Josh Chandler: LB · Colorado · #8.
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Josh Chandler
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for three head coaches at two programs in five seasons: Dana Holgorsen, Neal Brown and Mike Sanford Jr.. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Oregon State — Week 8, 2022.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
96 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 12.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Colorado | 96 | 64 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | West Virginia | 110 | 68 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 2020 | West Virginia | 61 | 31 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | West Virginia | 69 | 42 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | West Virginia | 14 | 9 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 350 | 214 | 25.5 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-38vs TCU | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 10-41@ Air Force | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-49@ Minnesota | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-45vs UCLA | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-43@ Arizona | 10 | 8 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-13vs California | 9 | 6 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 3.5 TFL |
| Wk 8 | L 9-42@ Oregon State | 11 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 34-42vs Arizona State | 10 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-49vs No. 8 Oregon | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 17-55@ No. 8 USC | 8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-54@ No. 15 Washington | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-63vs No. 14 Utah | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 96 | 64 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 1 | 1 |
Week 7 · 2022
W 20-13
vs California
1 sack · 3.5 tackles for loss · 9 tackles
A close one, won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
96tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%12 TFLSack rate
5%4 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups96 tackles · 12.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 8.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.7 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Sanford Jr.
Pass share
48.6%
360 pass / 381 run
Plays / game
61.8
12 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
362 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2022
96 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #36 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at West Virginia and Colorado, 350 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 51 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 2 schools: Dana Holgorsen, Neal Brown, Karl Dorrell and Mike Sanford Jr..
