Ty Chandler: Freshman of the Week

[Freak]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Tennessee freshman running back Ty Chandler was named the SEC Freshman of the Week by the Southeastern Conference office on Monday.

In the Vols' 42-7 win over Indiana State on Saturday at Neyland Stadium, Chandler returned the opening kickoff 91 yards for a touchdown to put the Vols up 7-0 just 14:46 into the game. It marked the first time a Vol had returned the game's opening kickoff for a touchdown since Oct. 3, 2015, when Evan Berry ran the opening kick 96 yards versus Arkansas in Neyland Stadium. Chandler's score was the 11th kick or punt return touchdown of the Butch Jones era (since 2013). The Vols had a one kick return score and one punt return score in 2016, three kick return TDs and three punt return TDs in 2015, one punt return TD in 2014 and one punt return score in 2013. Chandler is the first Tennessee true freshman to return a kickoff for a touchdown since Leonard Scott returned one for 100 yards against Georgia in 1999.

Chandler also made the first start of his career, lining up in the slot on UT's first play on offense. He carried the ball four times for 14 yards.

Chandler is the first Vol to earn a SEC weekly award for the 2017 season. In 2016, Tennessee tallied seven SEC weekly awards.

http://www.utsports.com/news/2017/9/11/football-chandler-named-sec-freshman-of-the-week.aspx

 

[FLVOL_79]

 

[CAVPUT]

Hope he doesn't become a forgotten man like Byrd. Needs his hands on the ball a lot more than that.

 

[BeardedVol]

 

[quadlee21]

he is going to special

 

[hndog609]

I wouldn't have thought of that based on his limited number of carries but factoring in the KR that was a pretty good outing.

It's hard not to be excited about that kid's future.

 

[BeecherVol]

Congrats Ty. Well deserved

 

[basspond]

Congratulations to Ty. Also great to see CFA get a game ball. Another few runs like we saw this past weekend and he could get the title as a "baller". Vols are looking good at RB.

 

[madbamahater]

Why didn't he get more carries? Very serious and legitimate question especially provided they were playing a cupcake.

Why isn't Byrd at corner. He is just simply not being used properly. Even if they threw to him 5-6 times a game, he could play nearly every snap on defense making tons of plays. Extremely underutilized

 

[VolFreakJosh]

Congratulations to Ty. Also great to see CFA get a game ball. Another few runs like we saw this past weekend and he could get the title as a "baller". Vols are looking good at RB.

RG is our best position coach on Butch's staff.

He's done a fantastic job with our RBs.

 

[VolinMC]

Congrats to Ty. Hopefully this is the first of many accolades he gets while here.

 

[BeecherVol]

RG is our best position coach on Butch's staff.

He's done a fantastic job with our RBs.

Hard to argue that

 

[avolation]

Why didn't he get more carries? Very serious and legitimate question especially provided they were playing a cupcake.

Why isn't Byrd at corner. He is just simply not being used properly. Even if they threw to him 5-6 times a game, he could play nearly every snap on defense making tons of plays. Extremely underutilized

He was dinged up this past week. He'll be back out there making plays on Saturday more than likely.

 

[pimo1]

Question... has anyone yet imagined the dread teams will have on kickoffs with both Chandler and Berry sitting in the endzone? talk about nightmares and Callaway at PR is tasty too.