UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (WHTM) — Penn State’s Zakee Wheatley has been taken by the Carolina Panthers in the NFL Draft. Wheatley, a safety, was the 151st selected in the draft. During his senior season ...

The Carolina Panthers' improving defense may have found a big-time playmaker.

The Carolina Panthers needed a safety in the NFL draft after failing to land one in free agency. They re-signed Nick Scott, but that's as uninspiring a move as it gets. They passed on Dillon Thieneman ...

Penn State's Zakee Wheatley is one of the top safety prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft, with a combination of intelligence and physicality that makes him a hard-hitting playmaker all over the field.

There's a lot to Zakee Wheatley's game. But the new Carolina Panthers draft pick tried his best to cover it all. Wheatley spoke with local reporters on Saturday, right after he was taken with the ...

Zakee Wheatley was only 5-foot-5 and about 130 pounds when he committed to play football at Spalding as an eighth grader. Despite being slight of stature, the youngster was one of the best players on ...

Penn State safety Zakee Wheatley was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the fifth round of the 2026 NFL Draft. He is the fifth Nittany Lion selected in the draft and fourth Penn State safety picked ...