Seahawks rookie CB Devon Witherspoon drawing comparisons to team legend
If he lives up to it, the Seattle Seahawks are in good hands.
Rookie cornerback Devon Witherspoon hasn't played a down in the NFL, but already he is drawing comparisons to a Seattle Seahawks legend.
On a recent episode of Brock and Salk podcast with Seattle Sports, former NFL quarterback Brock Huard revealed that he believes the No. 5 selection in the 2023 NFL Draft has the potential to be like Legion of Boom era and Super Bowl champion safety, Earl Thomas.
“He’s a real violent dude,” Huard said. “And then the question is, ‘Yeah, well, he’s 5 foot 11, 183 (pounds). Can he sustain?’ And what was said about Earl Thomas when he came out? ‘Violent dude. I mean, does not stop, runs through people.’ And then what was the next follow-up? ‘Yeah, but he’s like 5-11, 190. Can he sustain? Is that going to hold up? The body’s not gonna hold up.’ And what did he do? He largely held up until he tore his labrum in the (2014) NFC Championship Game and then kind of went down from there, years and years later.
“So that is the name, every time I hear Devon Witherspoon, that just continually comes to mind about the size and just the ferocity with which they play and whether or not it’s sustainable. (The Seahawks) made it work with Earl. Let’s hope they can make it with work with Devon.”
For Witherspoon to be drawing comparisons to a franchise great so soon puts pressure on him. But that is a pressure he appears more than willing to live up to.
He was a stud at Illinois, for good reason. And with the high selection in the 2023 draft, it is clear that Seattle wants to give him. the keys to the secondary and allow him to drive the bus.
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