Witherspoon 49ers

2 cornerback job has been one of the hot topics of training camp and one player who has been fighting for that role has been ahkello witherspoon.

Witherspoon 49ers. Nfl network s mj acosta gets san francisco 49ers cornerback ahkello witherspoon s thoughts after being benched in the divisional round and being replaced by cornerback emmanuel moseley. And the 49ers believe in witherspoon that s why they kept giving him chances to play last season even when he struggled. The battle for the san francisco 49ers no. Witherspoon began playing football as a high school senior at christian brothers sacramento ca hs in 2012.

Witherspoon was active but didn t get the start sunday as he s been dealing with a hamstring issue that forced him to miss the 49ers last two games. San francisco 49ers head coach kyle shanahan spoke to the media after the team s loss to the dolphins where the common theme was embarrassing that sums the game up pretty well as the 49ers. Witherspoon registered a 40 5 vertical jump at the 2017 nfl combine the highest registered among all cornerbacks and. They felt he had begun to establish himself as an upper echelon no.

Already without richard sherman k waun williams and emmanuel moseley witherspoon will need to step up if the 49ers want to rally and avoid a third consecutive home loss. He played college football at colorado. Golden nuggets first name is pronounced uh kell oh. Witherspoon has missed two straight games due to a lingering hamstring.

James ahkello elec witherspoon born march 21 1995 is an american football cornerback for the san francisco 49ers of the national football league nfl. Witherspoon hamstring is questionable for sunday s game against the dolphins matt maiocco of nbc sports bay area reports.