The Los Angeles Rams overhauled their cornerback room this offseason, changing Ahkello Witherspoon, Cobie Durant and Darious Williams with Trent McDuffie and Jaylen Watson. Williams ended up retiring from the NFL and now Witherspoon is doing the identical.
On Tuesday morning, the Commanders introduced that they’ve positioned Witherspoon on the reserve/retired listing. Witherspoon signed with Washington as a free agent in March after spending the final three years with the Rams. His resolution to retire appears sudden after he was simply training with the Commanders on Monday.
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Witherspoon started his profession with the 49ers as a third-round decide in 2017 however handled frequent accidents that stored him on the sideline. He missed no less than three video games in every of his 4 seasons with the 49ers and performed simply 13 video games with the Steelers in 2021 and 2022 earlier than signing with the Rams in 2023.
In his first season with the Rams, he performed and began all 17 video games, handing over his greatest 12 months but. He then performed 13 video games in 2024 however was restricted to only six video games final season after breaking his clavicle early within the 12 months and re-injuring it in a while.
He completed his Rams profession with 5 interceptions and 91 tackles in 36 video games.
This article initially appeared on Rams Wire: Former Rams starting CB unexpectedly retires during Commanders camp
