Devon Witherspoon

Profile updated October 2, 2026: Signed extension, Seattle role and career milestones.

Devon Witherspoon is a cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks, who drafted him fifth overall in 2023. He entered his fourth NFL season with three Pro Bowl selections and a Super Bowl title. Seattle made his long-term place in the defense official when he signed a four-year contract extension on August 17, 2026.

What Witherspoon’s extension covers

The extension followed an agreement announced two days earlier. General manager John Schneider explained that the four additional years sit beyond the remaining season of Witherspoon’s rookie contract and his 2027 fifth-year option, keeping him under contract for six seasons from 2026. This was a completed signing, rather than an unsigned agreement.

More than interception totals

Witherspoon’s defensive contribution includes pass coverage, tackling and pressure on the quarterback. His 2023 rookie season included 16 passes defensed and three sacks. Against the Giants on October 2 that year, he combined two sacks with a 97-yard interception return for a touchdown. The return remains a distinctive example of the different ways he can affect a game.

In Seattle’s Super Bowl LX win over New England, he recorded a sack and three quarterback hits. One of those hits contributed to the play that ended with Uchenna Nwosu’s touchdown on an interception return. He also earned second-team All-Pro honors for the 2025 season.

2026 season checkpoint

Through Seattle’s first three regular-season games, the team’s game log records 19 combined tackles for Witherspoon: five against New England, eight at Arizona and six at Washington. Those figures describe his early-season tackling production; they do not, by themselves, measure coverage efficiency or establish a future game’s availability.