2023 WorldWide Rams Draft Profile: Devon Witherspoon | Illinois | CB

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Player Bio: ​Devon Witherspoon attended Pine Forest High School located in Pensa Cola, FL. In his senior year at Pine Forest High, he recorded 74 tackles (two tackles for loss), nine pass defelections, one sack, seven interceptions, one on a fumble return for a touchdown and one on an interception return. Witherspoon helped Pine Forest to the 2018 District 1-6A championship and advance to the second round of the state playoffs. In his junior year, he posted 65 tackles (two for loss), nine pass break ups, one sack, and four interceptions. He earned the 2018 Pensacola News Journal Defensive Player of the Year, and the 2018 Pensacola News Journal All-Area First-Team. Witherspoon also played basketball and ran track in high school, helping three Pine Forest teams to district titles as a senior. He was an standout high jumper and part of multiple championship relay teams, including a Florida Class 3A state runner-up finish in the 4x100-meter relay. He was named the 2018 Pensacola News Journal Male Athlete of the Year for overall production in all three sports.

SCHOOL:  ILLINOIS                                        |                    CONFERENCE: BIG TEN

​CLASS          |       SENIOR

​HOMETOWN  |  PENSA COLA, FL

​ HEIGHT                  WEIGHT           
 6' 0"                          180 lbs

HANDS                            ARMS
 9 ⅝"                   33 ⅞"

DEVON WITHERSPOON

CORNERBACK

​​​​​​DRAFT YEAR
​      2023      
COMBINE INVITE​
​YES  ​

​PROJECTED 40 TIME 
4.40
DRAFT GRADE
6.40

ACCOLADES

2023 NFL Combine Participant
2022 Reese's Senior Bowl Invite
2022 Walter Camp All-American First-Team
2022 AFCA All-American First-Team
2022 FWAA All-American First-Team
2022 AP All-American First-Team
2022 Phil Steele All-American First-Team
2022 CBS All-American First-Team
2022 PFF All-American First-Team
2022 USA Today All-American Second-Team
2022 Senior Bowl All-American
2022 Coaches All-Big Ten First-Team 
2022 Media All-Big Ten First-Team 
2022 Thorpe Award Finalist
2022 Bednarik Award Semifinalist
2022 Consensus All-American
2022 Big Ten's Tatum-Woodson Defensive Back of the Year
2022 Illinois’ Dick Butkus Defensive MVP
2021 Media All-Big Ten Honorable Mention

​COMBINE RESULTS 
40 YD DASH
DNP 
10 SPLIT
DNP
​BENCH PRESS
    DNP    
VERTICAL JUMP 
        DNP"        
BROAD JUMP
 DNP
3 CONE DRILL
       DNP         
20 YD SHUTTLE
​DNP

​​​​​PRO DAY RESULTS  
40 YD DASH
4.45 
10 SPLIT
1.58
​BENCH PRESS
    DNP    
VERTICAL JUMP 
        DNP        
BROAD JUMP
 DNP
3 CONE DRILL
       DNP         
20 YD SHUTTLE
​DNP

GAME FILM
#31 devon witherspoon vs
michigan (2022)

GAME HIGHLIGHTS
#31 DEVON WITHERSPOON
2022 season

STRENGTHS

WEAKNESSES

• He is a physical type of cornerback with whom most NFL defensive coordinators will fall in love.
• He is an excellent press cornerback that invites the receiver to his island to square them up.
• He has good speed to make plays on the ball, excellent in run support or screens or swings passes out the backfield.
• He flies downhill for importance, as he will bring the hammer down for the hit.
• He demonstrates excellent footwork that allows him to remain locked to the receivers on short and intermediate coverages.
• In zone coverages, he has a great reaction to the quarterback as he lays back and reads his eyes to break on the ball.
• He demonstrates excellent route recognition and can jump the routes quickly without wasting any movement while planting and driving to the ball.
• He exercises good angles to the ball playing through the receiver to dislodge the ball at the catch point.

• Doesn't appear to have the speed to run vertically with faster receivers, and he seems to lose his balance at times trying to stay in phase.
• He appears to have some hip tightness as he does not explode while rotating for outside routes.
• He is a big hitter, however at the next level, those hips are borderline and will draw flags.
• He also like to muscle up receivers down the field, definelty will get him 15-yards at the next level.
• Smart offensive coordinators will use his aggresivenss and physciality against with double move routes.
• He lacks exceptional recovery speed, and tends to stumble when need to turn and go.
• Speedy receiver will show his fate at the next level.

Draft Projection: 1st - 2nd Round

NFL Comparison: ​​​Kendall Fuller (Washington Commanders)

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