Wes Chandler played wide receiver for Doug Dickey from 1974-1977. Three decades after he played his last game, Chandler still ranks 8th on the career receiving touchdowns list with 22. It is more amazing that he caught his 92 passes for 1,963 yards and a school record 22 touchdowns in a run-oriented, wishbone offense! He also had six more scores on rushes and kick returns, and led the team in receiving yards in 1975, 1976 and 1977. Chandler was a first-team All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) selection and a first-team All-American in 1976 and 1977, a first-teamAcademic All-American in 1977, and the recipient of the Gators’ Fergie Ferguson Award as a senior team captain in 1977. He also finished tenth in the balloting for the Heisman Trophy in 1977. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest Gator athletes ever. Wes was the third overall pick of the 1978 NFL Draft for the New Orleans Saints. He was named to the University of Florida Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 1989.
