Ty Chandler: RB · North Carolina · #19.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ty Chandler
Hits the crease and outruns the angle. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Butch Jones, Jeremy Pruitt and Mack Brown. The first one came in 2021: All-ACC. On tape: 213 rushing yards and 30 receiving yards against Wake Forest, Week 10, 2021.
Play style
Cuts upfield fast. Designed to find the crease, not run through the line.
Boom vs consistent · carry-yardage shape
Steady, not spectacular
Just 22.7% of his season rushing yards came on his 5 best carries — remarkably even — and he's stuffed on 18.2% of his carries. 9 carries for 29 yds vs South Carolina; 22 for 213 vs Wake Forest.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Closer · Q4-with-lead carry share
Not actually a closer
39.6% of carries overall (180/455) → 28.6% of Q4-with-lead carries (20/70) — 75.0% of those in competitive (≤16-pt) games.
Counted from the play-by-play, so a carry or two can differ from the box score.
Short-yardage / goal-line · enumeration
Who gets the tough yard
11 of 17 on 3rd/4th-and-2-or-less (64.7%). 9 of the team's 22 inside-the-5 carries (40.9%).
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
247Sports Nov 3
Syracuse.com Oct 22Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | North Carolina | 182 | 1,092 | 6.0 | 13 | 60 |
| 2020 | Tennessee | 100 | 456 | 4.6 | 4 | 21 |
| 2019 | Tennessee | 135 | 655 | 4.9 | 3 | 53 |
| 2018 | Tennessee | 115 | 630 | 5.5 | 4 | 81 |
| 2017 | Tennessee | 71 | 305 | 4.3 | 2 | 30 |
| Career | 603 | 3,138 | 5.2 | 26 | 81 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | North Carolina | 15 | 216 | 14.4 | 1 | 75 |
| 2020 | Tennessee | 16 | 111 | 6.9 | 0 | 18 |
| 2019 | Tennessee | 13 | 63 | 4.8 | 0 | 12 |
| 2018 | Tennessee | 19 | 183 | 9.6 | 3 | 42 |
| 2017 | Tennessee | 10 | 108 | 10.8 | 0 | 23 |
| Career | 73 | 681 | 9.3 | 4 | 75 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-17@ Virginia Tech | 10 | 66 | 6.6 | 0 | 23 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-17vs Georgia State | 15 | 58 | 3.9 | 1 | 16 | |
| Wk 3 | W 59-39vs Virginia | 20 | 198 | 9.9 | 2 | 60 | 198-yard day |
| Wk 4 | L 22-45vs Georgia Tech | 17 | 48 | 2.8 | 0 | 13 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-7vs Duke | 12 | 53 | 4.4 | 1 | 18 | |
| Wk 6 | L 25-35vs Florida State | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 1 | 13 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-42vs Miami | 18 | 104 | 5.8 | 2 | 51 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-44@ No. 11 Notre Dame | 15 | 83 | 5.5 | 2 | 53 | |
| Wk 10 | W 58-55vs No. 10 Wake Forest | 22 | 213 | 9.7 | 4 | 50 | Season-high 213 yds |
| Wk 11 | L 23-30@ No. 25 Pittsburgh | 14 | 42 | 3.0 | 0 | 16 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-14vs Wofford | 10 | 78 | 7.8 | 0 | 19 | |
| Wk 13 | L 30-34@ No. 24 NC State | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 0 | 35 | |
| Total | 173 | 1063 | 6.1 | 13 | 60 |
Week 10 · 2021
W 58-55
vs Wake Forest
213 rush yds (22 car) · 4 TD · 1 rec · 30 yds
Edged out Wake Forest at home in a shootout.
With S. Howell — 216 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.2 · 104 rush yds (21 car) · 2 TD · B. Kiernan — 38.5 yards per punt · 4 punts · 44 long
The plays that mattered most
Rush profile · Shape, efficiency, and ball security
How he gets his yards, and how often it works
Success rate
49%172 carriesFumble rate
0.5%1 of 182 carries · 1 lostStuffed
0 or fewer ydsGrind
1–3 ydsChunk
4–9 ydsExplosive
10+ yds6.0 yds/carry on 182 carries · 18% explosive (10+ yds) · 49% success rate.
Situational · Carry shape (PBP, full season)
Yardage DNA
Stuffed (≤0)
Grind (1–3)
Chunk (4–9)
Explosive (10+)
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 109 | 6.6 | 1.6 |
| Road4g | 62.5 | 6.2 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| YDS/g | YPC | TD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 84.0 | 5.4 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 95.0 | 7.2 | 1.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mack Brown
Pass share
42.7%
378 pass / 508 run
Plays / game
73.8
12 games
Team sack rate
11.2%
446 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #20 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Tennessee and North Carolina, 3,138 rushing yards — drafted at #169 overall by the Minnesota Vikings.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM
All-ACC 2nd team (2021)
Weekly recognition
2 weekly honors (2021)
ACC Running Back Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Butch Jones, Jeremy Pruitt and Mack Brown.
Next stop · NFL
Minnesota VikingsEntering 5th NFL season
Minnesota VikingsEntering 5th NFL season
