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Zakee Wheatley Carolina Panthers · #38

Safety · 6' 3", 203 lbs · Crofton, MD

Zakee Wheatley is a Safety for the Carolina Panthers, drafted 151st overall, 2026.

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Carolina Panthers · #38 · Safety

Zakee Wheatley

Season avg— · no seasons on record yet

Career avg— · career line pending

Live win probabilitySeason

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Scouting report

Zakee Wheatley — the report card

Read his whole game at a glance, then dive into any skill. Grades are percentiles vs every active player at his position.

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Safety · Rotation piece · Impact 50

Zakee Wheatley is a Safety for the Carolina Panthers, drafted 151st overall, 2026.

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Offense

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Defense

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Feel / IQ

C-

Playmaking

Below average creator

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Scoring

Below average scorer

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Rebounding

Below average on the glass

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3PT / spacing

Below average spacing

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Perimeter D

Below average on the perimeter

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Paint / rim D

Below average at the rim

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Clutch

Below average late

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Athleticism

Below average tools

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Basketball IQ

Reads the game

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Durability

Availability

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Act II

Where Zakee Wheatley stands

Live ladders from the Balladex models, and what he's chasing. Rankings recompute nightly from real production, accolades, and search demand.

The laddersmodel · recomputes nightly

Jared Goff Detroit Lions▬

29%

Bryce Young Carolina Panthers▬

23%

Brock Purdy San Francisco 49ers▬

22%

Tyler Shough New Orleans Saints▬

11%

Kirk Cousins Las Vegas Raiders▬

✦ Balladex Consensus: #1974 of 1982 — a blend of the Impact index, current production, career résumé and live search demand. Recomputes as the data does.

Futures & chases

—MVP odds

50Impact index

0Star score

Career scoring average0.0 ppg

Seasons in the index0

Accolades on file0

Stat explorer

Zakee Wheatley — every number, three levels deep

Headline → metric → the raw history behind it. Real career data; tracking-only metrics labeled.

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Scoring

0.0 PPG

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Playmaking

0.0 APG

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Rebounding

0.0 RPG

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Shooting

— 3P%

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The engine

How the model sees Zakee Wheatley

Projection = recency-weighted per-season production, nudged along a position aging curve, banded by his year-to-year volatility. No black box — every number shows its work.

Projected next season confidence

Bands widen as confidence drops. Derived live from the real 0-season history below.

What moves the production line vs last season

Everything it reads

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0 seasons of per-minute rates

every box line, minutes-normalized

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Recency × games-played weight

recent, healthy seasons anchor the baseline

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Weighted least-squares trend

his own trajectory, read season over season

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Per-stat aging curves

age — — applied per stat

curve

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Live role context

usage & role shifts fold in when the feed is present

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Durability signal

GP last 3: — → games & confidence

health

The real history it trains onsource: Pro-Football-Reference / ESPN · verified

Zakee Wheatley career stats, season by season

Source: Pro-Football-Reference. Backtested against completed player-seasons in the index. The same engine powers the report-card percentiles and the DNA radar — one model, asked different questions. Illustrative.

Act III

The Lab

Every number, live and interactive. Real career data; models labeled.

Gold = award / milestone season · hover any bar. Real season totals.

Player DNA + compssimilarity model

Closest comps

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Context

Are the Carolina Panthers built to win?

Team projection rolled up from the roster + last-season baselines — and what it means for his role.

15–67proj record

-42.5net index

50off index

8def index

94pace

Aggressive hedge & helpscheme

Roster delta · what changed

Aggressive hedge & help — Hedges hard on ball screens and rotates aggressive help from the weak side. Defensive anchors: Aaron Hall, Ahmani Marshall.

How his role moves

Primary safety role on a team grading 50 offense / 8 defense. No calibrated baseline for this team yet — record is modeled.

Balladex Impact

50 of 99

Rotation piece tier.

Rarity

◆ Rated

Collectible tier.

Résumé

0 accolades

Career honors on file.

Act IV

The Ballad of Zakee Wheatley

Birth to now — the making of a legend, narrated and scored.

The beginning

Zakee Wheatley is a Safety for the Carolina Panthers.

Carolina Panthers

Turning pro

Drafted 151st overall, 2026 as a Safety.

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Zakee Wheatley is a Carolina Panthers safety, drafted 151st overall, 2026.

Chapter

He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Where things stand

Where Wheatley goes from here.

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Wheatley's story

The documentary, narrated

Highlights

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Off the field

Measurables

Active

Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 203 lbs
Draft: 151st overall, 2026
Born: Crofton, MD
Jersey: #38

Background

Zakee Wheatley is from Crofton, MD. He was drafted 151st overall, 2026 and plays safety at 6' 3", 203 lbs.

He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions. Wheatley is currently on the Carolina Panthers roster.

The person

Zakee Wheatley is a depth and special-teams defensive back who has recorded 0 tackles with 0 interceptions and 0 passes defensed across his career.

Coverage production0 career interceptions and 0 passes defensed.

Tackling0 career tackles from the secondary.

Draft pedigree151st overall, 2026.

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FAQ

Zakee Wheatley — frequently asked

The questions people ask most about Zakee Wheatley, answered.

What position does Zakee Wheatley play?

Zakee Wheatley is a Safety for the Carolina Panthers.

When was Zakee Wheatley drafted?

Zakee Wheatley was drafted 151st overall, 2026.

How many seasons has Zakee Wheatley played?

This is his first season on record.

What are Zakee Wheatley's career stats?

He has recorded 0 tackles, 0 sacks and 0 interceptions.

Zakee Wheatley career stats & accolades are real, and team projections and recent-game home/away splits are computed from real production. DNA ratings, grades, tonight's projection, ladders, live win probability and simulator outputs are Balladex model output. Not affiliated with the NBA.

Zakee Wheatley Carolina Panthers · #38

Zakee Wheatley — the report card

Where Zakee Wheatley stands

Zakee Wheatley — every number, three levels deep

How the model sees Zakee Wheatley

Zakee Wheatley career stats, season by season

The Lab

Are the Carolina Panthers built to win?

The Ballad of Zakee Wheatley

The beginning

Turning pro

true

Chapter

Where things stand

Off the field

Zakee Wheatley — frequently asked

Current role & opportunity

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