2012: Named PFL Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 30, accounting for two turnovers with an interception and a fumble recovery, adding seven tackles against Drake…Also earned honorable mention accolades for National Defensive Back of the Week from the CFPA on Oct. 1…Named Campbell’s special teams player of the game against Shorter…Served as game captain against UVa.-Wise and Butler…Made 27 tackles on the season…Added an interception, a fumble recovery and a blocked kick…Returned 12 kicks for 251 yards, averaging 20.9 per with a long of 30 yards…Returned five punts for 59 yards, including a long of 23 yards…Rushed 31 times for 144 yards and a touchdown…Accounted for 144 yards of total offense and 449 all-purpose yards…Ranked seventh in the PFL in kick return average and 16th in passes defended…Posted seven tackles against Shorter and Drake…Tacked on an interception, a fumble recovery, a hurry and two pass breakups against Drake…Also returned four kicks for 82 yards and two punts for 33 yards against Shorter…Made four tackles at Butler and at San Diego…Rushed 12 times for 71 yards and a touchdown against Davidson…Gathered 35 yards on 11 carries against Marist…Played in 10 games, making eight starts…Earned a letter…Named to Phil Steele's Preseason All-Pioneer Football League First Team…Named to the Preseason All-PFL team…Added to the First Team Preseason All-PFL list by College Sports Madness…
2011: Second Team All-PFL choice…Named PFL Defensive Player of the Week and earned an Honorable Mention from the CFPA after intercepting two passes and adding three tackles in a win at Marist…Totaled 50 tackles for the season with 1.5 stops for loss and a sack…Forced three fumbles, grabbed two interceptions, returning one for a touchdown, and broke up four passes…Returned 28 kicks for 577 yards and a 20.6 average…Returned 12 punts for 143 yards and an 11.9 average…Led the team with 814 all purpose yards…Rushed five times for 32 yards…Added one catch for five yards…Earned a letter…Made seven tackles, including a sack, and forced a fumble at Drake…Collected six tackles with a forced fumble and a pass breakup against Butler, also rushing for 13 yards and catching a five yard pass…Made six stops at Old Dominion with a forced fumble and five kick returns for 146 yards…Notched six tackles and a pass breakup while rushing once for 13 yards in a win over San Diego…Made six tackles at Georgia State…Added five tackles against Jacksonville, at Davidson and at Valparaiso…Broke up two passes in a win over Apprentice…Collected five or more tackles in eight games…Started all 11 team games…
2010: Sat out the 2010 season. retained eligibility…was a First Team choice on the 2010 Phil Steele Preseason All-Pioneer Football League Team…voted a team captain…
2009: An Honorable Mention All-PFL selection…played in and started all 11 games at safety...tied for the team lead and tied for fourth in the conference with three interceptions...totaled 43 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss...led the team with six passes defended...record 1/2 sack against Davidson (9/19)...had a tackle for loss against Morehead State (10/31) in the team's first ever Pioneer Football League victory...totaled two interceptions against Valparaiso (11/14) in the team's first PFL road win...was named the PFL's Defensive Player of the Week (11/15)...part of a secondary that ranked fourth in the league in pass defense (175.57)…had 13 kick returns for 249 yards…ranked fifth on the team in all-purpose with 32.8 yards per game… a First Team 2009 Phil Steele Preseason All-Pioneer Football League selection…
2008: An Honorable Mention All-Pioneer Football League selection…played in 11 games with 10 starts and earned a letter… totaled 54 tackles (36 solo, 18 assists)…accumulated 2.5 tackles for a loss of 11 yards… also forced a fumble…picked off two passes for 41 total yards… his long interception return was his 41 yard return against Morehead State (11/22)… totaled three pass breakups… also worked as kick returner and brought back 17 kicks for 393 yards and one touchdown…returned the opening kick against Valparaiso (11/15) for 86 yards and a touchdown…also worked as a punt returner… led the team with his average of 39.6 all purpose yards per game…
Prep: A four-year varsity letterwinner in football at Glenn High School…was voted all-state, all-conference and defensive player of the year as senior…totaled 130 tackles, 400 yards returning kicks and 220 yards returning punts his final season…also an all-conference selection as a sophomore and a junior…also lettered in basketball, baseball and track in high school…
Personal: Full name is Brandon Michael Chandler…born 2/19/89 in Kernersville, N.C. …son of Willette Purvis and Michael Wayne Chandler…has a younger brother, Jarred…majoring in exercise & sports science…
