Last confirmed: Colorado, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · Sacramento, CA · Sacramento City College
Ahkello Witherspoon: DB · Colorado · #23.
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Ahkello Witherspoon
Erases the deep middle of the field. This is his second year in the same secondary at Colorado. On tape: 5 tackles against Arizona, Week 11, 2016.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 19 passes defended. 1 interception. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 20Yahoo Sports Oct 15
FootballScoop Oct 4
Bleacher Report Oct 4Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 44-7vs Colorado State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 2 | W 56-7vs Idaho State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-45@ No. 4 Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-38@ Oregon | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 47-6vs Oregon State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-21@ USC | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 40-16vs Arizona State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 10-5@ Stanford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-10vs UCLA | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-24@ Arizona | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 38-24vs No. 20 Washington State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-22vs No. 21 Utah | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 4 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-41@ No. 4 Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 8-38vs No. 13 Oklahoma State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 23 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 19 |
Week 4 · 2016
W 41-38
at Oregon
1 interception · 5 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Edged out Oregon on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
83%19 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
23tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL23 tackles · 19 pass breakups · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Mike MacIntyre, all run-leaning, fast tempo offenses — 14-13 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike MacIntyre
Pass share
43.2%
469 pass / 617 run
Plays / game
77.6
14 games
Team sack rate
6.4%
486 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Colorado, 23 tackles — drafted at #66 overall by the San Francisco 49ers.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mike MacIntyre.
Where he ended up · NFL
San Francisco 49ersEntering 10th NFL season
San Francisco 49ersEntering 10th NFL season
