Former Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton is the first player from Missouri Science & Technology in Rolla, Missouri to start a professional football game since the 1930s. After the Carolina Panthers signed him to a three-year deal worth up to $54 million in the offseason, he’s preparing for his sixth NFL season — and making quite an impression on Carolina defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero.
“When you first meet him, he’s got a presence about him,’’ Evero told ESPN. “He’s got an aura about him. You watch him in the classroom, he’s a notetaker.