had nine tackles against Kansas; added a TFL and pass breakup in the win
• WVU Defensive Player of the Week: Baylor
• Finished with nine tackles against Baylor, including two for a loss
• Tallied five tackles at Oklahoma State
• Began season with three tackles against Eastern Kentucky

2019 (So.)

• All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Played in 10 games and started nine
• Made seven starts at WLB and two at MLB
• Missed majority of Oklahoma game and Baylor and Texas with knee injury
• Second-leading tackler on the team (72), including 40 solo stops and 3.5 tackles for loss, a fumble recovery and two pass breakups
• Ranks No. 7 in the Big 12 in tackles per game (7.2)
• Totaled six tackles at TCU
• Posted nine tackles, including seven solos, against Oklahoma State
• Logged eight tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss at Kansas State
• Tallied four tackles at Oklahoma
• Had five tackles against Iowa State - all solos - including a tackle for loss
• Totaled eight tackles against Texas
• Finished with eight tackles, including four solos, at Kansas, as well as his first career fumble recovery
• Special Teams Player of the Week - Kansas
• Assisted on a tackle for loss against NC State; finished the day with three tackles
• Led the team with seven tackles at Missouri
• Led WVU in tackles with 14, a career best, against James Madison
• Also tallied his first career pass breakup vs. the Dukes

2018 (Fr.)

• Played in 12 games, adding depth at WILL linebacker; used primarily on special teams
• Finished with 14 tackles for the season, including two forced fumbles and assisting on a tackle for loss; team leader on special teams with 7.5 tackles
• Registered more than 50 snaps on defense and more than 100 on special teams

High School

• Played for coach Dan Reardon at Canton McKinley High 
• 2017 All-USA Today Second Team
• Named League Defensive MVP
• Registered 86 tackles as a senior, including 17 for loss, while dealing with a knee injury for much of the year that caused him to play only seven games
• Also accumulated two sacks and two fumble recoveries for the Bulldogs in 2017
• 2017 Division I All-Ohio First Team, Division I All-Northeast Inland District First Team, 2016, 2017 All-Federal League First Team
• 2017 Academic All-Ohio
• 2016 Division I All-Ohio Second Team

Personal

• Son of Meka Chandler
• One of seven children (5 brothers, 1 sister)
• Graduated in May 2021 with his bachelor’s degree in communication studies
• Working on his master’s degree in business administration
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll