Chiefs James Palmer: Tarshawn Wharton “almost a lock” for the 53. - Page 2

Well I didn’t see that storyline coming.

I’m told one name that continues to pop up with people inside the #Chiefs building is Tershawn Wharton. The undrafted free agent from Missouri Science and Tech seems almost a lock to make the the teams’ 53 man roster. Great local story.
— James Palmer (@JamesPalmerTV) August 31, 2020

Wharton ran with the 2s in that practice Saturday.
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Reading his description on the UMR web site, he dominated Northwood in 2018.

I'm assuming it's Northwood University....

https://www.northwood.edu/

...and not Northwood College.

https://www.northwoodcollege.gdst.net/
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Originally Posted by Pitt Gorilla:
Wharton is a pretty bad dude with excellent athleticism. I thought he might stick at end, so the DT thing seems strange.

The way Spags likes to use guys up front, it's really not that strange. He's probably a guy they think can move around on the line.
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Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Goodbye Speaks?

He’s a DT.
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Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
Goodbye Speaks?

Nah if anything they'll try to hide some guys. They could lose Okafor, Kpass and Charlton after this year.
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Originally Posted by Mecca:
Assume that means guys like Tim Ward and Demone Harris are out, Ward probably gets a PS spot.

I could tell by Spags' answer this week when asked about Ward and Harris, they were not making the 53 man roster.
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thanks guys - also I was joking (obviously) Direckshun.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mg4F2wHEtZA

These highlights are great — against lesser competition, but still.

He plays a ton of end, so that’s almost certainly what the Chiefs like him as — a Wallace Gilberry prototype with inside/outside flexibility.
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Wow. Seems to have all the skills.
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I think he would have destroyed at a pro day. Fortunately, for the Chiefs, it never happened.
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Originally Posted by Megatron96:
Wow. Seems to have all the skills.

His tape is absolutely disgusting.

Good on the Chiefs to find this dude and give him an honest shot.
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Good thing he has good highlights because that video was awful.

And they just HAD to call him "Turk".

:-)
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The more low cost dudes we can get production from, the better.
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Originally Posted by Direckshun:
His tape is absolutely disgusting.

Good on the Chiefs to find this dude and give him an honest shot.

I'm going to be a little more cautious this time around, but I like his burst, he looks pretty strong as well as he was able to fairly easily throw guys off or disengage off blocks. He seems to finish well, though he looks like he's aiming a little high to me. But what I really liked was his recognition. He seemed to recognize where the ball was, whether it had really been handed off or not, and what the play was very quickly. Again, it's a little hard to tell, what with the bad video quality, the fact that he's playing against lesser competition, etc., but he seemed to recognize the situation very fast, and then reacted just as fast. And that ability might be more important to his success than a few hundredths off his 40 time or his bench press or whatever.
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