Ahkello Witherspoon

He played just one season of high school football, starting at cornerback his senior year at Christian Brothers. He was in on 25 tackles (14 solo), with four passes broken up and an interception. Despite his short prep career, he had over a dozen schools interested in him. Top games as a senior: in a 23-20 win over River City, he had three tackles, with five points scored on kicks (2-3 PAT, 1-2 FG, the latter good from 35 yards); he missed a late field goal try to tie the game but on the next drive, intercepted a pass on defense and returned it 34 yards to the 4-yard line, setting up the winning touchdown with 13 seconds left in the game. In a 45-6 win over McClatchy, he had three tackles and scored nine points, converting all six PAT kicks and drilling a 35-yard field goal. Under coach George Petrissans, Christian Brothers was 6-5 his senior year. He also lettered twice in basketball (point guard), averaging 16 points and seven assists as a senior, and two times in baseball (outfield), owning a .300 batting average with 21 stolen bases his senior season. He also played soccer as a freshman. He is majoring in EBIO (Ecology & Evolutionary Biology) at Colorado. He has aspirations of becoming a doctor after his football career is over.

Born March 21, 1995 in Oak Park, Calif. His hobbies include playing basketball and singing (particularly rhythm and blues). His father, Lucky, was a tailback at Nevada-Reno, and a cousin, Mike Brown, played basketball at the University of Rhode Island. A grandfather, Jimmy Witherspoon, was a blues artist, with his best known song, Ain’t Nobody’s Business, reaching No. 1 on the R&B charts in 1949. His full name is James Ahkello Elec Witherspoon. (First name is pronounced ah-kellow.)

2016

fumbles
REC	LOST	FUM
1.0	0.0	0.0

defensive
TFL	QB HUR	TOT	TD	PD	SACKS	SOLO
0.0	0.0	23.0	0.0	19.0	0.0	19.0

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

2015

interceptions
TD	AVG	YDS	INT
0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0