Illinois football had one of the highest draft picks in team history in 2023.
Devon Witherspoon was one of the great players to ever come out of the Illini program. The lockdown cornerback would blossom from a zero-star recruit into a consensus All-American, one of 21 in the long history of Illinois football.
Witherspoon’s best season with the Orange and Blue came in 2022 when he would amass 41.0 tackles, 14.0 pass deflections, 3.0 interceptions, and 2.5 tackles for loss.
This great production is why the Seattle Seahawks wanted Witherspoon in the 2023 NFL Draft.