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Hey Chandler congratulations Joe person With the athletic in Charlotte Um what was your experience like playing With icky uh and And how close did you stay with him Throughout this pre-draft process Uh play next uh icky was really fun we Both learned a lot from each other and We just uh just got along just playing Well with each other and just excited to Be a Carolina Panther and just get Things going day by day All right let's go to Skyler Callahan Followed by David Newton Thank you Chandler congratulations Sports Illustrated Um just talk a little bit about your Journey obviously you've been in college For a long time uh you started at the Division two Legacy talked about that Transitioning from Fairmont to NC State To now getting drafted just how that Processed uh I just take everything day By day because I've just played six Years of football so I just take Everything in at the moment just absorb Everything that I can and just get Better as a man and as a player and Become a good great teammate and be Respectful to my coaches and teammates And just get better overall as a team What was the biggest things together Uh wasn't it was a big thing just Learning it was just it's keeping my
Same routine and it was a smooth Transition when I went from Fairmont to NC State Hey Chandler David Newton espn.com uh What did they say they expected Your Role to be immediately I mean are they Got Austin Corbett recovering from uh Surgery they expect you to fit in there As a backup or to fill some time there Or what what did they actually say uh I'm just I'm just ready to get into Carolina and just take it day by day Getting there and camp and just do what I do and just work and just work and Show everybody what I can do and just Keep rolling You got any good icky stories you can Share with us no sorry no he's a great Man he's a great player he's a great Teammate Thank you All right let's go to Augusta Stone Filed by Mike K Hey Chandler I'm Augusta stone with Panthers.com nice to meet you and Congratulations yes um so I have an off The wall one a little bit but I was Reading through your bio I saw that your Dad is a chop champion and a Professional chef wanted to ask about You know growing up kind of you know Bigger guy what was that like having Someone that is able to cook for you any Stories about that just share what you
Want about that uh coming to high school Wasn't a big dude so I had to put on a Lot of Weights so my mom and dad cooked For me and then there's a time when my Dad just sent me like 25 pounds of beef Just to help me put on weight and from His producer so it was kind of nice and He always made sure I had food and Enough food to eat so I can get bigger How old were you when he sent you all of That meat was that in high school College that was in college that was my First year my freshman year in college That's awesome thank you welcome Oops sorry about that Chandler Congratulations uh nice to meet you Um you dealt with some injury adversity At Fairmount I was reading and then you Also uh had the back injury last year Um what has like the process been this Off season with talking about those Injuries and and kind of explaining you Know how you've recovered for them uh This for me a big thing was having a Routine and in the summer I found my Routine and I just kept it every day Every week every month and I just it was Really good for me it was great for my Body and the plan is just keep doing my Same routine and then everything else Helps I'll do that also I'll do anything Just to keep doing me and be a great Player are you down in Boynton right now Is that where where you're coming no I'm
Actually in Pittsburgh with my Girlfriend and my family came up Cool congrats again thank you Go to Joe person followed by David Newton okay Dandler I think we need to hear more About the bees Did it arrive like on dry ice like yes And Did he tell you he was sending it and Like what sort of cuts of meat was it uh It was a prime rib cut so you can break A prime rib and you get rib eyes out of It and everything so I just cut all the Fat down trimmed it down and just made My own cuts and put in the freezer for Like days and weeks were you living in a Dorm and like what or an apartment what Did your roommate say it was like a Apartment slash dorm where I was staying At And then finally uh He's there with you today what was on The menu for the draft party Uh we've kind of took a break we just Brought in this uh Just some tacos in for today he cooked Yesterday and other days to give him the Old man a break Thank you you're welcome Yeah I was going to ask about the meat Too I was like how long would it take You to get through that uh not that long Because I'd eat a lot of food just came
Out of high school late at 260 so I just probably ate it like four times a Day so how much weight did you actually Put on 40 pounds okay And you uh did you learn anything about Cooking from him that's kind of helped You or uh just uh what not to eat and What's good to eat it's the restaurants There's good stuff but there's also Stuff that's bad but it tastes good so I Don't eat that okay what's your favorite Meal uh I'm more like a red meat guy Like a steak just keep it simple okay Appreciate it Let's go to vashtag hurt followed by Antonio Ramos Hi Chandler welcome to Carolina Um I just have a question about your Playing style how would you describe Your playing style and often times Linemen either excel in past protection Or the Run game which where do you where Do you go along that along those lines Uh I'm a great pass projector uh this Year was I I showed that I'm a great Pass protector this year and then uh my Running ability I have a great lateral Movement and then I can also be a Modeler when needed Hey Chandler nice to meet you Antonio Ramos here for Panthers Spanish radio Network I just a little bit curious to Know about more of your Family's Heritage do you guys have a
Hispanic heritage your dad's from your Dad's side yeah my dad's Cuban And my great grandmother was Cuban Do you kind of grew up speaking a little Bit Spanish No he said he didn't teach me Cool thank you We got time for a few more let's go to Mike K So Chandler you talked about the Combination of size and speed you're Kind of you kind of fit into multiple Blocking schemes but what are you most Comfortable with as far as technique Goes from a from a blocking scheme Standpoint uh that's a really good Question um I feel like I do great in Both I've played in both and every Offense I've played in we've done a Little bit of both and I excel so I'm Just really excited to get to know the Panthers Playbook and see what they have In store so you see you're comfortable With Zone you're comfortable with power Yeah Power zone I'm comfortable with Both Thanks All right go ahead Joe Stanler I know about the uh maple syrup Bottles at NC State [Laughter] I think icky had a bunch of them Did you were you able to make a dent at All in his collection yeah I did I was I
Was rolling for a while even when we Were playing each other we were kind of Close for a little bit then he kind of Took off on me because I uh I missed That 2021 season a little bit and then This year we it was a really competitive This year it was fun Pretty even this year I should have I Haven't asked him this ever but what Sort of what brand syrup is it I don't Know it's all different brands coach Garrison would just buy Sarah bottles or Coach D it doesn't matter they'll just Buy a Sarah bottle Was your back thing a result of a Certain play or just kind of a Degenerative degenerative thing or what Was that I don't know that they just Said it just happened because I'm that Was my first and only uh surgery ever You know it'll be the last so I don't Know it was just uh it just happened out The blue so everything's been fine after That and then what lastly what do you Think about being part of this draft Class that you know includes the number One overall pick with Bryce uh I'm just Blessed and grateful to be a part of This just the journey I've been through And I'm just thankful that uh coach Reiken coach camping and or the GM Decided to choose me and bring me to the Carolina Panthers organization and I'm Just very grateful do you know Bryce at
All no I do not All right let's finish up with Mike K Andler just to clarify and not to Harbor On the injury thing but the knee injury At Fairmont that wasn't a surgery right That was just a okay and then Um What have you learned about camping just Through meeting him and talking to icky And and all that stuff Uh he's a really great coach a great man And he's going to get the best out of You and he wants the best for you and The team in the organization so it's Going to be really fun and and I'm Really excited to get going
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