Is Devon Witherspoon fast? Is Devon Witherspoon good? How promising is Devon Witherspoon?

Devon Witherspoon ran the 40-yard dash twice, clocking in at 4.46 and 4.42 seconds.  He is a good cornerback. Bleacher Report’s NFL Scouting Department ranked him as the best cornerback in the 2023 class and the eighth-best prospect overall.

Devon Witherspoon earned an incredible 92.0 PFF grade. Witherspoon is an American football cornerback for the Illinois Fighting Illini who became a consensus All-American in 2022.

Devon Witherspoon attended Pine Forest High School in Pensacola, Florida where he did not start playing football until his junior year of high school.

As a high school senior in 2018, Devon Witherspoon was the Pensacola News Journal Defensive Player of the Year.

In his senior year of high school, Devon Witherspoon recorded 74 tackles, seven interceptions, and two touchdowns.

As a true freshman at Illinois in 2019, Devon Witherspoon played in all 13 games with three starts and had 33 tackles.

Devon Witherspoon returned to Illinois his junior year in 2022 where he would be named a consensus All-American at the season’s conclusion.