HEIGHT: 6-2
WEIGHT: 205
POSITION: QB
BORN: 9/20/84
HOMETOWN: Boulder, CO
COLLEGE: Boise State
AFL SEASON: Rookie
PROFESSIONAL: 2009: Tharp played for the Boise Born of the af2 where he 2008: He was signed as an undrafted free agent to the Carolina Panthers.
COLLEGE: Tharp played collegiately at Boise State. In 2007, he was named second-team All-Western athletic conference as the starting quarterback. Tharp completed 259-of-379 passes for 3,070 yards with 28 touchdowns and nine interceptions. His single season after graduation marked the record books for the fifth most total offensive yards in school history (379), the second most completions in school history (259), and the fifth most touchdown passes in school history (28). As a back-up quarterback in 2006, Tharp completed 11-of-13 passes for 88 yards and a touchdown. In 2005, he played in eight games, completing 21-of-37 passing for 271 yards and a touchdown. Tharp was a back-up in 2004 and redshirted in 2003.
PERSONAL: Tharp graduated from Fairview High School in Boulder, Colo. He led his team to a runner-up finished in the state playoffs as a senior. He completed 297-of-485 passes for 3,973 yards and 32 touchdowns. He was named Boulder County Player of the Year, in addition to being named Student Prep Magazine, Powerball and West-Regional Player of the Week for his performance in the state quarterfinal game. He was a four-year letterman in football and a member of student council for four years.