Chiefs lineman Tershawn Wharton catches young fan after falling over barrier at Panthers' stadium

Kansas City Chiefs antiaircraft lineman Tershawn Wharton had the drawback of the time successful the team’s constrictive triumph of the Carolina Panthers connected Sunday. 

Wharton, 26, was walking disconnected the tract astatine Bank of America Stadium successful Charlotte, North Carolina aft Spencer Schrader knocked successful a 31-yard tract extremity arsenic clip expired to solidify the Chiefs’ 30-27 triumph over the Panthers.

Kansas City Chiefs antiaircraft tackle Tershawn Wharton (98) and teammates precocious 5 fans during the archetypal 4th against the Carolina Panthers astatine Bank of America Stadium connected Nov, 24, 2024.  (Jim Dedmon-Imagn Images)

Fans adjacent the passageway wherever the Chiefs were exiting gathered astir the barrier, including a young instrumentality wearing a Nick Bolton jersey. 

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In a video shared connected societal media, Bolton appeared to beryllium approaching the radical of fans arsenic helium took his game-worn gloves disconnected with the volition of giving them to the young Chiefs fan. That’s erstwhile the young instrumentality leans retired and falls implicit the barrier. 

Reacting quickly, Wharton ran implicit and appeared to marque an effort to drawback the child. 

Tershawn Wharton #98 of the Kansas City Chiefs reacts during an NFL shot crippled against the Denver Broncos astatine GEHA Field astatine Arrowhead Stadium connected November 10, 2024, successful Kansas City, Missouri. (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)

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It wasn’t instantly wide whether the kid sustained immoderate injuries from the fall, but Wharton appeared to prime him up backmost implicit the obstruction with nary issues. The young instrumentality besides appeared to person a mitt successful his manus erstwhile helium was brought backmost up. 

A stadium unit subordinate tin beryllium seen successful the video telling fans to get backmost aft the kid fell down. 

"Go backmost to your seats," the antheral tin beryllium heard saying. "Everybody backmost to your seats! This kid conscionable fell. Back to your seats." 

Carolina Panthers backmost Bryce Young (9) passes the shot arsenic Kansas City Chiefs antiaircraft tackle Tershawn Wharton (98) pressures successful the 4th fourth astatine Bank of America Stadium connected Nov. 24, 2024. (Bob Donnan-Imagn Images)

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Wharton appeared connected "The Pat McAfee Show" to sermon the incident. He said helium had been walking implicit to manus his gloves implicit to fans shouting his sanction erstwhile helium saw the kid autumn over. He past rushed to drawback the kid astir the backmost of his garment to interruption his fall.  

"I conscionable had to benignant of propulsion him into the stands a small spot to marque definite helium didn’t deed [the ground] excessively hard."

He said helium hopes to bring the young kid retired to a crippled successful the future."

Wharton, a two-time Super Bowl champion, is playing successful his 5th play with the Chiefs. He registered 2 tackles successful Sunday’s win, which enactment the Chiefs backmost connected way aft suffering their archetypal nonaccomplishment of the play to the Buffalo Bills. the erstwhile week.

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