Witherspoon recorded seven tackles (six solo), two sacks and a pick-six during Seattle's 24-3 win against the Giants on Monday.
Witherspoon had the best game of his young career, notching both his first ever sack and interception, which he returned 97-yards for a touchdown to help seal the game. The rookie first-round pick will look to build off of this strong performance against the Bengals following Seattle's Week 5 bye.
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Seahawks' Devon Witherspoon: Inactive for Week 1
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Witherspoon (hamstring) is inactive for Sunday's game against the Rams, Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times reports.
Witherspoon has been dealing with a hamstring injury since early August. It was expected that he would miss Sunday's game and will have his next chance to make his NFL debut in Week 2 against the Lions. Tre Brown and Mike Jackson are set for elevated work opposite starting cornerback Riq Woolen.
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Seahawks' Devon Witherspoon: Questionable with hamstring issue
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Witherspoon (hamstring) is listed as questionable for Sunday's game versus the Rams, Michael-Shawn Dugar of The Athletic reports.
Coach Pete Carroll suggested a week ago that Witherspoon was unlikely to play in Seattle's regular-season opener, so he should be presumed to be on the 'doubtful' end of the questionable designation. One of Tre Brown or Mike Jackson would probably start in Witherspoon's place across from Riq Woolen.
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Seahawks' Devon Witherspoon: Limited participant in practice
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Witherspoon (hamstring) was a limited participant in practice Wednesday, John Boyle of the Seahawks' official site reports.
Witherspoon has been out since early August but is making strides towards returning to full health and could still be ready for Sunday's game against the Rams. Selected fifth overall in April, the 22-year-old is slated to start at corner opposite Riq Woolen once healthy.
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Seahawks' Devon Witherspoon: Could see time in slot
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The Seahawks are tinkering with the idea of playing Witherspoon (hamstring) in the slot to kick off the season, Eric Williams of FoxSports.com reports.
Witherspoon, the No. 5 overall selection in this year's draft, logged 109 snaps at slot corner during his final collegiate season at Illinois, so the role is not foreign to him. Riq Woolen and Mike Jackson are slated to start outside at corner, so Seattle is looking to get its best 11 defenders on the field as much as possible. It should be noted the Seahawks used five defensive backs on 70 percent of their snaps during the regular season in 2022. Witherspoon missed the first two days of camp before resolving contract issues and has been hampered with a lingering hamstring injury since Aug. 7, so a return to health sooner than later would allow him to get in more reps in the slot.
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Seahawks' Devon Witherspoon: Exits practice early
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Witherspoon left Monday's practice early and was seen with a wrap on his left leg, Brady Henderson of ESPN.com reports.
There is no word on the seriousness of Witherspoon's injury at this time, but expect the Seahawks to err on the side of caution with the No. 5 overall pick in this year's draft. He is expected to start at cornerback opposite Riq Woolen as a rookie.
