The Carolina Panthers came into Sunday with a very thin defensive line. After losing Tershawn Wharton to injury and LaBryan Ray to retirement, the Panthers suddenly had a big need up front.
Per Spotrac, the Panthers are converting $12.2 million of DT Tershawn Wharton‘s base salary into a signing bonus and adding three void years to create $9.7 million in 2026 cap space.
The Carolina Panthers are now cap compliant for the 2026 season after restructuring the contract of injured defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton on Thursday.
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The Panthers placed right tackle Taylor Moton and cornerback Jaycee Horn on the active/non-football injury list yesterday. More procedural moves have taken place today.
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The Carolina Panthers made significant additions to the defensive side of the ball this offseason. Seeing them in action along with the young defenders will be a top storyline to watch this week at OTAs.
Tershawn Wharton’s recovery has already become one of the Carolina Panthers’ most important summer storylines. The defensive lineman is expected to begin training camp on the PUP list after undergoing offseason neck surgery, which immediately changes the pressure around Carolina’s defensive front.
Mike Kaye of the Charlotte Observer reports that the Panthers DE Tershawn Wharton recently underwent neck surgery. According to Kaye, it remains to be seen how much time Wharton will miss, but he is expected to play in 2026.
The Panthers operated for several games last year without starting defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton as he dealt with injury. According to Joe Person of
The Carolina Panthers shocked the world by making the playoffs in 2025. They then shocked the world simply by not getting blown out by the superior Los Angeles Rams in said playoff game.
The Carolina Panthers made a ton of free agency investments on defense last season. And while they made some improvements (they could not possibly have gotten worse), most of the money was not well spent.
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The Carolina Panthers had the worst run defense in the NFL by a wide margin in 2024, so they spent a ton of salary cap and draft capital to improve it.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With four minutes left in the third quarter of Saturday night’s playoff game, Tershawn Wharton introduced himself to Matthew Stafford.
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Most of the moves that the Carolina Panthers front office made this past offseason have paid off. There are exceptions to the rule, though - and the Tershawn Wharton signing has yet to really deliver like they would have hoped.
The only Carolina Panthers player who was around the last time they made the NFL playoffs was forever long snapper JJ Jansen, who will be playing his 274th career game for Carolina the next time that he takes the field.
The Chiefs’ defense enjoyed a shutout performance on Sunday, but the unit lost a key figure along the way. Omarr Norman-Lott exited the game and he will miss the remainder of his rookie campaign.
The focus for the Panthers has shifted towards rebuilding a defense that allowed 31.4 points per game last season, the worst in the NFL. Carolina has taken steps to doing that so far this offseason.
When the Carolina Panthers inked defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton to a three-year, $45 million deal, they made a clear commitment to strengthening their defensive line.
He is heading to Charlotte on a three-year, $54M deal that comes with $30M guaranteed, NFL.com’s Mike Garafolo tweets.
Tershawn Wharton became an underrated X-factor for the Chiefs' defense during his time in Kansas City. An undrafted free agent signing in 2020 from nearby Missouri S&T, Wharton grew to be an impactful piece against both the run and the pass.
His 6.5 sacks, seven tackles for loss and 667 snaps in the regular season were all career-highs, and he added two more sacks in the postseason.
In the past, Tershawn Wharton could be had for a song. One year later, the Kansas City Chiefs are going to have to fight off competing suitors for his services.
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Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton saved a young fan who fell from the stands after the game against the Carolina Panthers. The fan was looking to get gloves from Wharton before falling over the barrier.
A young Kansas City Chiefs fan made the trip to Carolina to be on hand to watch his favorite team play the Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on Sunday.
The Kansas City Chiefs, currently on their bye week after a strong 5-0 start, have once again been featured in the NFL’s weekly fine releases, this time it’s to defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton.
As the Kansas City Chiefs get set to return from their bye week, one player will be doing so with a bit less change in his pockets. Over the weekend, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network reported that defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton is being fined for unnecessary roughness displayed during Week 5's win over the New Orleans Saints.
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