Defensive back, Colorado, 2014–16
Ahkello Witherspoon
- Number
- No. 23
- Height
- 6′3″
- Hometown
- Sacramento, CA
- Born
- Mar 21, 1995
Ahkello Witherspoon played defensive back at Colorado (2014–16). The San Francisco 49ers took Witherspoon in round 3, No. 66 overall in the 2017 NFL Draft.
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 of 12 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 2015 | 9 of 13 | 25 | 1 | 26 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2016 Colorado 14 games, 23 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. Colorado State | W 44–7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 10 | vs. Idaho State | W 56–7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 17 | at Michigan | L 28–45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 24 | at Oregon | W 41–38 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | vs. Oregon State | W 47–6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 8 | at USC | L 17–21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 15 | vs. Arizona State | W 40–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 22 | at Stanford | W 10–5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 3 | vs. UCLA | W 20–10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | at Arizona | W 49–24 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | vs. Washington State | W 38–24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Nov 26 | vs. Utah | W 27–22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Dec 2 | vs. Washington | L 10–41 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Oklahoma State | L 8–38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2015 Colorado 2 games, 2 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3 | vs.Oregon | L 24–41 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Oct 10 | atArizona State | L 23–48 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Played in the 2017 East–West Shrine Game (West team, won 10–3).
| Drill | Combine 2017 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′2¾″ |
| Weight | 198 lb |
| Arm length | 33″ |
| Hand size | 9⅞″ |
| Wingspan | 79⅜″W |
| 40-yard dash | 4.45 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.51 sW |
| Vertical jump | 40½″ |
| Broad jump | 10′7″ |
| 3-cone drill | 6.93 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.13 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
9 seasons, 86 games with a stat; latest team: Los Angeles Rams.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | San Francisco 49ers | 12 | 30 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | San Francisco 49ers | 13 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | San Francisco 49ers | 8 | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 4 | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 50 | 0 | 3 |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Rams | 11 | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | Los Angeles Rams | 5 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| NFL career | 86 | 232 | 0 | 13 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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