The Los Angeles Rams are adding a veteran to their very young secondary. According to Jordan Schultz of The Score, the Rams are signing Ahkello Witherspoon.
Witherspoon, 28, has played for the 49ers and Steelers in his six-year career, most recently playing two years in Pittsburgh from 2021 to 2022. He came into the NFL as a third-round pick with the 49ers in 2017 and has played 60 games, starting 40 of them.
He has yet to play more than 14 games in a single season, being hindered by injuries throughout his career. He was limited to just 13 games the last two years, but he still managed to pick off four passes and record 11 pass breakups – including a career-high nine in 2021.
Free agent CB Ahkello Witherspoon is signing with the #Rams, per source.
At 6-2, 208 pounds, Witherspoon’s a big corner who’s been very productive. In 13 games with the #Steelers over the past two seasons, he’s amassed 11 PBUs and 4 INTs. pic.twitter.com/26OSi596fh
— Jordan Schultz (@Schultz_Report) June 29, 2023
Witherspoon joins Cobie Durant, Derion Kendrick, Robert Rochell and others at cornerback, with all of them competing for playing time this year. It’s an extremely inexperienced group now that Jalen Ramsey, David Long Jr. and Troy Hill are gone, but Witherspoon brings some veteran knowledge to the cornerback room.
