Earlier than immediately, all however one of many 259 gamers drafted in 2023 had been signed to their respective groups. The one outlier was CB Devon Witherspoon from the Seattle Seahawks. He was drafted fifth total by Seattle however had initially missed the beginning of coaching camp because of the reality he hadn’t been signed but.
NFL insiders Jordan Schultz reported that the rookie CB signed a four-year, $31.9 million deal. All that cash is totally assured to Witherspoon. The holdup was a $20.2 million signing bonus, however the ultimate hurdle was cleared and so they reached an settlement. At Illinois final season, Witherspoon was a consensus All-American.
Devon Witherspoon has lastly signed his rookie take care of the Seattle Seahawks
No. 5 total decide Devon Witherspoon and Seahawks have agreed to a 4-year, $31.86M fully-guaranteed deal, per @Schultz_Report
All rookies from the NFL Draft have been signed 🖊️ pic.twitter.com/vZqcQYc7Bq
— B/R Gridiron (@brgridiron) July 28, 2023
ESPN’s Brady Henderson famous that Devon Witherspoon needed extra of the bonus cash up-front than what the Seahawks initially supplied. Three of the 4 gamers drafted forward of him obtained 100% of their signing bonuses and Witherspoon needed the identical, if not one thing extraordinarily near that. His deal additionally features a fifth-year possibility.
With Pete Carroll as head coach and John Schneider as normal supervisor, the Seahawks had beforehand not taken a CB with a primary or second-round decide. That modified this season when the Seahawks used their fifth total decide to pick out Devon Witherspoon. In 12 video games with Illinois final season, Witherspoon had 14 go breakups, 41 tackles, and three interceptions.
Holdout is over: The #Seahawks and first-round CB Devon Witherspoon have agreed to phrases on his 4 12 months, $31.86M totally assured deal that features a $20.2M signing bonus, supply mentioned. The No. 5 decide is the final first-rounder to get achieved.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 28, 2023
Together with Witherspoon, the Seahawks took Ohio State WR Jaxson Smith-Njigba with the twentieth total decide. That was Seattle’s personal decide within the 2023 Draft. They had been capable of choose Witherspoon’s High 5 as a result of they’d the Denver Bronco’s 2023 first-round decide. A part of the bundle deal they received once they traded QB Russell Wilson. Now that Witherspoon is signed, he joins an already gifted Seahawks secondary at coaching camp.
