Selected in the fourth round (117th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Buccaneers.
Has played in 15 games, with 11 starts, and ranked second on team with 76 tackles, including four for loss, while adding four passes defensed.
Made NFL debut in reserve role at New Orleans (9/9).x Played 36 snaps in a reserve role in win vs.
Philadelphia and recorded six tackles.
Recorded four tackles, including one for loss, vs. Pittsburgh (9/24).
Inactive at Chicago (9/30) with a hamstring injury.
Started at Atlanta (10/14) and recorded six tackles.
Posted three tackles in reserve role in win vs. Cleveland (10/21).
Started at Cincinnati (10/28), recording four tackles, including one for loss on fourth down at the Tampa Bay one-yard line.
Started at Carolina (11/4) and recorded eight tackles.
Collected four tackles vs. Washington (11/11).
Tallied eight tackles, including one for loss, at New York Giants (11/18).
Started in win vs. San Francisco (11/25) and led team with 10 tackles and two passes defensed.
Started in win vs. Carolina (12/2) and recorded seven tackles.
Posted three tackles and a pass defensed in start vs. New Orleans (12/9).
Notched three tackles in start at Baltimore (12/16).
Tied for team lead with seven tackles, including one for loss, at Dallas (12/23).
Against Atlanta (12/30), notched three tackles and a pass defensed.
Started 30-of-31 career games at Pittsburgh (2015-17), totaling 234 tackles (7.5 for loss), 12 passes defensed, three interceptions, three fumble recoveries, two forced fumbles and a half sack. Also saw time on offense, rushing 43 times for 362 yards (8.4 avg.) and three touchdowns.
Declared for the NFL Draft following his junior season (2017), when he started all nine games he played in, recording60 tackles, four passes defensed, one interception and one fumble recovery. Also rushed for 142 yards and a touchdown.
Earned honorable mention All-ACC honors from the league’s coaches and was named ACC Co-Defensive Back of the Week after recording a team-leading 10 tackles and a game-clinching interception in a win against Duke.
Earned second-team All-ACC honors from the league’s coaches and media as a sophomore (2016), after starting nine games and tallying 65 tackles (1.5 for loss), two passes defensed, one interception (returned 59 yards for a touchdown), one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
A consensus Freshman All-American in 2015 after started 12-of-13 games, registering 109 tackles (six for loss), six passes defensed, one interception, one forced fumble, one fumble recovery (returned 22 yards for a touchdown) and a half-sack. Also rushed 12 times for 122 yards and two touchdowns.
Named the ACC Rookie of the Year and Defensive Rooke of the Year by the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association (ACSMA), becoming the first player to earn both awards since North Carolina cornerback Dre Bly in 1996. He was also named ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year by the league’s coaches and shared overall ACC Rookie of the Year with Pittsburgh running back Qadree Ollison.
A third-team All-ACC selection by the league’s media and coaches and a three-time ACC rookie of the Week, his 109 tackles established a new school record for a freshman.
Majored in communication.
Attended Central Valley High School (Aliquippa, Pennsylvania).
Pennsylvania’s No. 1 overall prospect according to Rivals, earning Player of the Year honors from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Beaver Country Times, while being selected All- State Class AAA by the Pennsylvania Sports Writers, first-team All-Class AAA and Class AAA Defensive Player of the Year by by Pennsylvania Football News. Named to the Pennsylvania Football News 2014 #TeamPA, which recognizes the best players in the state regardless of school classi cation.
Received the Pittsburgh Athletics Association Mercury Award, honoring the top high school football player in Western Pennsylvania.
Selected to play in the Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl.
Has one brother and one sister
Son of Gregory and Antonia Whitehead.
