Kansas City brings a former UDFA again for an additional season.
Late on Monday night, Ari Meirov of The thirty third Team reported that the Kansas City Chiefs are re-signing defensive tackle Tershawn Wharton to a one-year contract price $2 million.
Wharton joined the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent out of Missouri S&T in 2020. After enjoying each sport in his first two seasons, Wharton had locked down a rotational function for 2022. Unfortunately, he tore his ACL within the Chiefs’ Week 5 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders, lacking the rest of the season.
With three accrued seasons, Wharton was eligible for restricted free company. Due to his damage restoration, nevertheless, Kansas City most likely didn’t wish to provide him a $2.6 million right-of-first-refusal tender as a restricted free agent. We had beforehand predicted that the Chiefs would re-sign him to a decrease quantity, with a number of the contract assured. (Remember: even after they’re signed, RFA contracts are solely assured for future damage).
Per Aaron Wilson of Houston’s KPRC, the Chiefs seem to have guaranteed $850,000 to Wharton whereas defending the crew if his restoration stalls.
Wharton will obtain a $500,000 signing bonus on prime of his $1.01 million base wage, which is the league minimal for gamers with three years of expertise. Because he appeared in 5 video games in 2022, $125,000 of his $25,000 per-game roster bonuses will probably be thought-about as prone to be earned incentives. So when mixed together with his exercise bonus, Wharton’s 2023 cap hit will probably be $1.7 million. Depending on what number of video games he performs this season, as much as $300,000 could possibly be charged to the 2024 cap.
With this signing, the Chiefs will now have 50 gamers underneath contract — and $7.6 million in cap area.
It is unclear from Wilson’s breakdown if the $975,000 enjoying time incentive consists of the roster bonuses. Because the third-year professional solely performed 149 defensive snaps final season, any enjoying time incentives ought to fall within the not prone to be earned class — so if earned, they’re prone to be a difficulty for subsequent offseason’s wage cap.
Kansas City is unlikely to ensure $850,000 to a participant they anticipate to position on an injured checklist, which suggests the crew is optimistic about Wharton’s availability. Matt Derrick of Chiefs Digest expects the defensive sort out to return by training camp.
In 38 video games with the Chiefs, Wharton has totaled 64 tackles and three pressured fumbles. He additionally has 5 profession sacks on 21 credited quarterback pressures.
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