# Tershawn Wharton

Tershawn Wharton (born June 25, 1998) is an American professional football defensive tackle for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Missouri S&T.

## Early life

Wharton grew up in University City, Missouri and attended Maplewood Richmond Heights High School for his first three seasons before transferring to University City High School. As a senior, he recorded 110 tackles with four quarterback sacks and an interception and was named first-team All-Suburban Central Conference.

## College career

Wharton was a four year starter for the Missouri S&T Miners. He was named first-team All-Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) after recording 64 tackles and 13.5 sacks in his sophomore season. He had 7.5 sacks both as a junior and senior and was named first-team All-GLVC in each season. Wharton finished his collegiate career with 58 tackles for loss and 35.5 sacks.

## Professional career

Pre-draft measurables :
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span |
| 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | 280 lb (127 kg) | 31+1⁄4 in (0.79 m) | 10+1⁄4 in (0.26 m) |
| All values from Pro Day ||||

### Kansas City Chiefs

Wharton was signed by the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent on April 27, 2020. He made the Chiefs final roster out of training camp. Wharton made his NFL debut in the season opener on September 10, 2020 against the Houston Texans, making two tackles in a 34–20 win. In Week 8 against the New York Jets, Wharton recorded his first career sack during the 35–9 win. Wharton finished his rookie season with 27 tackles, four tackles for loss, and two sacks with a forced fumble and a fumble recovery.
In the Chiefs' week 5 game of the 2022 season, Wharton tore his ACL. He was placed on injured reserve on October 15, 2022. Without Wharton, the Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII.
Wharton recorded 21 tackles, 2 sacks, and 1 fumble recovery in 2023. The Chiefs reached Super Bowl LVIII where they defeated the San Francisco 49ers 25-22. Wharton recorded one tackle in the game.
On March 14, 2024, the Chiefs re-signed Wharton to a one-year, $2.742 million extension.

### Carolina Panthers

On March 10, 2025, Wharton signed a three-year, $54 million contract with the Carolina Panthers.

## NFL career statistics

Legend :
| | Won the Super Bowl |
| Bold | Career high |

### Regular season

| Year | Team | Games | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Sfty | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR |
| 2020 | KC | 16 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 13 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | KC | 17 | 1 | 29 | 13 | 16 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | KC | 5 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | KC | 17 | 1 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | KC | 17 | 10 | 29 | 18 | 11 | 6.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | Career | 72 | 13 | 114 | 56 | 58 | 13.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |

### Postseason

| Year | Team | Games | Games | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Tackles | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Interceptions | Fumbles | Fumbles |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | Cmb | Solo | Ast | Sck | Sfty | PD | Int | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | FF | FR |
| 2020 | KC | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | KC | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | KC | 0 | 0 | did not play due to injury | did not play due to injury | did not play due to injury | did not play due to injury | did not play due to injury | did not play due to injury | did not play due to injury | did not play due to injury | did not play due to injury | did not play due to injury | did not play due to injury | did not play due to injury | did not play due to injury |
| 2023 | KC | 4 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | KC | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | Career | 11 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |