.AdamGorney reflects on Devon Witherspoon's high school recruitment, as the Illinois DB is projected as RivalsDraft's No. 16 player selected in next week's NFLDraft:
Then-assistant coachwas telling all the coaches about Witherspoon as well but they were concerned about his size and some grade issues as the unranked corner was listed at 6-foot and only 160 pounds in high school. Witherspoon was at a Rivals camp and definitely looked lean in his photos as some college programs were interested but he wasn’t getting the recruiting attention many thought he deserved.
The unranked recruit was also a big-time competitor in basketball and track which probably would have intrigued college coaches more but his recruitment was not taking off. There’s not much else to remember Witherspoon by during his prep career although his senior season highlight tape is really impressive. He has length and does a great job of stepping in front of passes and baiting quarterbacks to throw his way so he can step in front of it and make a play on the ball.
At Illinois this season, Witherspoon was up to slightly over 180 pounds, played with extreme confidence, loved chirping at receivers and defending the best ones on the other side of the field and really stood out in two ways: Doing a great job defending passes down the sideline or across the middle where he could poke the ball away and being a physical, aggressive corner who had some safety help but didn’t really need it.
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