Career Highs
Tackles: 8 at Davenport (11/8/2025)
Solo Tackles: 5 at Davenport (11/8/2025)
Tackles for Loss: 1.5 vs. Davenport (9/20/2025)
Sacks: 1 vs. MSU Moorhead (8/28/2025)
Forced Fumbles: 1 at Saginaw Valley State (10/4/2025)
Fumble Recoveries: 1 vs. Michigan Tech (10/25/2025)
QB Hurries: 1, twice (last vs. Wayne State, 11/15/2025)
Pass Breakups: 1, four times (last vs. Wayne State, 11/15/2025)
KO Returns: 2 vs. Davenport (9/20/2025)
KO Return Yards: 33 vs. Davenport (9/20/2025)
Longest KO Return: 19 vs. Davenport (9/20/2025)
2025 (Graduate Student) - Northern Michigan
Started all 11 games ... Recorded 41 tackles including 3.5 for loss and one sack ... Added four pass breakups, two QB hurries, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery ... Logged seven tackles including a sack in the season opener against MSU Moorhead (8/28) ... Made 1.5 tackles for loss against Davenport (9/20) ... Registered a career-high eight tackles at Davenport (11/8)
2024 (Redshirt Junior) - Eastern Kentucky
Played in all 13 games ... Tallied two tackles with a half-tackle for loss ... Assisted on a TFL against Morehead State (9/21) ... Notched a solo tackle in the win over Central Arkansas (11/9)
2023 (Junior) - Eastern Kentucky
Played in four games ... Logged an assisted tackle at Cincinnati (9/2) ... Recorded a solo stop at Kentucky (9/9)
2022 (Sophomore) - Eastern Kentucky
Saw action in three games ... Registered six tackles including four solo stops ... Made a trio of solo tackles with one for a loss in the victory over Southern Utah (10/1)
2021 (Freshman) - College of DuPage
Started all 11 games ... Key member of the Chaparrals' fifth consecutive NJCAA Division III national championship team ... Led the team in pass breakups with nine ... Totaled 43 tackles, including 26 solo, with two interceptions ... Posted seven tackles including two for loss and one forced fumble at Hocking College (10/30) ... Chipped in three solo stops in the national championship win over Nassau CC (12/4)
High School
Attended and played football at Racine Lutheran ... Two-time All-County and All-Region ... Three-time All-Conference ... Helped the Crusaders reach the WIAA Division 6 state championship game as a junior
Personal
Son of Rhonda Witherspoon ... Born in West Point, Miss. ... Relative of CFL player James Butler (current BC Lions)
