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NFL Mock Draft 2023: Post Super Bowl LVII edition

By Connor Muldowney

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - DECEMBER 31: Bryce Young #9 of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts after throwing a touchdown pass during the fourth quarter of the Allstate Sugar Bowl against the Kansas State Wildcats at Caesars Superdome on December 31, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - DECEMBER 31: Bryce Young #9 of the Alabama Crimson Tide reacts after throwing a touchdown pass during the fourth quarter of the Allstate Sugar Bowl against the Kansas State Wildcats at Caesars Superdome on December 31, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images) /
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BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – SEPTEMBER 02: Devon Witherspoon #31 of the Illinois Fighting Illini reacts after a play during the first quarter in the game against the Indiana Hooisers at Memorial Stadium on September 02, 2022 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images)
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA – SEPTEMBER 02: Devon Witherspoon #31 of the Illinois Fighting Illini reacts after a play during the first quarter in the game against the Indiana Hooisers at Memorial Stadium on September 02, 2022 in Bloomington, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images) /

54. Scouting Report. Illinois. Devon Witherspoon. player. Pick Analysis. CB. 10

There are going to be a lot of teams vying for Devon Witherspoon who has arguably done the most rising on draft boards since the end of the 2022 season. In fact, there are probably 3-4 teams in the top 10 who could use an elite lockdown cornerback like Witherspoon, but I could see him slipping.

Going at No. 10 to the Eagles seems right.

From the minute he stepped on campus at Illinois, he had an impact. He had 33 tackles and two pass breakups as a freshman. He only got better, picking up 31 tackles, a tackle for loss, and two interceptions as a sophomore and 52 tackles, eight tackles for loss, a sack, and nine pass deflections in 2021.

Witherspoon really broke out in 2022, picking up 41 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, three interceptions, and 14 pass breakups. He was one of the best defensive backs in the country and he was a Thorpe Award finalist, a first-team All-American, and the Big Ten’s defensive back of the year.

Add him to that Eagles secondary and Philadelphia is even scarier.

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