Chandler Catanzaro
Chandler Catanzaro

Player Profile
Class:
RS Sophomore

Hometown:
Greenville, SC

High School:
Christ Church Episcopal

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 200

Position:
PK

Experience:
1VL

Major:
Biological Sciences

04/14/2012

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04/14/2012

Double Overtime Kick Lifts Orange Over White in Spring Game

By Will Vandervort, IPTAY Media

04/03/2012

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04/02/2012

Clemson Holds First Scrimmage

Swinney Pleased with Performance

03/06/2012

Clemson Opens Spring Practice Wednesday

Tigers Welcome 48 Returning Lettermen from ACC Championship Team

11/13/2011

Clemson vs. Wake Forest (Photos by Rex Brown)

Clemson vs. Wake Forest (Photos by Rex Brown)

11/12/2011

Clemson vs. Wake Forest (Photos by Vern Verna/Ai Wire)

Clemson vs. Wake Forest (Photos by Vern Verna/Ai Wire)

09/17/2011

Clemson vs. Auburn (Photos by Rex Brown and Tyler Smith)

Clemson vs. Auburn (Photos by Rex Brown and Tyler Smith)

Original walk-on who became Clemson's starting placekicker as a freshman.

2010: Starting placekicker as a freshman, the first Clemson freshman to hold that role since Aaron Hunt in the 2000 season...made 14-22 field goals, the most made field goals by a Clemson freshman since the 1991 season, when Nelson Welch made 19 field goals...his 14 made field goals were third-most in Clemson history by a freshman; only Welch's 19 field goals in 1991 and Chris Gardocki's 19 field goals in 1988 were more...was 34-34 of extra points and totaled a team-high 76 points...made 6-9 field goals from 40+ yards...made six of his last seven field-goal attempts; he made his last field goal at Florida State, a 29-yarder with 53 seconds, then was 3-3 at Wake Forest, with makes of 43, 22, and 32 yards...named team special teams player-of-the-game by the coaches against Wake Forest...his first four made field goals as a Tiger were all from 40+ yards...kicked a 47-yard field goal against Presbyterian College and a 42-yard field goal at #15 Auburn...kicked a 48-yard field goal at North Carolina...was 2-3 on field goals against South Florida, including a 44-yard field goal...won the Strength Training Award in the spring for kickers and long snappers.

2009: Red-shirted.

Before Clemson: Attended Christ Church Episcopal School...lettered in football as a junior and senior...named first-team All-Greenville County as a senior...played in the North-South All-Star game in Myrtle Beach...named to SCFCA Palmetto Champions All-Star team after his senior season...special teams player-of-the-year for class A...made 10-16 field goals during his senior season, but had just one miss inside 52 yards; he made a pair of 51-yard field goals that season, establishing a school record...made 47-48 extra points and had 41 touchbacks on kickoffs...had a 41-yard average as a punter...as a junior, he made 11-13 field goals, with a long of 43 yards...all-region kicker as a junior...Class A All-State placekicker as a junior by High School Sports Report...led the team in scoring with 62 points as a junior and was named team special teams MVP...also lettered in tennis during his freshman season; he played on the state championship team and won the deciding match...played on two state championship soccer squads...lettered in basketball as a sophomore and junior and led team in scoring as a sophomore...team captain as a senior...all-region selection as a junior.

Personal: Two-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll...majoring in biological sciences...born Feb. 26, 1991.

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