Cornerback · Seattle Seahawks

Devon Witherspoon

No. 21 · 4th season

Devon Witherspoon is about to get paid like one of the best in the game

Some players spend years waiting for the league to see what they see in themselves. Witherspoon hasn't had to wait long.

He came out of Illinois and landed in Seattle, where he has played with the kind of confidence that tends to make front offices nervous about letting a player walk. Now the Seattle Seahawks are reportedly closing in on a contract extension that would pay him more than $30 million a year — a number that would set a new record for his position.

That figure isn't just a payday. It is the league putting a number on how good it believes he is, and that number says plenty.

For a player still in the early years of his career, this is the moment where a reputation becomes something official. The question now is what he does once the ink dries.

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