.png) Zavala in 2023 | |||||||
| No. 62 – Carolina Panthers | |||||||
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| Position | Guard | ||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||
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| Born | (1999-04-02)April 2, 1999 (age 26) Boynton Beach, Florida, U.S. | ||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 322 lb (146 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school | Forest Park(Woodbridge, Virginia) | ||||||
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| NFL draft | 2023: 4th round, 114th overall pick | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
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Chandler Zavala (born April 2, 1999) is an American professionalfootballguard for theCarolina Panthers of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theFairmont State Falcons andNC State Wolfpack.
Zavala was born on April 2, 1999, inBoynton Beach, Florida. He later attendedForest Park High School inWoodbridge, Virginia, where he originally playedbasketball before a coach advised him on playing football as it provided a better chance for him to receive an athletic scholarship.[1]
Zavala playedcollege football for theFairmont State Fighting Falcons from 2017 until deciding to transferring due to Fairmont's 2020 season being cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[1] He eventually chose to play for theNC State Wolfpack as his mother lived near campus.[1] Zavala was named first-team All-Mountain East Conference with Fairmont in 2018 and 2019 and first-team All-Atlantic Coastal Conference with NC State in 2022.[1]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft3+1⁄2 in (1.92 m) | 322 lb (146 kg) | 32+7⁄8 in (0.84 m) | 10+1⁄2 in (0.27 m) | 5.23 s | 1.78 s | 2.88 s | 4.70 s | 7.58 s | 32.0 in (0.81 m) | 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m) | 30 reps | |
| All values from the North Carolina StatePro Day[2][3] | ||||||||||||
Zavala was selected by theCarolina Panthers in the fourth round, 114th overall, of the2023 NFL draft.[4] He was named the Week 1 starting right guard as a rookie, but moved to left guard the following week and started the next four games. In a Week 5 game against theDetroit Lions, Zavala suffered a neck injury in the first quarter. He was sent to a local hospital.[5] He returned to the starting lineup in Week 11 before suffering a knee injury the following week. Zavala was placed on injured reserve on November 29, 2023.[6]
Zavala played in Carolina's first four games of the season before he suffered a knee injury in Week 4 against theNew England Patriots; he was placed on injured reserve on October 1, 2025.[7] He was activated on November 1, ahead of the team's Week 9 matchup against theGreen Bay Packers.[8]
Zavala's father, Demetrio, is a frequent contestant on theFood Network competitive cooking showChopped.[9]